Information is key amid a viral pandemic, and no one knows that more than Lawson Health Research Institute. The agency announced Tuesday that it’s funding more than 14 local research projects aimed at improving scientific knowledge and treatment of the novel coronavirus, and examining the pandemic’s effects on mental and physical health.
In total, Lawson, the research arm of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, says it’s awarded more than $200,000 in grants to its research teams as part of a pandemic response competition established in March through an internal research fund. “We have a regular pilot study grants competition, but we decided that our next one we would turn over entirely to COVID studies,” said Lawson’s