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Four global health researchers at Queen's University and Kingston General Hospital Research Institute are aiming to change the lives of some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable populations, particularly mothers and children. Co-leaders Heather...
Palliative care and end-of-life issues have been headline news recently. Our aging population and the resulting strain on our health care system are raising questions about how and where we provide care. The proposed medically assisted dying bill has...
Along with aiming to provide Outstanding Care, Always to our patients, people at KGH are also working hard to support patients everywhere by generating new medical knowledge and by teaching the next generation of health-care professionals. As one of...
Dr. Paula James, clinician scientist at the KGH Research Institute and one of Canada's leading researchers in inherited bleeding disorders, has been honoured with the Cecil Harris Award by the Canadian Hemophilia Society. The award is presented to a...
An intensive care physician with the Kingston General Hospital Research Institute has been awarded $5.7 million to study the use of glutamine on patients with severe burns. Dr. Daren Heyland is lead investigator in the five-year study, which will...
The benefits and challenges of technology-based health care. Enhancing the recruitment and retention of new nurses into long-term care. The importance of patients' and caregivers' voices in improving care outcomes and influencing health policy. New...
Researchers at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and Queen's University have published the first set of findings stemming from the Kingston Allergy Birth Cohort - a study that tracks the origins of allergies in nearly 400 mother-child pairs from pre...
A new approach to treating grass allergies offers potential as a shorter and more effective alternative to traditional allergen immunotherapy (a.k.a. "allergy shots"), a study led by KGHRI clinician scientist Dr. Anne Ellis has shown. It was the...
A new team approach is helping hospital staff better address the needs of patients in Kingston Health Sciences' KGH Emergency Department who don't need to be hospitalized but have challenges to be addressed before going home. "It's made a massive...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Sept. 28, 2020 KINGSTON, Ont. - Queen's University announced that it has entered into a research collaboration and licensing agreement with Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc., for the development and commercialization of gene...
