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A KGHRI clinician scientist who pioneered the use of 3D ultrasound to assess heart disease is taking his imaging research into new territory. Dr. Amer Johri, who is also assistant professor of echocardiography at Queen's University, uses 3D...
Home to one of the country's top 40 research hospitals and a world-renowned university, Kingston has long been recognized as an important centre for health research in Canada. That reputation is reaching new heights with the opening of the W.J...
It's common for patients in need of critical care to experience some loss of muscle strength during their stay in an intensive care unit (ICU). Unfortunately, even if the patient was strong and mobile before their illness or injury, this can cause...
Over the course of the pandemic, there has been one question about the COVID-19 virus that has continued to resurface. Why does the virus seem to more seriously affect certain patients more than others? Researchers at Kingston Health Sciences Centre...
In a bustling conference hall in 2019, Dr. Omar Islam came across a groundbreaking innovation that would, in just a few years' time, revolutionize medical imaging in remote communities.
Dr. Angeles Garcia, a KGH Research Institute clinician-scientist and Queen's University professor who made key discoveries in Alzheimer's disease, has been posthumously recognized with the Irma M. Parhad Award for Excellence. The award, given by the...
Jan. 16, 2020 Dean Richard Reznick is pleased to announce that Tom Harris, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic), Queen's University, has appointed Dr. Steven Smith as Vice-Dean Research for the Faculty of Health Sciences, effective January 1, 2020...
For many patients in southeastern Ontario, seeing a specialist at Kingston Health Sciences (KHSC) during the COVID-19 pandemic meant no longer having to make a trip to the hospital for an in-person clinic appointment. Instead, appointments often...
A landmark international clinical trial co-led in Canada by researchers in Kingston has delivered groundbreaking results: a structured exercise program significantly improves survival and reduces recurrence for patients with colon cancer.
A small group of local families is helping a Kingston Health Sciences Centre developmental pediatrician study the effectiveness of a novel exergaming program to increase physical activity and fitness in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)...
