Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital

The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute

In 2010, St. Michael’s Hospital will proudly embark on a new era with the opening of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, comprised of the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing International Centre in Healthcare Education. The Knowledge Institute will be a trailblazing facility bringing together leading edge research and new models of education to shape the future of medicine and bring advances in healthcare to patient bedsides faster than ever before.

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Urban moods and urban myths

In the first instalment of the Centre for Research on Inner City Health’s (CRICH) Café Scientifique series, the discussion addressed the issue of why neighbourhoods matter for our mental well-being.

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Hospital signs agreement to develop medical research program with Saudi Arabian University

St. Michael’s Hospital entered into a landmark agreement recently with King Saud University that will provide collaborative research opportunities to help speed the transfer of medical discoveries from the laboratory bench to patient bedsides.

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CRICH director honoured

A scientist and professor with St. Michael’s Hospital’s Centre for Research on Inner City Health (CRICH) was recently honoured with a prestigious health research award.

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Institute construction progressing

Construction of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael’s Hospital is well underway. The shoring work for the new building was completed in August, and the concrete forming stage began in June.