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The Research Centre

A platform for consolidation, collaboration and expansion.

Located on London Health Sciences Centre’s University campus in close proximity to the proposed Legacy Research Pavilion and new orthopaedics laboratory, the Dr. Sandy Kirkley Research Centre will provide a locus for continuing research in areas such as:

  • Advanced imaging techniques (collaborations between the Robarts Imaging Group and the musculoskeletal radiologists at the London Health Sciences Centre);
  • Rehabilitation research; and
  • Advanced surgical techniques, including minimally-invasive image-guided and robotic surgery.

The Dr. Sandy Kirkley Research Centre will encourage interaction and collaboration between established research programs in sport medicine and joint replacement, and promote other diverse research activities. The newly established Bernard and Norton Wolf Biomechanics Laboratory, a partnership between the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic and the Faculties of Health Sciences and Engineering at Western, will be an integral part of the Centre’s extended facilities. In this lab, researchers will access human movement during activity involving both the upper and lower extremities, and will be used to study the mechanics of motion in athletic and arthritic patients.

Benefits of the Centre

  • Better communication among orthopedic researchers will lead to significant synergies and cross-pollination.
  • Shared resources will result in greater efficiencies, ensuring the best possible results.
  • Ongoing data collection, not tied to a specific research project, will create a database rich in valuable information.
  • Promising graduate students and residents will be attracted to work in a positive and supportive research environment.
  • A strong infrastructure and proven success will attract more national and international multi-centre clinical trials.
  • Better coordination and management of clinical trials in orthopedics will make it more attractive for patients to become involved.

Ultimately, more research means better treatments, care and health for Canadians with acute and chronic orthopaedic conditions. Advances in sport medicine, joint replacement and other fields mean a more active and healthy population.