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Research Stories Impacting Our Community

We are pleased to present the following research stories in our 2021-22 Annual Report, which represent just a small sample of the incredible work being done within the walls of our Hospital. To learn about pandemic-related research stories, visit the COVID-19 page.

Building an Open-Access Diagnostic Tool: The DART
We’ve Come a Long Way: Advances in ILD Treatment
Decoding the Vagus Nerve
A genetic variant that protects against disease
Educating the world’s best urologic surgeons

Here you will find some of our most insightful, non-pandemic stories of our 2021-22 fiscal year. Each story belongs to one of our five research pillars, which themselves are rooted in the clinical specialities of our Hospital.
The five pillars of The Research Institute of St. Joe’s are:

  • Mental Health & Addiction
  • Lungs & Chest
  • Father Sean O’Sullivan Research Centre (FSORC)
  • Kidney
  • Genitourinary

Mental Health & Addiction

Building an Open-Access Research Tool: The DART

Lungs & Chest

We've Come a Long Way: Advances in ILD Treatment

Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre

Decoding the Vagus Nerve

Kidney

A genetic variant that protects against disease

Genitourinary

Educating the world's best urologic surgeons