The CHI is an inclusive city-wide initiative to coordinate basic and clinical research, policy research and educational activities in Human and Translational Immunology at two different institutions in London, Ontario:

• The University of Western Ontario: seventh largest university in Canada, and the largest university in Southwestern Ontario. This university has 1 of the 6 medical schools in Ontario; and
• The Lawson Health Research Institute, the research arm of the London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, the tertiary care, academic hospitals that serve as referral centers for Southwestern Ontario with a population base of over 2 million people.

News/Upcoming Events

CHI Human Immunology Research Retreat - APRIL 23, 2012

City-wide Retreat on Human Immunology Research
Huron University College – Great Hall
9am-3pm

Agenda

The Centre for Human Immunology (CHI) is bringing together researchers from across the city to discuss the current state of human immunology research in London, share current research initiatives and opportunities, and engage colleagues in discussions on the future directions for research in this field at Western.

If you would like to attend please RSVP to bethany.heinrichs@schulich.uwo.ca by April 13, 2012.

CHI Chronicles - July 2011

CHI is pleased to present their second newsletter - "CHI Chronicles".

CHI Extends Canada-wide!  A Canadian Human Immunology Network is born.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has awarded a Network Catalyst grant entitled the “CIHR Human Immunology Network (CHIN)” to the Centre for Human Immunology (CHI) at the University of Western Ontario (UWO), along with seven co-applicants. This network will act as a coordinating resource to help individual researchers to optimize resources and to accelerate the pace of their discoveries and its translation into humans. The Centre at UWO will act as the coordinating node with 7 participant nodes from Dalhousie University, University of Manitoba, McGill University, McMaster University, University of Toronto, University of British Columbia and the University of Western Ontario.

As a research network, CHIN will operate as a resource “umbrella” network, facilitating communication between nodes, each with their specialized expertise in human immunology, collaboration and knowledge exchange. The spirit of CHIN is to be inclusive to the interested parties doing research in human immunology and to become an information resource for investigators considering research in human immunology. CHIN will promote and enhance human immunology research in Canada and its international projection, and effectively limit duplication of resources by developing synergies between existing teams. The establishment of CHIN will ensure that Human Immunology in Canada remains at the forefront of the international effort.

CHI Chronicles - January 2011

CHI is pleased to present their first newsletter - "CHI Chronicles".