Dr. Lala's research has connected the disciplines of reproduction and cancer biology. His research explores cellular and molecular mechanisms in placental development and cancer progression with the aim of preventing and treating pregnancy-associated diseases of the mother and her newborn and Cancer. Dr. Lala has received many honors and awards including the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award of the Canadian Association of anatomists, Neurobiologists and Cell Biologists; the Honorary D.Sc. Degree of the University of Western Ontario; the Lawson Career Scientist Award of the Lawson Health Research Institute; the Henry Gray Scientific Achievement Award of The American Association for Anatomy (AAA); and a fellowship of the AAA. He has published 215 articles of original research in high impact journals and served on the editorial boards of 10 journals in the fields of cancer, hematology and reproduction. He has trained 45 graduate students and 21 post-doctoral fellows, many of whom are well-known scientists. Currently, he is an active professor emeritus at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.