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Alumnus practises global giving

October 27th, 2011 in General | News | 1 Comment

It was 5am in late December 2004.
Travelling home from the Sunshine Coast, UQ alumnus Dr Peter Sharwood had just heard news that the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia were even more serious than initially expected.
In less than two hours, he had assembled a surgical team from across the country ready to tackle the chaos [...]

UQ clinics chart the future of healthcare

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With services for the homeless and web-linked information kiosks for patients, UQ’s super clinics are already showing they are not a standard medical practice.

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Lawyer Peter Noble could be forgiven for admitting that “it feels like a long time” since he graduated from UQ in 1999, given the many experiences he has had in the meantime.

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Home at last

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Clip for cancer

May 12th, 2009 in News | No Comments

In the past 12 months, UQ PhD candidate Rebecca Banks has learned just how precious life is and undergone the “big chop” for cancer research.

Hope and hardship

May 6th, 2009 in Features | 3 Comments

UQ graduate Dr Colette Livermore has published the first account of working within Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity.

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Di Alford: Congratulations Dr Sharwood. What an inspiration to all Australians! Thank you Melissa for writing his...
Walker Aikins: There is obviously a lot to realize about this. I assume you made various nice points in features...
Claudine Neethling: Dear Dr Stephenson I am a Phd Student in Finance at UQ Business School and my thesis explores...
Sila: As a fellow Indonesian and UQ Alumni, I’m proud of his achievements!
Ulrich Goersdorf: Well Patrick, it looks like we’ve done a very good job with you, when you were the weekend...