The graduation of more than 150 nurses and midwives from The University of Queensland's School of Nursing and Midwifery this month will continue to boost ranks amongst the Queensland health system.

15 December 2011

University of Queensland telemedicine researchers want to know which virtual health services are most needed by western down residents.

29 November 2011

University of Queensland researchers from the School of Human Movement Studies have together scooped four of the fourteen prestigious 2011 Australian Sports Medicine Federation Fellows Awards (ASMF Fellow Awards).

16 November 2011

Australia’s largest student training facility in a private hospital has been opened in a partnership between Greenslopes Private Hospital and The University of Queensland (UQ).

10 November 2011
International pharmacy student Shirin Hui Tan with project team leader Jacqueline Bond

Pharmacy students from international backgrounds are learning Australian colloquialisms — as a matter of life and death.

2 November 2011

A new national report shows that women living in regional and remote areas experience poorer health than their city counterparts.

14 October 2011

University of Queensland pharmacy students are being given the opportunity to build on their internship experience, thanks to a new UQ training program.

12 October 2011

Professor Michael Reade has been appointed as the inaugural Chair of Military Surgery and Medicine at The University of Queensland

9 September 2011
Award winning: Dr Nigel Armfield and Dr Tim Donovan have developed a telemedicine trial that enables specialists to assess sick infants in regional and country areas. Photo: Queensland Health

A telemedicine trial that enables specialists to assess sick infants in regional and country areas has won the Queensland Health Minister’s ‘Best Innovation’ award at the 2011 Queensland Health Healthcare Improvement Awards.

5 September 2011

Teamwork, fun and a bit of healthy competition won The University Of Queensland the Audience Choice Award at the recent National HealthFusion Team Challenge (Oz HFTC).

2 September 2011

Indigenous health issues will be the focus of this year’s National HealthFusion Team Challenge (HFTC), which will be hosted by The University of Queensland tomorrow.

25 August 2011
Midwifery student Kimberley Retschleg and Bachelor of Midwifery and Dual Degree Coordinator Susannah Brady prepare birthing kits

Nursing and midwifery students from The University of Queensland recently donated their time to prepare birthing kits for expectant mothers in developing nations around the world.

24 August 2011

The University of Queensland’s School of Medicine has announced that it will seriously consider the introduction of an MD (Doctor of Medicine) program to replace the current MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery) program.

16 August 2011

Some areas in Australia have more complementary medicine practitioners delivering primary care than general practitioners even though they are largely unregulated, according to a University of Queensland study published this week in the Australian...

1 August 2011

Health threats from animal-human interaction will be the focus of the “One Health” Symposium being hosted by The University of Queensland (UQ) today (8 July).

8 July 2011
An artist's impression of the Oral Health Centre, which begins construction shortly at UQ's Herston campus. Image courtesy Cox Rayner Architects

The University of Queensland has awarded the construction contract for Australia's most advanced oral health facility to be located at its Herston campus.

15 June 2011

Teamwork activities by 1800 University of Queensland health students are providing a boost to charities here and overseas.

20 May 2011

The University of Queensland has been ranked one of the world’s top universities in psychology (world rank 26), biological sciences (world rank 38), and medicine (ranked 33rd) in prestigious new international rankings released today.

4 May 2011
Pharmatopia: A virtual reality learning resource for pharmacy students.

Pharmacy students at The University of Queensland (UQ) are learning how to how to do drug dosing calculations by working in a three-dimension virtual world.

3 April 2011