An online tool developed by The University of Queensland’s Centre for Mothers & Babies (QCMB) has been updated, allowing parents-to-be to view profiles of Queensland birth facilities in greater detail.

8 May 2013

Students at The University of Queensland (UQ) will take their learning outside the classroom with a new Living Laboratories initiative.

7 May 2013
Red knots are one of the species already under pressure. Photo: ROB CLEMENS

Millions of shorebirds and some species could be lost as sea levels rise in coming decades, say UQ scientists who are working as part of an international environmental team.

6 May 2013

The Faculty of Health Sciences at UQ has established three pivotal clinical leadership roles to lead clinical education, research and academic activities within partner teaching hospitals.

3 May 2013
Professor Gerald Holtmann is the new Associate Dean (Clinical) of UQ's Faculty of Health Sciences.

By strengthening university links with hospital partners, we can better prepare for the future of healthcare, says the new Associate Dean (Clinical) of The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Health Sciences.

3 May 2013
Dr Ryan Taft with an Illumina sequencer, on which the gene sequencing was performed.

A global team of researchers has identified the gene behind an Australian toddler’s paediatric brain disorder in a discovery that is paving the way for the diagnosis and treatment of other children with genetic diseases.

3 May 2013

University of Queensland ecologists have released research that will result in better crocodiles management and intervention.

2 May 2013

A study from The University of Queensland has highlighted the tension doctors and midwives experience when supporting women’s right to decide what happens to them and their babies.

2 May 2013

Australians are living longer but a range of ailments threatens progress made in recent years, according to Australia-specific findings from the landmark Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2010 Study (GBD 2010).

1 May 2013
Big Ted teaches kids at Eaton's Hill State School about how to have a healthy lifestyle.

A University of Queensland Medical Society program that promotes a healthy lifestyle to Queensland children plans to be bigger and better in 2013.

30 April 2013
Maps of a mouse brain can now be more detailed than ever before.

Hopes for a cure for many brain diseases may rest on the humble mouse, now that scientists can map the rodents’ brains more thoroughly than ever before.

29 April 2013
Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force 2 soldiers cross one of many rivers whilst on patrol through Sorkh Lez in the Mirabad Valley, Southern Afghanistan. Photo by Corporal Rachel Ingram

Over recent operations, Australian Army soldiers have carried the heaviest loads borne by soldiers in the past 3000 years.

23 April 2013

Malaria experts from the University of Queensland have warned that more must be done if the disease is to be eliminated from the Asia Pacific region.

22 April 2013
University of Queensland Associate Professor Greg Brown and Poland’s Jagiellonian University Dr Malgorzata Grodzinska-Jurczak visit a protected natural area in Poland.

An international research consortium, involving an Australian researcher, aims to improve national park governance and landscape protection systems in Poland and Norway, thanks to a prestigious $1.2 million European grant.

16 April 2013

New UQ research reveals menopausal women who gain weight, smoke and consume alcohol at risky levels face an increased risk of experiencing night sweats and hot flushes.

16 April 2013

The University of Queensland School of Nursing and Midwifery has signed a major two-year education partnership with leading healthcare organisation Bupa Care Services.

10 April 2013
Algal bioreactors at the Solar Biofuels Research Centre

Premier Campbell Newman will progress Queensland research into renewable energy when he today (Tuesday 9 April) opens an advanced solar biofuels pilot plant designed to develop microalgae-based systems as a source of clean fuel.

9 April 2013
Attending the Match Day celebration are, from left,  Deputy Head of School Dr Richard Deichmann and  Head of School Dr William Pinsky with  graduates Dr Steven Sushinsky, Dr Emily Sineway, and Dr Katherine Weyer, and Deputy Head of School Dr Leonardo Seoane.

The University of Queensland’s Ochsner medical program has reached a major milestone with its first graduates all placed in United States clinical residency positions.

9 April 2013
Professor Andrew White, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj, Professor Max Lu, Professor David Craik and Professor Matthew Brown

The University of Queensland’s place as a global research leader has been highlighted with today’s announcement that five UQ scientists are among 20 new Australian Academy of Science Fellows for 2013.

27 March 2013

Professor David Craik from the IMB was today named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), an honour reserved for researchers whose achievements are of international significance.

27 March 2013