A University of Queensland initiative has taken medical students to Cambodia to witness life-changing reconstruction surgery on children and young adults.
10 May 2013Australia’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 2011A dedication to the profession of pharmacy, and a motivation to practice within the profession, has seen a UQ School of Pharmacy alumnus and PhD student, Chris Freeman, named the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s (PSA) Young Pharmacist of the...
11 October 2011
UQ medical students will once again strut their stuff to host a fashion parade to raise money for research projects and programs for at risk populations.
26 September 2011Six nursing and midwifery students from The Univeristy of Queensland School of Nursing and Midwifery were recognised for their outstanding academic achievements at an awards ceremony at Customs House last week.
13 May 2011
Jamie’s Ministry of Food Australia staged a virtual cooking class in Ipswich to celebrate the launch of its first Australian centre recently, with UQ students on hand to assist.
9 December 2010More than 80 percent of university students are struggling with psychological distress with almost one-fifth of these classified as having a serious mental illness, according to a UQ study.
22 November 2010
Researchers from the Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence - home to UQ's School of Pharmacy - have identified a potential new target for breast cancer therapy.
1 October 2010
The University of Queensland has recognised seven of its most inspiring research higher degree supervisors.
27 September 2010
Medical Student volunteers from The University of Queensland have created a free, kids-friendly mobile clinic to foster positive relations between the community and health professionals and ultimately reduce morbidity from preventable diseases.
8 September 2010After four weeks of work, UQ’s top three interprofessional teams of health students will come together to compete as part of the annual University of Queensland HealthFusion Team Challenge (UQ HFTC).
26 August 2010Students from UQ’s global health club are staging a fashion show to highlight emerging artists in Brisbane, and fundraise for medical educational, research and practice projects.
24 August 2010
Giving deaf children an opportunity to be heard has earned UQ graduate and current PhD candidate Dimity Dornan the Queenslander of the Year Award.
3 June 2010An Australian Government pledge of $2.4 million to a University of Queensland teaching hospital ensures clinical training for at least 250 extra UQ medical and health students each year.
12 April 2010Staff at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) could be forgiven for thinking that Casey Linton was an accomplished honours student having seen her working attentively in the labs over summer and occasionally being mentioned in their monthly...
21 February 2010University of Queensland research has shown “canecutter’s” disease is a growing problem for travellers.
16 February 2010
A group of UQ nursing and midwifery students have realised a unique New Year’s resolution – using their studies to assist those in need in Cambodia.
18 January 2010
