Dr Lam and Thi Hong Thanh Pham

When Alzheimer’s researcher Dr Hoang Lam Pham (Lam) was given the chance to work at any Australian university, UQ was the straightforward choice.

22 June 2010

The Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health (CMVH), through its University of Queensland Node, is helping to deliver a $12 million health study, which is the most extensive health study to be undertaken by Defence.

22 June 2010

The University of Queensland is one of four leading Australian schools of pharmacy to form the National Alliance for Pharmacy Education (NAPE).

16 June 2010
Young Queenslander of the Year Yassmin Abdel-Magied

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 2010
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield . . . UQ will always be the people's university

The University of Queensland scooped the pool when Premier Anna Bligh announced the prestigious Queensland Greats Awards today.

3 June 2010
Heather Stewart and Michael Williams, joint winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Award

A project which has attracted international University interest in advancing appropriate representation of Indigenous peoples and issues through the student learning experience is this year’s main prize winner in the 2010 UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity...

27 May 2010
Professor Alan Lopez

While Australia is one of the healthiest countries in the world for adults, the child mortality rate could be improved, according to new research co-authored by University of Queensland Professor of Medical Statistics and Population Health, Alan...

24 May 2010

Children with life limiting conditions and their families are receiving support from their hospital-based healthcare team in the comfort of their own home using the internet, thanks to a special University of Queensland project launched recently by...

24 May 2010

Older Australians are being overprescribed medications for depression, according to a study by University of Queensland researchers published today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.

21 May 2010

A new partnership between The University of Queensland’s School of Medicine and a top United States health organisation will produce better doctors with a global medical education.

17 May 2010

The University of Queensland has led development of a new computerised health assessment tool that is set to improve the quality and efficiency of hospital care for frail older people.

7 May 2010

The School of Medicine’s Rural Clinical School building in Toowoomba has won the Regional Commendation at the 2010 Darling Downs Regional Architecture Awards.

5 May 2010

A new integrated video-conference suite has been launched at UQ School of Medicine’s Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine.

4 May 2010
Yana Jones.
Photo: Marty Pouwelse Photography

One of The University of Queensland’s first nursing graduates has been recognised for her work raising awareness of prevention and early detection of cancer by being named the Cancer Council Queensland’s Nurse of the Year.

4 May 2010

Researchers at The University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital and The Prince Charles Hospital in association with the Asthma Foundation of Queensland, are collaborating in a national study which could identify a new treatment for people...

29 April 2010

Physiotherapists from The University of Queensland, in conjunction with the Motor Accident Insurance Commission, are reviewing the publication 'Whiplash Injury Recovery: A Self-Management Guide' in preparation for producing the 2nd edition of the...

29 April 2010

While popular with school leavers, the annual "Schoolies" celebrations on the Gold Coast can be a source of fear for parents.

28 April 2010

The third World Malaria Day at the weekend has been marked with the launch of the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) Fellowship Program.

27 April 2010

Researchers from The University of Queensland are recruiting participants from central Queensland to trial a new technology aimed at helping patients manage Type 2 Diabetes.

27 April 2010
Major General Paul Alexander, Surgeon General, Australian Defence Force, and Major General Maurie McNarn AO (Ret'd), Executive Director (Operations), UQ

The Australian Department Defence has today entered a Strategic Alliance with The University of Queensland which will see the establishment of a Chair of Military Surgery in the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences.

23 April 2010