Placing speed cameras on roads reduces the number of road traffic injuries and deaths, according to a new study by University of Queensland and QIMR researchers.

4 October 2010

Starting this afternoon, Brisbane local Louise Bellchambers will campout in the Queen Street Mall for 100 hours inside a 3x3 metre transparent cube to raise awareness about mental health issues.

4 October 2010

Overweight Australian adolescents aged 14 to 17 years are needed for a University of Queensland and Wesley Research Institute study that aims to achieve more accurate body measurement for this group.

17 September 2010

A practical and inspirational diary for people with Parkinson’s Disease will not only support patients and their carers, it will help University of Queensland researchers search for a cure.

10 September 2010

Patient care in Australia will fall below the standards in leading developed nations if hospitals and universities do not join forces, according to Executive Dean of The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Nicholas Fisk.

2 September 2010

With the introduction of the Government’s Medicare Locals scheme, the future role of Divisions of General Practice is unclear, according to an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

28 July 2010
The Hon Jon Sullivan (Federal MP for Longman), Professor Keith
McNeil (Metro North District CEO), The Hon Nicola Roxon (Federal Minister
for Health and Ageing), Ms Caroline Weaver (Caboolture Hospital Executive
Director), Professor Andrew Wilson (Executive Dean of Health, QUT),
Professor David Wilkinson (Dean, School of Medicine, UQ)

The Australian Government has awarded two large clinical training grants to two teaching hospitals in the UQ School of Medicine’s Northside Clinical School - Caboolture Hospital ($9.5M) and Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital ($4.8M).

9 July 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

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

A new nation-wide study will test whether physical activity can improve the memory and wellbeing of sufferers of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).

20 April 2010

A new pedagogical tool is making cumbersome, difficult to use microscopes all but redundant for histology students.

7 April 2010

A UQ study will employ a unique mobile phone application to improve the “communicative fitness” and lifestyle of brain-injured patients.

9 February 2010

The Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP has released a new report from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health focusing on women’s reproductive health.

27 January 2010

A University of Queensland study has found that females who experience early puberty have increased levels of aggression.

8 January 2010

A University of Queensland study has found that women who live with a partner gain more weight than those without a partner or child.

8 January 2010

Among the almost 900 new graduates to be injected into the health system by The University of Queensland this week is a young doctor who has already been recognised as a leader.

10 December 2009

Cleverly marketed convenience foods combined with time-poor households have resulted in changed eating habits for Australian families, a recent UQ PhD has found.

10 December 2009

One in five young people experience a cannabis use disorder, according to a UQ and Mater Hospital study published today in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

9 December 2009
Dr Lane Strathearn

UQ researcher Dr Lane Strathearn sees strengthening the bond between mother and baby as a possible way of reducing childhood neglect.

9 December 2009

More than 160 graduands are preparing for The University of Queensland Ipswich Campus graduation ceremonies tomorrow.

8 December 2009