Commander Luckin takes part in a rescue at 10,000 feet in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa. With nowhere to land, the pilot has balanced the helicopter on one wheel on a rock

A search and rescue doctor who led the first western medical team into Banda Aceh following the 2004 tsunami will present a prestigious UQ lecture on Friday.

15 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
The Teddy Bear Hospital student volunteers

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 2010

University of Queensland and Deakin University researchers have today released a report with dozens of recommendations that strongly support more spending on prevention, but also warn that not all prevention measures are wise investments.

7 September 2010

Newborn babies with low levels of vitamin D have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia later in life, researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute have found.

6 September 2010

The effectiveness of internet delivery of mental health services will be researched by Len Bickman, who has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholarship to undertake research at The University of Queensland and the University of Melbourne.

3 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

After 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 2010

Students 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

A UQ study is seeking at-risk volunteers to help aid early detection and treatment of lung cancer.

23 August 2010

Research into kidney and liver disease, infectious diseases, cancer, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, children’s nutrition and movement disorders has received a boost, with UQ Faculty of Health Sciences - affiliated researchers awarded Health Research...

17 August 2010

Research into the health care needs and issues of Australian and New Zealand Defence Force veterans, serving personnel and their families will receive renewed focus, with the Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health (CMVH), The University of...

17 August 2010

Couples where one member has dementia and the other is the primary care-giver are sought for a UQ–University of Melbourne research study.

5 August 2010
UQ Ipswich Open Day

With programs in medicine, nursing and midwifery, health sciences and arts all on offer in 2011, visitors to the UQ Ipswich Open Day will get to experience a very healthy study environment.

2 August 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

The University of Queensland has topped the nation in the number of Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citations for outstanding contributions to student learning.

7 July 2010
One-time classmates and longtime friends Sir Llew Edwards and Nat Yuen were reunited at UQ on the weekend. (Pic Lyle Radford)

TWO friends who studied medicine together almost half a century ago were honoured at a University of Queensland gala dinner on Saturday night.

5 July 2010

The Queensland Heritage Council (QHC) has approved the development of an Oral Health Centre within the heritage-listed Mayne Medical School site at Herston.

1 July 2010

Developing a cervical cancer vaccine and watching it start protecting millions of young women worldwide is more than most researchers would hope for in a lifetime.

29 June 2010