Professor Brian Head

Leading social scientist from The University of Queensland Professor Brian Head has received two accolades for his research leadership and expertise this year.

22 November 2012

The University of Queensland’s School of Medicine has celebrated the coming graduation of its inaugural UQ-Ochsner class of nine medical students, who have been trained in two continents, at a culmination celebration.

16 November 2012

The University of Queensland’s Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) is seeking two research fellows to join its policy analysis and sustainability programs.

13 November 2012
The $4 million Health Sciences Learning and Discovery Centre opened in Rockhampton and is a joint venture with The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School and the Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service.

A new state-of-the-art medical training Centre in Rockhampton aims to improve the medical workforce shortage in regional and rural areas.

18 October 2012

The University of Queensland has been awarded a $2.44 million Centre of Research Excellence to research the design of a better mental health system for Australia.

3 August 2012

The University of Queensland (UQ) and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (EKUT), Germany have celebrated 25 years of collaboration with an international research workshop.

24 May 2012
Professors Brian Head and Janeen Baxter.

Two University of Queensland professors at the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) have been awarded with prestigious appointments to the Australian Research Council College (formerly known as College of Experts) – an acknowledgement that...

21 March 2012
UQ alumnus, actor and film producer Dr Geoffrey Rush has been named the 2012 Australian of the Year.

University of Queensland alumnus, actor and film producer Dr Geoffrey Rush has been named the 2012 Australian of the Year.

26 January 2012
Inaugural Project Reference Group meeting (left to right), Dr Tim Lucas (DEEDI), Ms Maureen O'Connor (Qld Health), Dr Adrian Cherney (Chief Investigator), Ms Sharon Bailey (Qld Premier's Dept), Prof Paul Boreham (Chief Investigator), Prof Brian Head (Chief Investigator) and Dr John Dungan (DET).

Former senior public servant and University of Queensland researcher Professor Brian Head is setting out to change a widely held perception that while evidence-based research is necessary in medicine and science, the leap to making social policy...

15 December 2011

The University of Queensland’s School of Medicine has announced that it will seriously consider the introduction of an MD (Doctor of Medicine) program to replace the current MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery) program.

16 August 2011

In the first forum of its kind, on Tuesday, 24 May 2011 The University of Queensland will host over 30 Medical Deans and senior staff from 15 Universities in Australia and New Zealand, plus Australian Medical Council and ACER representatives, to...

21 May 2011

It is with great regret that The University of Queensland Physician Assistant Studies Program, offered through the School of Medicine will not be admitting any more students.

11 May 2011

For up to five per cent of the population, checking the time, counting change at the cash register or practically anything else to do with numbers can be a nightmare.

14 February 2011

It’s official: Coalition politicians are less certain than their Labor counterparts that climate change exists and less likely to consider it a serious threat to human existence, a new survey shows.

12 August 2010
Dean of Medicine and Head of School, Professor David Wilkinson

In an Australian first, The University of Queensland’s School of Medicine has launched a new Medical Student Leadership Program, designed to provide formal leadership training to an elite group of students enrolled in its medical degree.

19 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

A team of 10 UQ undergraduate students is aiming to prove you don’t need to perform a rain dance to encourage the clouds to open.

10 June 2009
Associate Professor Robert Beeton

Staff, alumni and students associated with The University of Queensland have been honoured in the Australia Day awards.

27 January 2009

UQ graduates and staff are turning heads at the Place Makers exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art, which showcases sustainable Queensland architecture at its best.

31 October 2008

Research at the cutting edge of biomedical sciences will be discussed in a public lecture to be held on April 2 at the Queensland Brain Institute.

26 March 2008