A woman sits at a desk looking at two monitors while she conducts a Zoom call with her face and a man's shown on one of the screens.

More people with aphasia will have access to quality treatment, particularly those in rural and regional areas, thanks to the expansion of a UQ developed therapy program.

6 March 2023
QARC researcher Jessica Campbell showing a person with aphasia an app on a phone.

A new University of Queensland research centre dedicated to helping people with aphasia will transform the recovery journey for thousands of Australians and their families.

21 April 2022

The effect of sleep on learning – particularly after brain injury – is the focus of a study by University of Queensland researchers.

25 September 2019

A donation of $1 million to The University of Queensland will offer hope to thousands of Australians left without the ability to communicate following a stroke.

5 September 2019

An anonymous donation of $500,000 will fund Australia’s first dedicated aphasia rehabilitation and research centre.

1 June 2018

Understanding how exercise affects language learning could help patients with brain conditions such as stroke, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

23 February 2017
Adults have over 50,000 words stored in their mental dictionaries.

Does emotion influence your ability to learn new words?

12 May 2016

National Stroke Week begins today (8 September) and The University of Queensland has two leading speech pathology experts available to speak to media.

8 September 2014

A new University of Queensland program aimed at changing the lives of people who experience language difficulties after stroke will be trialled in South East Queensland major hospitals.

20 August 2013

Thousands of Australians suffer communication and swallowing disorders for various medical reasons that make the field of speech pathology more complex than ever before.

21 June 2013

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Brain Awareness Video Contest is University of Queensland’s Shiree Heath, a graduate student in Dr David Copland’s Language Neuroscience Laboratory.

24 October 2011

The University of Queensland topped the nation in the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships announced today, being awarded 31 fellowships worth a total of more than $22 million.

17 November 2010

The prestigious 2009 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Awards and the Queensland Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year $10,000 prize were announced in Brisbane last night at UQ's Customs House.

17 November 2009
Dr David Copland

UQ researchers have found certain drugs can change how the brain processes language in a finding that has implications for new treatments of communication disorders.

21 August 2009

University of Queensland researchers will use a $2.5 million grant to help people who have suffered an acquired brain injury communicate with the world.

16 July 2009

The University of Queensland has paid tribute to its emerging research leaders, awarding more than $800,000 at the annual UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards.

23 September 2008

University of Queensland research is set to unlock the regions of the brain central to successful language treatment following a stroke.

23 September 2008

Three researchers from The University of Queensland have been recognised in the inaugural National Health and Medical Research Council Awards.

12 December 2007