The Queensland Aphasia Research Centre at The University of Queensland has been awarded almost $5 million from the Medical Research Future Fund to improve treatment for the growing number of Australians living with post-stroke aphasia.
31 May 2024
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 showing a person with aphasia an app on a phone RESIZED.jpg?itok=E3VZieGC "QARC researcher Jessica Campbell and a program participant.")
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
Does emotion influence your ability to learn new words?
12 May 2016National Stroke Week begins today (8 September) and The University of Queensland has two leading speech pathology experts available to speak to media.
8 September 2014A 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 2013Thousands 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 2013The 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 2011The 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 2010The 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
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 2009University 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 2009The 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 2008University of Queensland research is set to unlock the regions of the brain central to successful language treatment following a stroke.
23 September 2008Three researchers from The University of Queensland have been recognised in the inaugural National Health and Medical Research Council Awards.
12 December 2007
