Young people with friends who vape are 15 times more likely to use e-cigarettes, and more adolescents are turning to illicit cannabis products, UQ research has found.
2 July 2025
A renowned marine scientist and an internationally recognised advocate for women’s health are among the outstanding UQ community members celebrated in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List.
9 June 2025
UQ researchers have found smoking rates have declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia, suggesting less restrictive regulation on vaping could improve public health outcomes.
12 February 2025
A UQ-led project to develop the first-ever drug to treat heart attack and protect donor hearts will move to human clinical trials, after receiving $17.8 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
7 October 2024
University of Queensland researchers are suggesting a new diagnosis should be added to the official world diseases list to better identify those with gaming disorders.
14 June 2024
An expert in business and IT and a leader in Indigenous sustainable development are among members of the UQ community named in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours List.
10 June 2024
Young Australians are being exposed to an alcohol advertisement on social media every 2 minutes and 43 seconds on average, according to UQ research.
7 June 2024
Young people are encouraged to participate in a University of Queensland study that will use artificial intelligence technology to develop campaign materials to reduce youth vaping rates.
23 May 2024Researchers from The University of Queensland have received more than $41 million through the National Health and Medical Research Council 2024 Investigator Grants to address health challenges.
3 May 2024
University of Queensland research has found gaming for more than three hours a day can lead to health problems.
14 March 2024Researchers from The University of Queensland have received more than $10.2 million through 6 Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) schemes to address gaps in health and medical research.
14 February 2024
A spider venom molecule being investigated by a University of Queensland team has met critical benchmarks towards becoming a treatment for heart attack and stroke.
17 January 2024
Professor Glenn King from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation, a $250,000 recognition of his pioneering work.
17 October 2023
Cameras that spy on wildlife could provide the secrets scientists need to save vulnerable species.
17 September 2022
A University of Queensland researcher supporting efforts to combat drug and alcohol use worldwide has been named the 2022 Queensland Young Tall Poppy of the Year.
30 August 2022
At a time when Aboriginal people’s lives were controlled – including what language they spoke, where they could go and who they could marry – Aunty Lesley Williams was marching outside these restrictions.
3 August 2022
Throughout the 2000s, The Atlantic Philanthropies gave more than $100 million to UQ to help establish several UQ institutes and centres.
27 July 2022
A potentially life-saving treatment containing venom from one of the world’s deadliest spiders is one step closer to human trials, thanks to a $23 million investment in a Brisbane startup.
4 July 2022
Globally, most adolescents who experiment with vaping don’t develop an addiction, but the way tobacco products were taxed may be linked with higher e-cigarette use among young people, according to new University of Queensland research.
13 May 2022.jpg?itok=lH0mxWOe "Thousands of books, magazines, and other items will be on sale at the Book Fair.")
The University of Queensland’s Alumni Friends are embracing a new chapter to help rebuild the Lismore Library’s book collection that was decimated by devastating floods.
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