a man stands in water holding a plastic container

UQ researchers estimate there could be up to 7000 tonnes of microplastics polluting vital ecosystems in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay.

25 March 2024
Gloved hands are smoothing a bandaid onto a child's upper arm. The child is on the lap of an adult carer.

Parents can now use a ‘COVID calculator’ to help weigh up the risks and benefits of COVID-19 vaccinations for their children.

13 March 2023

Eight academics from The University of Queensland are among 94 new members appointed to the Australian Research Council (ARC) 2023 College of Experts panel.

6 February 2023
Mother and newborn baby

University of Queensland research has revealed that having more babies reduces a woman’s risk of endometrial cancer.

8 November 2022

A PhD candidate working to understand early embryo development has won The University of Queensland’s 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition final.

15 September 2022
A woman in a white top reclines on a couch, resting a blue coffee cup on her pregnant stomach

University of Queensland researchers have found enjoying a daily latte or long black causes no increased risk to pregnancy.

14 June 2022
Professor Alex Haslam AM honoured for his service to tertiary education. Supplied

Experts in the fields of medicine and psychology are among University of Queensland staff and alumni recognised in the 2022 Australia Day honours.

27 January 2022

The University of Queensland has updated a calculator to help people understand their risk factors for COVID-19 infection and vaccination with the Pfizer vaccine.  

22 December 2021
Doctor showing woman website on digital device.

A calculator to help people understand their risk factors for COVID-19 infection and vaccination has been launched by the Immunisation Coalition in collaboration with Australian researchers.

25 October 2021
The research will help give Australian children the best nutritional start in life. iStock.

A digital toolkit for early childcare workers, parents and families designed to ensure nutritious food is provided to children under five is being developed by University of Queensland researchers.

17 September 2021
Rosie Stoke studies "small" babies and their lifelong health risks

MD-PhD candidate Rosie Stoke has won The University of Queensland’s 2021 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition and will go on to represent UQ in the Asia-Pacific 3MT Competition next month.

16 September 2021
Artwork by Mandy Draper.

Improving the impact of high dementia rates on Indigenous Australians and communities is the focus of a University of Queensland-led telehealth project with a global track record of success.

12 August 2021
ATLAS UQ Poche Centre Researchers (L-R): Dr Clare Bradley, Professor James Ward, Dr Kate Lewis and Mr Alan Ho.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will benefit from the expansion of a University of Queensland-led health project aimed at improving clinical care within primary health care services nationally.

6 July 2021

Three University of Queensland researchers will advance their studies at universities and research institutes in the United States after being awarded Fulbright Scholarships.

25 June 2021

An expert in Indigenous architecture, a noted historian and a history-making teacher joined a raft of talented University of Queensland alumni recognised in the 2021 Australia Day honours.

29 January 2021
Closeup of UQ's cloister columns with the carvings visible

University of Queensland researchers will help Indigenous businesses develop markets for native bushfoods and ornamental plants, nurture Indigenist Health Humanities as a new field of inquiry, and provide a framework for the new co-design approach...

4 November 2020

Researchers are hoping volunteers who’ve recovered from COVID-19 in recent months will provide vital clues about the way the virus interacts with diabetes.

27 July 2020
Computer-generated image of Gilmour Space's new rocket, Eris.

New technologies for a next-generation hybrid rocket that will launch small satellites into low-Earth orbits from 2022 are being developed in Queensland, thanks to a partnership between University of Queensland researchers and Gilmour Space.

10 June 2020
© 2017 Daniel Soekov for Human Rights Watch. A prisoner lies in his solitary confinement cell in the safety unit at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, northern Queensland.

New research from The University of Queensland has called for an end to solitary confinement in Queensland prisons because of the impact on the mental and physical health of prisoners.

18 May 2020

A novel set during a global pandemic eerily similar to our own COVID-19 crisis will be developed into a television series.

18 May 2020