The University of Queensland will launch its first World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre today with a WHO flag-raising ceremony.
29 November 2013Using social media to tell the history of the Paralympic movement in Australia is the focus of a new research project at The University of Queensland.
25 September 2013The following statement is attributable to Dr Coral Gartner, Leader of the Health and Addictive Behaviour Interventions research group from The University of Queensland’s Centre for Clinical Research.
16 September 2013Injecting a ‘breath of fresh air’ into cardiorespiratory physiotherapy education has placed a University of Queensland lecturer among the best in the country.
4 September 2013Mental and substance use disorders were the leading cause of non-fatal illness worldwide in 2010, according to a new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study, published in The Lancet today.
29 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 2013
A new book written by researchers from The University of Queensland and Queensland Health offers a unique guide for therapists and professionals to successfully work with children.
28 February 2013People with Parkinson’s disease who receive Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy in the early stages of the condition will benefit from a significant increase in quality of life, a revolutionary study from The New England Journal of Medicine has...
13 February 2013
Neurologist Professor Peter Silburn and Neurosurgeon Associate Professor Terry Coyne have performed their 500th deep brain stimulation surgery on a 61-year-old woman with Parkinson’s disease.
13 August 2012Children with cerebral palsy and acquired brain injuries across Queensland will be the first in Australia to experience the pioneering new program, eBRAIN.
29 May 2012University of Queensland researcher Dr Venerina Johnston has been awarded a grant to research the skills and behaviours needed by supervisors to help workers return to work after injury or illness.
19 January 2012
A telemedicine trial that enables specialists to assess sick infants in regional and country areas has won the Queensland Health Minister’s ‘Best Innovation’ award at the 2011 Queensland Health Healthcare Improvement Awards.
5 September 2011
