Researchers from The University of Queensland have received $10 million through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Synergy Grants scheme.

23 November 2023
A man in a navy suit with a red flower in his buttonhole smiles broadly.

The 2023 UQ Alumni Awards have recognised 18 remarkable individuals – local heroes and global ChangeMakers – whose talents were nurtured right here in Queensland.

27 October 2023
Composite photo of the four new AAHMS fellows

The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences has elected four University of Queensland professors as fellows.

22 October 2019

A comprehensive tool to help people manage back pain has been developed by a team of international health experts led by University of Queensland researchers.

30 July 2019
Professor Debra Bernhardt and Professor Paul Hodges

Two University of Queensland researchers have joined the ranks of the nation’s top scientists after being elected to the Australian Academy of Science.

28 May 2019

The University of Queensland has announced the results of elections and Governor-in-Council appointments to its 34th Senate.

3 November 2017
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen was Queensland's premier from 1968 to 1987

A satirical and musical interpretation of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s run for office has come about from a union of two University of Queensland creatives.

3 July 2017
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has given $8.3 million in funding to a UQ musculoskeletal project.

University of Queensland-led research into solutions for musculoskeletal conditions such as back pain and osteoarthritis has attracted more than $8 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

25 March 2015
Walking while texting can affect speed, balance, posture and ability to walk in a straight line, a UQ study has found.

As “text zombies” are blamed for a rise in pedestrian collisions, researchers from The University of Queensland are warning that text-messaging puts a walker’s balance, posture and safety at risk.

3 February 2014

Fifty two leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured on Sunday as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery at the inaugural Q-Index Awards.

17 May 2011
Professor Paul Hodges

The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded its highest honour to Professor Paul Hodges, director of The University of Queensland’s Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health.

16 December 2010

A study to identify why prolonged sitting could be fatal is one of 16 prestigious national awards and fellowships granted to health and medical researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ).

18 November 2010

Back and neck pain, knee osteoarthritis, and sports and occupational injuries such as tennis elbow will be targeted under a new National Health and Medical Research Council Program Grant awarded to a University of Queensland research team toda

23 February 2010

University of Queensland researcher Ryan Stafford has won the 2009 Delsys Prize for his work on a novel electrode to record activity from muscles of the pelvic floor in men.

5 November 2009

Director of UQ's Clinical Centre for Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury & Health, Professor Paul Hodges, has been awarded a $10,000 prize for his work supervising research higher degree students.

28 September 2009
2009 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award winners

The University of Queensland has paid tribute to its emerging research leaders, awarding $685,000 at the annual UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards tonight (Tuesday, September 22).

22 September 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

An Australian epicentre of back and neck pain research and treatment will be launched today.

14 October 2007

The University of Queensland will receive more than 60 percent of the Federal Government funds for medical research announced for Queensland’s universities, hospitals and research institutions.

16 October 2006

University of Queensland scientists have won Queensland’s Premier’s Awards for Medical Research by uncovering a defective gene for autism and developing a vaccine for two strands of cancer.

7 June 2004