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
Close up of gloved woman's hand holding a syringe, with her trunk blurred in the background.

The effectiveness of using sterile water injections for labour contraction pain will be tested by an international collaboration of researchers, thanks to federal funding.

16 June 2021

Newborns with vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of schizophrenia later in life, a team of Australian and Danish researchers has reported.

7 December 2018
Professor Jian Yang

Evolution may be responsible for a range of complex traits, including height and waist-to-hip ratio, and diseases such as schizophrenia, research from The University of Queensland shows.

16 May 2018
Professor Jian Yang

Massive banks of genetic information are being harnessed to shed new light on modifiable health risks that underlie common diseases.

16 January 2018
Professor Serra-Majem

A leading advocate of the Mediterranean diet will discuss challenges for the diet’s uptake among millennials at the University of Queensland-hosted TropAg conference.

20 July 2017

A world-first study has found medical hypnosis can reduce pain and anxiety in children being treated for serious burns.

9 December 2016
Mentors encourage parents to interact with children

An extensive European trial has shown that incorporating The University of Queensland’s Triple P – Positive Parenting Program into a home visiting program can improve children’s cognitive development.

22 September 2016
Is hot and cold water immersion gainful?

First, researchers discovered cold water immersion after a workout can ruin your gym gains. Now there’s evidence hot water immersion does the same.

21 June 2016
UQ needs 80 healthy toddlers from the Brisbane area for study.

A University of Queensland research team is seeking Brisbane toddlers for a study to find out if toddler formulas really offer improved health benefits.

25 March 2015

A University of Queensland study on the relationship between Random Breath Testing (RBT) and alcohol-related traffic accidents in Australia has ranked the New South Wales RBT program the best in the country, followed closely by the Queensland...

23 March 2015
Professor Bryan Mowry from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute.

Queensland scientists are closer to effective treatments for schizophrenia after uncovering dozens of sites across the human genome that are strongly associated with a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia.

23 July 2014
University of Queensland researchers are seeking volunteers for an exercise and mental wellness study.

Can high-intensity exercise improve the physical and emotional health of people with mental illness? University of Queensland researchers are seeking volunteers to help find out.

21 July 2014

A new project lead by The University of Queensland will enable the development of more effective tourism destination marketing plans through better consumer behaviour research

1 August 2013
A new customised chart can provide better information about a growing fetus

A new way of interpreting information from a low-tech, age-old method used in pregnancy care is expected to more accurately identify potential health issues for mothers and babies.

24 May 2013

Women in Australia are exercising less and most are not eating nearly enough vegetables, researchers have found.

26 September 2012

The long-term adjustment of children and adolescents who sustain burn injuries is being explored by UQ PhD candidate Jessica Maskell.

18 September 2012

Atheists and believers alike will repeatedly sacrifice large portions of their income to unresponsive entities in the hope of a better outcome, a new study suggests.

20 August 2012

Despite our inclination to believe equality within a team or group is important, new research suggests that a built-in hierarchy leads to fewer group conflicts and higher productivity.

24 May 2012

People with a close relative with premature cardiovascular disease are being sought for a UQ study.

6 December 2011