Emeritus Professor Ian Frazer uses a pipette in a lab at TRI

The University of Queensland has recognised the outstanding contribution to society of medical researcher and philanthropist Ian Frazer AC by renaming the UQ Diamantina Institute in his honour.

11 November 2022
A man with black hair and wearing a black collared shirt stands in front of a brown timber wall. He is smiling at the camera.

Professor Di Yu and Professor Jason Roberts from UQ's Faculty of Medicine have been elected as new Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).

14 October 2022
A man with grey hair and wearing a white shirt sits clasping his hands

Australia’s first dedicated children’s immunotherapy centre will investigate treatments to increase the survival of kids with cancer and improve their ongoing quality of life.

24 August 2022

A philanthropist, world-leading orchestra conductor and an acclaimed author are among the recipients of UQ’s 2021 Alumni Awards.

15 September 2021

A little more than twenty years ago, eliminating cervical cancer would have seemed an impossible dream, but now the achievable goal of halting the disease worldwide is the focus of a feature documentary film.

20 August 2021
David Craik standing in a greenhouse, surrounded by plants

The University of Queensland’s Professor David Craik has been elected as a Fellow of the oldest learned society in the world, the Royal Society, for his outstanding contribution to science.

7 May 2021

Traits that allow cancer cells to escape the body’s natural defence system and develop into tumours are actually a good indicator to a patient’s survival prognosis, according to University of Queensland researchers.

24 March 2021

Even before being awarded her PhD at the University of Queensland, Yun (Amy) Liu’s research had reached stratospheric heights.

29 July 2020
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

Three University of Queensland researchers have been recognised for their substantial contributions to the health and wellbeing of Australians at the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) awards.

19 September 2019

Cervical cancer vaccine co-inventor Professor Ian Frazer AC will stand beside Presidents and Princesses at the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) awards in Kazakhstan later this month.

11 September 2019
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt touring UQ's IMB lab

Research into global health issues including antibiotic resistance, inflammatory diseases and stroke has been boosted after The University of Queensland received more than $29.7 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research...

29 August 2019
Dr Kirsty Short.

Research into fighting the flu, improving outcomes for vulnerable infants, and battling kidney disease has netted almost $42 million in funding for academics from The University of Queensland.

12 December 2018
Professor Peter Visscher

A University of Queensland geneticist has joined the ranks of eminent scientists around the world with his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.

15 May 2018
Professor Sunil Lakhani and Professor Gita Mishra

Two University of Queensland researchers have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).

20 October 2017
Kate Heliotis ... a scholarship recipient who has graduated and is now an engineer. Kate overcame hardship in her life to succeed, assisted by a UQ scholarship.

A possible cure for dementia and saving the Great Barrier Reef from invasive crown-of-thorns starfish are now within reach as UQ launches an historic $500 million philanthropic campaign.

15 October 2017
Professor Cindy Shannon ... a leader in Indigenous health

A health and nursing academic who has devoted her life to improving the health of Indigenous Australians and a neuroscience pioneer who was founding director of the Queensland Brain Institute – both University of Queensland professors – have...

7 June 2017
Professor Mark Kendall ... "Sir Howard Florey was a hugely inspiring individual"

A University of Queensland researcher who invented the Nanopatch – a needle-free vaccine delivery device – has been awarded the 2016 CSL Young Florey Medal.

9 November 2016
Professor Ken Ho

Innovative research into Alzheimer’s, brain development, pituitary medicine, cystic fibrosis and mental health has led to five University of Queensland academics being named Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).

7 October 2016