Breakthroughs in understanding human disease have been and continue to be, dependent on fundamental research into biological
mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level. The School of Biomedical Science is widely acknowledged as one of the leading
Schools in Biomedical Sciences in Australia. Our research lies at the interface of the genome and the cell, the fundamental unit of
all living organisms.
“School of Biomedical Sciences were highly competitive in the latest NHRMC grant round”
- The School was awarded 9 of the 61 grants to UQ (15% of UQ’s grants were awarded to SBMS)
- The School had a success rate of 37% compared to the national average of 26.6%
- We were awarded ~$6,000,000 ($5,965,547), which is larger than that awarded altogether to Bond University, Griffith University and the Queensland University of Technology
- Professor Rod Minchin from the School of Biomedical Sciences was awarded the largest NHMRC grant in Queensland ($1,811,547 over 5 years) to study the toxicology of nanomaterials. This grant was in the top 10 largest grants awarded in the nation.
- The Molecular Pharmacology group (including Rod Minchin, Steve Taylor, Neville Butcher and Trent Woodruff) located on the 5th floor of the Skerman Building in the School of Biomedical Sciences won over 50% of the School’s grant income ($3,235,547), making it the most successful cluster of researchers in the biomedical precinct on campus.
