Giving doctors an AI-powered head start on skin cancer

Detection of melanoma and a range of other skin diseases will be faster and more accurate with a new artificial intelligence (AI) powered tool that analyses multiple imaging types simultaneously.

7 June 2025
Melanoma on severely sun-damaged skin

Remote health challenges in the spotlight at Indigenous-led event

Health challenges experienced by women living in isolated parts of Far North Queensland have been brought into focus in an inaugural Indigenous-led event.

6 June 2025
Organisers of the Western CapeHER Women's Health Forum

Research finds Queenslanders are bad at estimating their level of intoxication

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Research finds Queenslanders are bad at estimating their level of intoxication

Queenslanders are incapable of assessing their own intoxication levels, especially when their blood alcohol level is high, according to research co-led by The University of Queensland.

1 December 2022

Debunking autism myths rewarded with national prize

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Debunking autism myths rewarded with national prize

A University of Queensland PhD student has been awarded a national prize for debunking a common myth about children with autism.

30 November 2022

Important discovery could help extinguish disease threat to koalas

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Important discovery could help extinguish disease threat to koalas

University of Queensland virologists are a step closer to understanding a mysterious AIDS-like virus that is impacting koala populations differently across state lines.

30 November 2022

UQ receives $5 million boost to cut tobacco use

UQ receives $5 million boost to cut tobacco use

A University of Queensland research team has been awarded $5 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to help reduce smoking in Australia.

29 November 2022

Spinal cord injury research earns a Churchill Fellowship

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Spinal cord injury research earns a Churchill Fellowship

UQ's Associate Professor Marc Ruitenberg is set expand his research into finding new treatments for spinal cord injury after being awarded a 2022 Churchill Fellowship.

29 November 2022

UQ research teams awarded $25 million in ARC Discovery Projects scheme

UQ research teams awarded $25 million in ARC Discovery Projects scheme

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced $25 million funding for 51 University of Queensland research teams to support a diverse range of fundamental research projects.

28 November 2022

Pioneering climate action in architecture education

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Pioneering climate action in architecture education

University of Queensland School of Architecture lecturer Dr Liz Brogden has been awarded a 2022 Churchill Fellowship to further her work pioneering climate action in the profession.

28 November 2022

How well do humpback whales hear?

How well do humpback whales hear?

When Associate Professor Rebecca Dunlop left Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2003 for Brisbane, the move was meant to be temporary – and testing the hearing of humpback whales wasn’t part of the plan for the physiology graduate either.

26 November 2022

UQ academics recognised by the Australian Academy of Humanities

UQ academics recognised by the Australian Academy of Humanities

The Australian Academy of Humanities have elected three new Fellows, one Honorary Fellow and two Council Members from The University of Queensland.

25 November 2022

Clamp2 provides vaccine hope for future pandemics

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Clamp2 provides vaccine hope for future pandemics

The University of Queensland is set to take a second-generation molecular clamp vaccine to a proof-of-concept human trial.

25 November 2022

UQ research reveals accent discrimination in hiring

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UQ research reveals accent discrimination in hiring

People from minority groups who speak with ‘non-standard’ accents face discrimination in job interviews, researchers from The University of Queensland have found.

24 November 2022