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A First Nations ΢Åĸ£Àûacademic is aiming to help address the under representation of Indigenous people in Australia’s pharmacy workforce.

31 October 2024
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An Aboriginal epidemiologist and a leading gynaecologic oncologist have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

25 October 2024
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΢Åĸ£Àûresearch has found the traits people value in a romantic partner can influence their dating choices.

15 October 2024
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Two hundred people are being recruited for a major study investigating how diet and exercise can help those living with metastatic breast cancer.

11 October 2024
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A UQ-led project to develop the first-ever drug to treat heart attack and protect donor hearts will move to human clinical trials, after receiving $17.8 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

7 October 2024
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More than 1,400 experts have visited Brisbane for the world’s only scientific meeting dedicated to influenza, chaired by UQ's Associate Professor Kirsty Short.

4 October 2024
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A PhD candidate whose research aims to address the challenges faced by families of children with temporary feeding tubes has won the ΢Åĸ£Àû2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final.

3 October 2024
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A University of Queensland study investigating the links between sleep and pain could fundamentally change the way doctors and clinicians treat people with chronic pain.

2 October 2024
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΢Åĸ£Àûresearchers have made a significant step towards enabling women with epilepsy safer access to a common and highly effective anti-seizure medication.

1 October 2024

Completing a PhD is no easy feat, but throw in significant health challenges and that makes the academic achievements of one ΢Åĸ£Àûgraduate even more remarkable.

19 September 2024
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΢Åĸ£Àûresearch has confirmed antioxidant properties in an Australian bushfood used by Indigenous people for generations.

18 September 2024

΢Åĸ£Àûresearchers have received $4.1 million from the Medical Research Future Fund to advance their research into epilepsy treatments made from spider venom proteins.

17 September 2024
A patient sits up in a hospital bed and points at a tablet being held by a clinician sitting beside them.

΢Åĸ£Àûresearchers have developed a fast cognitive screening tool that can detect often-missed rehabilitation needs for people who have experienced a stroke.

17 September 2024
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΢Åĸ£Àûresearch has found use of the opioid oxycodone in Australia almost halved after changes to packaging and prescribing practices in 2019.

12 September 2024
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UQ-led research has found people on the autism spectrum are almost 3 times more likely to die by suicide compared to non-autistic people.

11 September 2024