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The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine has received 18 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants for 2018, totalling $20 million.

Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine have been awarded $2.47 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to tackle important health challenges including obesity and infertility.

University of Queensland kidney and chronic disease researcher Professor Wendy Hoy has been elected to the Council of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS).

Scientists and clinicians are warning of the massive setbacks facing modern medicine if the effectiveness of antibiotics is lost.

Medical research grants aim to provide better patient outcomes

Cancer cell lines are bread-and-butter experimental tools for thousands of research labs around the world.

Unique data from the Tiwi Islands and trends in ages and causes of death shows that health outcomes for some remote Indigenous communities have improved at an astonishing rate.

A Queensland registry of pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients has become one of the largest resources of its type in the world.

Infectious disease experts are pushing for better evidence from clinical trials to help determine the most effective antibiotics to use when treating their sickest patients.

The University of Queensland has been awarded almost $7.5 million to accelerate improvements in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of dementia.

University of Queensland Professor Andreas Obermair has been presented with the 2017 Jeannie Ferris Cancer Australia Recognition Award for his contributions to improving healthcare for women diagnosed with gynaecological cancer.

A drop of blood holds the key to improving the effective use of antibiotic treatments in critically ill patients.

Thanks to early detection and advances in treatment, breast cancer survival rates have improved significantly in recent years.

Four UQ Faculty of Medicine researchers were acknowledged at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research awards in Canberra.

Reactivity to Novel Autoantigens in Patients with Coexisting Central Nervous System Demyelinating Disease and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease.

Placental exosomes as early biomarker of preeclampsia - Potential role of exosomal microRNAs across gestation.

A University of Queensland researcher has been awarded $750,000 from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to improve the fertility of dairy cows.

Three University of Queensland researchers have each received $1 million from the FightMND foundation for clinical trials to help fast-track potential treatments for motor neurone disease.

University of Queensland researchers say increased media coverage and greater public awareness has led to a misconception that mental health problems are becoming more common in Australia, although the evidence is that prevalence rates have remained stable.

Australian and Chinese experts in antibiotic resistance meet today to focus their attention on one of the biggest threats to global health.