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Two professors from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine have been elected as new Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).

The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research has been formally recognised by Dementia Australia as working towards becoming a Dementia-Friendly organisation.

A new clinical suite at a University of Queensland health research facility is ready to help unlock the mysteries of neurological conditions experienced by one billion people worldwide.

A PhD candidate working to understand early embryo development has won UQ’s 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition final. Yunan Ye student from UQCCR, Faculty of Medicine convinced the judges with her presentation called The big bang – how it all started.

Anxiety is on the rise. It’s that feeling of dread, distress and despair caused by a significant event or ongoing stress that leaves you vulnerable in unfamiliar territory or unable to cope.

University of Queensland researchers will partner with American biopharmaceutical company EpicentRx Inc. to evaluate new treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD), speeding up development of potential new therapies.

The importance of research into extracellular vesicles for understanding and treating certain endocrine disorders such as cancer and diabetes, has been detailed in a scientific statement.

​​​​​​​A new method that uses quality of life data collected during clinical trials will help patients make more informed treatment decisions.

A potential new approach to administering an existing Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine could make it more affordable and increase dose numbers in Australia.

University of Queensland researchers will use a fat supplement to treat the rare genetic disorder Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) as part of a national trial that begins today.

The placenta from mothers of healthy newborns could one day be used to reduce brain injury in growth-restricted babies, according to University of Queensland research.

The most respected international guidelines for managing one of the world’s leading causes of mortality, sepsis, have been revised to include new recommendations inspired by research from the UQ Centre for Clinical Research.

The prospect of increasing the accuracy of early ovarian cancer detection from 50 per cent to 90 per cent has brought welcome financial support for a University of Queensland research team.

More than $15 million of the Australian Government’s latest Medical Research Future Fund spending has been allocated towards University of Queensland projects.

The University of Queensland Researcher and NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellow, Dr Nadeeka Dissanayaka has received a $75,000 pilot project grant from The Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration.

UQCCR virologist, Dr Kym Lowry reflects on her career and the global impact of her work.

Researchers hope to save significant time, money and resources in Australian hospital wards, with findings from a new University of Queensland-led study.  

Antibiotic dosing software research at The University of Queensland will look at ways of giving critically ill patients the best chance at survival and a successful recovery.

Brisbane-based gut microbiome Biotech Company, Microba, have partnered with researchers from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine to develop new treatments and biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease by targeting the gut microbiome.