Awards and achievements

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

A University of Queensland researcher has won a prestigious award for his work to improve outcomes for breast cancer patients.

Four University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine researchers have been recognised as part of the prestigious Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers List for 2016.

In a spectacular result for University of Queensland researchers, UQ is above world standard in more fields of research than any other Australian university.

On November 30, Associate Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani from the UQ Centre for Clinical Research, received an achievement award at the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) 75th Anniversary Symposium.

In June this year, Professor Paul Colditz was awarded lifetime membership of ‘SIDS and Kids’. This rare honour was in recognition of the many years Professor Colditz has dedicated to the national bereavement counselling organisation, for parents who have experienced the sudden or unexpected death of a baby or child.

A commitment to protecting the world from the threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has led to a University of Queensland student receiving a Rolex Award for Enterprise.

High achieving students and early career researchers have been recognised at the ‘UQCCR Shimadzu Awards Seminar’ held on Wednesday 26 November.

A University of Queensland researcher waging a war on antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been awarded a $360,000 fellowship from a charitable foundation established by the businessman who founded the Billabong surfwear company.

Researchers from The University of Queensland feature prominently in the newly formed Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, launched this evening in Canberra.