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  • UQ researcher secures funding for cancer treatment research

    A ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland (UQ) researcher Dr Debottam Sinha has received $450,000 from the Passe & Williams Foundation to improve health outcomes for patients with a rare form of cancer.

    4 February 2025
  • A group of people standing in a laboratory wearing white lab coats.

    AgriSkills Accelerator given green light

    A first-of-its-kind program will encourage university students from diverse disciplines to ‘test-drive’ a career in Australia’s agriculture industry.

    29 January 2025
  • MRFF backs UQ epilepsy research

    UQ researchers 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
Headshot of a girl on a beach.

A digital program enhancing physical and mental wellbeing for young people adjusting to life after cancer, will be developed by The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland in partnership with cancer support organisation Canteen.

8 October 2021

A landmark research project led by The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland is aiming to improve the cardiovascular health of young children with cerebral palsy (CP) by trialling a new running program.

6 October 2021
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A ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland medical student has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to research the debilitating nervous system disorder, Parkinson's Disease.

27 September 2021
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Increasing access to cost effective, evidence-based treatment for alcohol and drug use is the focus of a ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland-led Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council.

24 September 2021
Dr Kirsty Short in the laboratory

A project developing a test and treatments that would be effective against multiple viral threats could become a cornerstone of the world’s response to future pandemics.

14 September 2021

A test being developed in Queensland could help to reduce the high mortality rate from ovarian cancer by dramatically improving the accuracy of early detection.

26 July 2021
School girls sit at desk looking at iPad.

COVID-19 has exposed fault lines in the education system for already disadvantaged students who are more likely to be severely impacted by the pandemic.

26 November 2020
Research Radiochemist, Damion Stimson, working in the Centre for Advanced Imaging Radiochemistry Facility, The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland.

The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland’s Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI) has received $1.2 million from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) to establish an Australian first facility to develop radiometals for cancer therapy.

13 November 2020
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Federal funding will help a team of researchers determine how long immunity lasts in people who’ve recovered from COVID-19, critical information as the world waits for a vaccine.

12 October 2020
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Improving communication treatment for stroke recoverees is the focus of a new research project at The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland, supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

4 September 2020

A dietary fat supplement could improve the prognosis and quality of life for the 40 Australian children living with the incurable degenerative disease Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T).

21 July 2020
MRI image - white matter fibres in the human brain

A portable MRI device which could offer safe diagnostic imaging to patients who are unable to be moved, travel or have medical implants is a step closer following a $1 million federal government grant.

3 July 2020
A female engineer wears protective eye wear

Maximising pineapple production for Queensland farmers and enabling next-generation rechargeable aluminium-ion batteries are just two UQ projects funded by Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grants.

27 May 2020

Developing early and improved diagnostic tests to lift ovarian cancer survival rates are the focus of two research projects commencing at The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland.

25 May 2020
A woman wearing protective clothing using equipment in a science laboratory

A funding injection of up to $17 million for vital ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland research could help cut the timeline for an effective vaccine for COVID-19 by six months.

22 March 2020