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A University 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 University 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, ҹɫÊÓƵ.

ҹɫÊÓƵ’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 ҹɫÊÓƵ, 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 ҹɫÊÓƵ 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 ҹɫÊÓƵ.

25 May 2020

ҹɫÊÓƵ commitment to leading research has been recognised again with the Federal government awarding 19 Australian Research Council grants.

15 November 2019
ҹɫÊÓƵ’s Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Associate Dean (Research) Professor Christina Lee and ACIC Chief Executive Officer Mr Michael Phelan APM

Queensland has some of the highest fentanyl consumption and MDA excretion levels in the country, according to the latest report by The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC).

28 October 2019

Research to unlock the potential of peptides and proteins found in Australian flora and fauna for applications such as the next generation medicines and bio-friendly pesticides will be the focus of a new research centre to be based at The University...

25 October 2019