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A new faculty

Medicine, and Health and Behavioural Sciences have been combined into a new faculty, Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences (HMBS), from 1 January 2025.

Some information remains on this website in the short term while we continue to build the new HMBS site.

Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences website

One man’s pleasure is another man’s poison

Published on: 2 September 2016

University of Queensland School of Pharmacy researcher Dr Harendra Parekh will host a morbid but fascinating discussion at the upcoming event Murder in Brisbane – The Science of Life and Death.
Seabirds fall victim to junk food diet

Published on: 31 August 2016

A University of Queensland study has found widespread ingestion of debris by Australian marine and coastal birds – including among vulnerable and threatened species.
UQ celebrates 80 years of teaching medicine

Published on: 29 August 2016

Generations of the state’s doctors have started their medical careers at The University of Queensland, which is celebrating 80 years of medicine in 2016.
Stand up at work and be counted

Published on: 24 August 2016

A program encouraging office workers to stand up, sit less and move more has significantly reduced sitting time among participating public servants.
Australia’s longest-running women’s health study to add children’s data

Published on: 22 August 2016

Research linking two decades of data on Australian women with outcomes for their children will provide an unparalleled insight into child health and development.
Hormones drive animals to extremes

Published on: 17 August 2016

A senior University of Queensland lecturer has lent his expertise to a television documentary about the impact of hormones on animal behaviour.
Household pesticides pose exposure risk for small children

Published on: 15 August 2016

Calls to a poisons hotline have revealed a disproportionate number of young children referred to hospital following suspected exposure to a household bug and spider spray.
Cancer researchers give thanks to 1300 women

Published on: 11 August 2016

The Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer (QCGC) Research has paid tribute to women who participate in clinical trials, ahead of a patient symposium on research outcomes.
Health study calls for five-fold boost to activity levels

Published on: 10 August 2016

Researchers are calling for a major boost to physical activity recommendations, with a new study linking more weekly exercise to a reduced risk of five common diseases.
Study reveals cholesterol link in aggressive cancers

Published on: 8 August 2016

University of Queensland research has revealed how fats – including cholesterol – could increase the progression of aggressive cancers.
Hysterectomy with ovary conservation doubles odds of hot flushes, night sweats

Published on: 2 August 2016

Research has shown that hysterectomy doubles the odds of a woman enduring persistent hot flushes and night sweats, even if they retain their ovaries.
Queensland rays could pose toxic Asian medicine risk

Published on: 2 August 2016

Consumers of Asian alternative medicine derived from Australian marine life may be inadvertently consuming toxins, according to research by The University of Queensland.
Patients’ genes could hold the clue to reducing severe sepsis

Published on: 1 August 2016

Patients’ genes could unlock urgently needed new treatments for severe sepsis, which kills three and a half times as many Australians as the road toll.
International team set to fight superbug hordes

Published on: 29 July 2016

University of Queensland researchers are leading an international effort to slow the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant superbugs forecast to kill more people than cancer by 2050.
Trial casts doubt on relative benefits of robotic prostate surgery

Published on: 27 July 2016

A world-first study has questioned the relative benefits of robotic keyhole surgery for prostate cancer.
Tailored texts help ‘maintain the gain’

Published on: 27 July 2016

A public health program that was modelled on University of Queensland research and designed to help people maintain the switch to a healthy lifestyle has been extended.
Big dreams lead to atomic posting

Published on: 26 July 2016

A University of Queensland researcher has been recruited by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to lead projects combating malnutrition through nuclear nutrition techniques.
Smartphone app aims to prevent burns in children

Published on: 19 July 2016

A collaboration between injury prevention researchers at The University of Queensland and digital health company iPug has resulted in a 21st Century approach to tackling childhood scalds.
Research to help racehorses put their best foot forward

Published on: 18 July 2016

An international research team is working to understand how horseshoes affect foot skeleton stress in racehorses, in a project that is likely to benefit the racing industry and protect horses from injury.
UQ scholarship could help boost rural medicine

Published on: 6 July 2016

A new University of Queensland scholarship is helping 50 aspiring doctors from regional and remote parts of the state to achieve their goal of studying medicine.

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