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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.

The University of Queensland has appointed Professor Sarah Strasser as Head of Rural Clinical School with the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Up to one-third of young Australian women experience episodes of binge or overeating, with socially disadvantaged women at greater than average risk.

We spend the majority of our childhood years waiting to do it, and in adulthood we try to hang on for as long as possible before giving it up.

A pilot program aimed at stemming antibiotic resistance has successfully reduced prescribing rates among participating doctors.

People who visit parks for 30 minutes or more each week are much less likely to have high blood pressure or poor mental health than those who don’t, according to new research by Australian and UK environmental scientists.

University of Queensland researchers are recruiting healthy volunteers with a family history of early-onset cardiovascular disease for an innovative trial aimed at preventing cardiac disease.

Medical devices developed from research at The University of Queensland have been the subject of a major sales agreement with China.

A new drug with the potential to reverse or slow the development of asthma is being tested by researchers at The University of Queensland.

University of Queensland scientists are honing in on drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in a project which could lead to new antibiotics.

Scientists at The University of Queensland have teamed up with the peak body for Australian athletes, the Australian Athletes’ Alliance, to tackle concussion and its long-term effects.

University of Queensland pain drug pioneer Professor Maree Smith has joined an elite group of scientists tonight, receiving the prestigious ATSE Clunies Ross Award.

Superbug research from Monash University and The University of Queensland could change the way critically ill patients across the world are treated.

University of Queensland immunologist Dr Kirsty Short has been identified in a nationwide hunt for leading early-career researchers with a flair for communicating their work.

The tropical archerfish can recognise people and spit at familiar faces, researchers from The University of Queensland and University of Oxford have found.

A prototype cancer vaccine which could be used against a variety of diseases including leukaemia, melanoma and prostate cancer is being developed in Queensland.

University of Queensland researchers have discovered a key driver in the development of most cancers, including breast, lung, liver and ovarian cancers.

Experts are calling for a national register of cost-effective drugs for public hospitals as medical advances push up the cost of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

UQ School of Public Health's Master of Public Health (MPH) program is the first in Australia to achieve Curriculum Validation from the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA), one of the leading accrediting bodies for MPH programs in the world.