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    John Maunder

    Cancer survivor to graduate as doctor this December

    12 December 2016
    The last time John Maunder graduated from The University of Queensland, it was the same day he became one of the 120,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed in Australia each year.
    UQ medical student and PhD candidate Stephen Chester

    Hypnotherapy trial reduces pain and anxiety in children with burns

    9 December 2016
    A world-first study has found medical hypnosis can reduce pain and anxiety in children being treated for serious burns.
    UQ's Faculty of Medicine has been awarded more than $14 million by the NHMRC

    UQ medical research recognised with NHMRC project funding

    7 December 2016
    Australia’s peak funding body for health and medical research has awarded $14.2 million to projects at The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine.
    Associate Professor Benjamin Hogan received $1,228,364

    Multi-million dollar boost for UQ health and medical research

    3 December 2016
    University of Queensland health and medical research projects aimed at improving the nation’s healthcare will benefit from a national allocation of more than $483 million announced today.
    Australian patients will be among the first to benefit from this new treatment through the trial.

    MRI-UQ research leads to promising clinical trial for leukaemia

    1 December 2016
    A novel leukaemia drug is showing encouraging results in a new clinical trial based on discoveries by Mater Research Institute – University of Queensland (MRI-UQ) Associate Professor Ingrid Winkler.
    Giant ray at Isla de la Plata, Ecuador, Photo credit: Andrea Marshall.

    Giant rays shown to be predators of the deep

    30 November 2016
    Research revealing that giant manta rays are deep-sea predators is likely to be critical to efforts to protect the species.
    Professor Vicki Flenady leads the Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) at MRI-UQ

    MRI-UQ researchers awarded funding to establish Stillbirth Centre of Excellence

    28 November 2016
    The leader of a new Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) at Mater Research Institute-University of Queensland says urgent action is needed to tackle the issue in Australia.
    Professor David Evans, one of the ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ for 2016

    UQ Med researchers make ‘highly cited’ list for 2016

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

    Dairy industry set to benefit from UQ research

    16 November 2016
    A University of Queensland project aimed at early detection of infectious disease in dairy cows could save Australian and New Zealand dairy industries millions of dollars.
    Quality research on teens who regularly drink alcohol is needed

    Teen drinkers needed for harm reduction, prevention study

    15 November 2016
    Teens at risk of drinking in excess may not receive the health services they need as a result of gaps in national alcohol consumption reporting.
    Professor Jason Roberts

    Biofilm battle is key to antibiotic war

    14 November 2016
    Antimicrobial researchers at The University of Queensland are focusing their attention on one of the biggest sources of antibiotic resistance in the world.
    Dr Prasad Chunduri receives his award from Associate Dean (Academic) Geoff Marks.

    Faculty recognises teaching and learning excellence

    7 November 2016
    The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine has acknowledged excellence and innovation across its education programs.
    Image of Professor John McGrath

    Ground-breaking schizophrenia research recognised

    7 November 2016
    The University of Queensland’s Professor John McGrath has won a prestigious international fellowship in the Niels Bohr Professorship Program in Denmark to continue his ground-breaking research into schizophrenia.
    Dr Miller's surgical work for OSSAA in West Timor - cesarean section delivery, 2005

    A surgeon's story

    4 November 2016
    Associate Professor Brian Miller has been presented with a UQ Lifetime Achievement Award honouring his decades of service as a surgeon, mentor and clinician.
    Living in a state akin to constant jet-lag increases meth addicts' craving for the drug

    Exercise could help rehabilitate meth addicts

    3 November 2016
    Exercise coupled with controlled methamphetamine use prior to withdrawal could be a powerful new tool to treat “meth” addiction.
    Associate Professor Michelle Hill.

    Amyloid study pinpoints protein culprits

    2 November 2016
    A five-year trial at a Brisbane Hospital has increased the accuracy of diagnosing patients with amyloidosis, a group of rare and incurable diseases caused by abnormal protein deposits in tissues and organs.
    Professor Stuart Carney

    UQ appoints Medical Dean

    1 November 2016
    The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine has appointed Professor Stuart Carney, from King’s College London in the United Kingdom, to the position of Medical Dean.
    The UQ study worked with 157 healthy full-term infants

    The nose knows – even newborns get viruses

    28 October 2016
    Almost one in five babies has a respiratory virus in their first month of life, research shows, but many do not exhibit signs of illness.
    Almost $5 million will establish two NHMRC Centres for Research Excellence, one with a focus on cerebral palsy and the other on reducing stillbirths.

    $8.3m awarded for Faculty research

    27 October 2016
    The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine has secured $8.3 million over five years from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to help tackle some of the world’s biggest health challenges.
    Dr Alize Ferrari

    Awards for UQ's fabulous women researchers

    26 October 2016
    Three University of Queensland researchers have been honoured in the inaugural Women in Research Citation Awards for their influential work in public health and plant and marine ecology.

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