Faculty of Medicine

Frazer Institute

Office of the Institute Director

The Institute Manager and Executive Assistant support the Office of the Institute Director in Frazer Institute. The Institute Manager is primarily responsible for providing strategic and operational management for the Institute. This includes responsibilities for long-term planning, strategic budget management, coordination of professional support services, and management of core research facilities. The Executive Assistant provides administrative support to the Institute Director, and manages all enquiries to the Director.

The Institute Manager can assist with your operational enquires and direct your requests to the relevant professional service area when you are unclear of who to contact.

Advancement

The Advancement team works with alumni, community members and corporate and foundation donors to raise funds in support of Faculty priorities.

Email: med.advancement@uq.edu.au.

Finance

The Management Accountant is responsible for the provision of professional project accounting advice and service to senior project leaders to ensure effective and compliant cost management of project activity. This includes financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for operational and/or grant funded projects.

The Financial Services Coordinator is responsible for the management and delivery of all finance transaction services undertaken to meet the operational and service delivery needs of the Faculty. This includes transactions related to accounts payable, invoicing, creditor and debtor management, registration of assets, and processing of journal entries.

Contact email: med.uqdifinance@uq.edu.au

HDR support

The HDR Liaison Officers (HLOs) provide advice and assistance to HDR students and supervisors about HDR opportunities, applications, scholarships, enrolment, candidature management, milestones and thesis submission.

Any member of the team can help you in person by appointment, or by phone or email from any location.

Email the team at hdr.fi@enquire.uq.edu.au or see all Health Team HLO contact details on the Graduate School website.

The Director of Research Training for Frazer Institute is Professor Nikolas Haass.

Human resources

The Faculty of Medicine HR Team is responsible for enabling the achievement of the Faculty’s strategic objectives and supporting the broader University’s ambitions through attracting, developing and retaining talented, engaged and high performing staff.  The Faculty HR Team provides a full range of end to end HR services including (but not limited to) recruitment, workplace relations, change management, organisational development and coaching for leaders.

Infrastructure

The infrastructure team coordinate and provide oversight on a broad range of facilities management issues to ensure the effective operation, utilisation and preservation of buildings and assets across the entire Faculty of Medicine. The infrastructure team liaises with, and provides facilities management advice to all Faculty staff and students. The team also coordinates medium and long term space management and planning activities to support the Faculty’s teaching and research strategic objectives. Working with the University’s Property and Facilities Division (P&F) and the various hospital and health service providers they oversee maintenance works and construction projects on behalf of the Faculty. 

Marketing and communications

The HMBS marketing and communication team is comprised of two main sub-teams:

  • Marketing & Recruitment Team – Responsible for marketing and student recruitment activities.
  • Communication Team – Responsible for communications and research promotion activities.

Each team will focus on faculty advocacy for university-wide recruitment and research strategies, as well as proactively promoting our own faculty research and education priorities. The contact details are listed below:

OHS

The Faculty of Medicine OHS team comprises five members with a broad spectrum of technical knowledge and experience with systems for the safe management of: 

  • biologicals and biosecurity 
  • chemicals, including prohibited and restricted carcinogens, chemicals of security concern 
  • radiation 
  • ergonomics 
  • clinical teaching and practice 
  • laboratory design and management 
  • plant and equipment
  • drugs and poisons
  • animal and human research ethics
  • occupational hygiene, including hearing and allergen surveillance
  • field work and event planning 
  • emergency procedures 
  • risk assessments and incident investigations

The Manager of Occupational Health and Safety coordinates the Faculty OHS team and develops and implements OHS policy, collaborating with the UQ HSW Division to develop greater consistency and transparency of OHS management practices across the Faculty and the University.

All members of the team are available to assist and advise on any issues relating to OHS or other general compliance issues. Contact med.hsw@uq.edu.au.

Research support

Your Senior Research Administration Officer (SRAO) is responsible for providing research administration and advisory support to researchers and the unit's  leadership, and providing operational support for activities that enhance the unit's research environment and performance.

Your Precinct Research Manager leads and manages research administration and advisory support services across the precinct, precinct-based research and researcher development activities and initiatives, as well as contributing to broader activities that support research performance across all campuses and sites.

Dr Alexandra Williamson 
Senior Research Administration Officer
fi.researchadmin@uq.edu.au

Sandrine Kingston-Ducrot
Senior Manager, Research - Dutton Park Precinct
duttonpark.researchmanager@uq.edu.au

Research Contracts Management Unit

Translational Research Institute

Contact details for the TRI Scientific Services Team are available on the TRI Intranet.