School of Biomedical Sciences
Office of the Head of School
The School Manager and Executive Assistant support the Office of the Head of School in SBMS. Both are able to assist with enquiries to the Head of School or redirect your path to the relevant academic or professional service area within the School.
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 Finance Advisory team is responsible for the provision financial analysis to inform period planning, forecasting and monitoring and to assist budget holders with the financial management of funds.
The Finance Transactions team is responsible for directing finance-related inquiries and escalation of queries as necessary in the delivery of all finance transaction services. This includes areas related to receiving income, assistance with ordering and payment of suppliers, assistance with procurement of assets and travel, and processing of journals.
Email: med.sbmsfinance@uq.edu.au
Gross Anatomy Facility
The Gross Anatomy Facility (GAF) and Body Donor Program are the centrepiece of UQ’s distinguished School of Anatomy, which operates within SBMS. Overseeing operations, staffing and compliance is the Manager of the GAF. The Manager leads a team of specialist technicians, who bring their unique skills and attention to detail to ensure the facility is maintained to the highest standards. A key member of the team is the Body Donor Program Coordinator, whose role is to register donors and support families through the donor process. Both the Manager of the GAF and Body Donor Program Coordinator are available to assist you with your specific enquiries.
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.sbms@enquire.uq.edu.au or see all Health Team HLO contact details on the Graduate School website.
The Director of Research Training for SBMS is Professor Michael Piper.
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.
Integrated Pathology Learning Centre
The Integrated Pathology Learning Centre (IPLC) is dedicated to maintaining and developing The University of Queensland’s human pathology collection ensuring its ongoing use in the study of disease. The Curator oversees the facility and is responsible for implementing best practice across all museum areas. A museum technician works alongside the Curator maintaining the collection to a high standard. Both the Curator and the Museum Technician area available to assist with any enquiries.
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:
- Marketing & Recruitment Requests: hmbs.marketing@uq.edu.au
- Communication, Events, Sponsorships & Research Promotion Requests: hmbs.communication@uq.edu.au
- Website and Intranet Requests: hmbs.webrequests@uq.edu.au
OHS
Our team provides advice and assistance for a wide range of OHS matters, including biological, chemical and radiation safety, event planning, scheduled substances management, ergonomics, waste disposal, occupational hygiene and chemical management. We are also able to help put you in touch with the appropriate people for help and advice on ethics in research, health surveillance, vaccination and wellness programs.
Operations and facilities
For enquiries about maintenance, minor works or space in the Skerman Building, Sir William MacGregor Building and Otto Hirschfeld Building, contact the Operations and Facilities Officer.
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.
Bree Rumballe
Senior Research Administration Officer
sbms.researchadmin@uq.edu.au
Dr Uli Siebeck
Senior Manager, Research - St Lucia Precinct
stlucia.researchmanager@uq.edu.au
Research and scientific services
The School owns and operates a suite of world-class scientific service units to support staff and students in their research.
The SBMS Imaging and Analytical Facility provides training, support and technical advice across a large array of instrumentation including basic, confocal, super-resolution, and multiphoton microscopy, live cell and intravital imaging, image data analysis, qPCR, flow cytometry, and multimode micro plate readers.
The SBMS Histology Facility offers training and access to specialized systems for tissue preparation, slide production, and histo-chemical staining to researchers and students and to external clients.
The School’s Integrative Physiology Facility is a state-of-the-art laboratory housing instrumentation, environmentally controlled chambers and surgery for all types of physiological research and phenotyping. For bookings or advice about your research samples or experimental design, contact the relevant facility manager today.
Research Contracts Management Unit
- Consultancy, Tenders and Contracts Management: hmbs.ccmo@research.uq.edu.au
- Research Commercial Management: hmbs.rcm@research.uq.edu.au
Teaching and assessment
The Team Leader oversees the operations of the Teaching and Assessment team in SBMS. The team reports to the Faculty of Medicine and provides a range of support services that underpin coursework delivery in the School. Services include timetabling, pre-semester support, advice to students and course coordinators, assessment and exam preparation, grade uploads and support for the School’s extensive honours program. The Team Leader is available to respond to all general enquiries about the School’s undergraduate teaching.
Teaching laboratory services
The Manager of Teaching Laboratory Services leads a team of technicians who support undergraduate practical teaching in physiology and pharmacology related courses. As well as maintaining a number of high quality teaching laboratories including the incredible Organ Bath laboratory, the Teaching Laboratory Services team is responsible for running one of the largest PowerLab data acquisition systems in Australia. This ensures that students are exposed to the very best that UQ has to offer in their learning about the human body, health and disease. All general enquires about the teaching laboratories, timetabling of classes and technical support may be directed to the Manager of Teaching Laboratory Services team.
