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Faculty of Medicine researcher Dr Sherry Wu and Centre for Health Services Research Director Professor Len Gray have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to their fields at The University of Queensland Research Week awards.

Two Australian Museum Eureka Prizes have been awarded to University of Queensland researchers for their outstanding discoveries in the fields of health and physics.

A drug developed in the USA is helping to reduce seizures in Australian children with epilepsy, according to a University of Queensland clinical trial.

School of Biomedical Sciences lecturer Dr Julia Pagan received the four year grant as part of the Australian government scheme to attract and retain outstanding mid-career researchers in Australia.

UQ School of Biomedical Sciences’ Dr Sherry Wu and UQCCR researcher Dr Carlos Salomon are among seven Australian researchers awarded a share of $2.8 million in grants.

University of Queensland researchers are developing diagnostic tests for a genetic condition which can cause the body to fatally overheat while under a general anaesthetic.

Have you ever wondered what manta rays on the Great Barrier Reef do when we're not watching? World first research might have answered that question and many more - but not without a major team effort. Project Manta's Christine Dudgeon explains.

A donation of almost $400,000 will fund University of Queensland research looking at the potential of stem cells to repair spinal cord injuries.

Two researchers from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine are among the recipients of the inaugural Lord Mayor’s Convention Trailblazer Grant.

A family of potent protein neurotoxins have been discovered in bootlace worms, a University of Queensland researcher has found.

Treating sleep apnoea could reduce dementia risk

Tiger shark sex life fuels sustainability risk

Giant manta ray muscles reveal feeding behaviours

$20 million in NHMRC grants for medical research

Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine have been awarded $2.47 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to tackle important health challenges including obesity and infertility.

Women who consume alcohol around the time of conception could be putting their male offspring at greater risk of obesity in later life.

Abstaining from alcohol during preconception and pregnancy is usually considered to be the woman’s responsibility. But recent research is also pointing to a link between alcohol and poor sperm development, meaning the onus is on expectant fathers too.

Brain Foundation supports UQ projects

Medical research grants aim to provide better patient outcomes