The Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) is a greenfield, digital, specialist public health facility at the Herston Health Precinct, one of Australia’s largest integrated health and knowledge precincts.
The state-of-the-art facility is operated by Metro North Hospital and Health Service and provides specialist surgery and endoscopy, and clinical rehabilitation services for patients with a variety of conditions including brain injury and chronic pain across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
The 182-bed public centre is one of the largest tertiary specialist rehabilitation centres in the southern hemisphere, accommodating about 100 nursing and allied health students, and includes seven operating theatres, three endoscopy procedure rooms and consultation spaces for a range of specialties.
About the STARS Education and Research Alliance (SERA)
The STARS Education and Research Alliance (SERA) is a partnership between Metro North Health and The University of Queensland. The alliance brings together world-leading researchers, clinicians and educators to create knowledge and embed clinical research that transforms patient outcomes and clinical care.
The alliance embeds clinical education and research to achieve improved outcomes for those with complex rehabilitation needs and provides UQ students with access to a high standard of quality clinical exposure and complex rehabilitation services.
Learn more about the STARS Education and Research Alliance (SERA) vision, purpose and strategic opportunities on the STARS Education and Research Alliance website.
Education
The facility began providing clinical placements to students in 2021.
Placements are available to UQ students in nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology, audiology, nutrition and dietetics, clinical psychology, social work and rehabilitation medicine.
Placement at STARS
You can find more information on clinical placements at STARS on the STARS Education and Research Alliance website, under Students @STARS.
Students undertaking placement at STARS should visit the Queensland Health website.
Research
STARS is home to over 60 research projects, with over $30 million in funding awarded since February 2021.
University of Queensland research centres, the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC) and the RECOVER Injury Research Centre are based at STARS.
Conduct research with STARS
If you’re interested in conducting research with STARS, including research projects and quality improvement projects, please follow the steps outlined on the STARS Education and Research Alliance website.
Our people
STARS Education and Research Alliance conjoint team
- Dr Annie Hill
- Dr Elizabeth Beadle
- Dr Emmah Doig
- Dr Erin Caruana
- Jodie McLagan
- Shae King
- Karina O'Leary
- Lisa Anemaat
- Professor Nadine Foster
- Dr Natasha Roberts
- Dr Peter Window
- Raj Singh
- Dr Ridzwan Namazie
- Dr Susan Sullivan
RECOVER Injury Research Centre
- Ms Alison Bell
- Ms Alison Freriks
- Ms Julie Robbins
- Dr Jane Nikles
- Mr Josh Simmich
- Dr Megan Ross
- Professor Michele Sterling
- Kim Smith
- Dr Nicole Andrews
- Irene Huang
- Chloe-Emily Eather
- Jenna Liimatainen
- Dr Nigel Armfield
- Dr Rachel Elphinston
- Dr Scott Farrell
- Dr Yanfei Xie
- Professor Trevor Russell
For a full list of RECOVER Injury Research Centre staff, visit the Centre website.
Queensland Aphasia Research Centre
- Adele Coleman
- Amy Coe
- Annette Rotherham
- Anthony Angwin
- Aoife Reardon
- Bethany Best
- Bridget Burton
- Ciara Shiggins
- Claire Bennington
- Professor David Copland
- Davina Lo
- Emma Caird
- Emma Ward
- Genevieve Yuong
- Hannah Wedley
- Helen Wallace
- Dr Jade Dignam
- Jennifer Lee
- Josephine Mabin
- Kim Garden
- Kirstine Shrubsole
- Kori Ramajoo
- Lauren Crumlish
- Leana Nichol
- Dr Louise Cahill
- Margot Sexton
- Dr Marie-Pier McSween
- Marissa Stone
- Dr Megan Isaacs
- Natalie Hickey
- Pamela D'Netto
- Penni Burfein
- Peter Su
- Dr Peter Worthy
- Pippa Evans
- Rachel Levine
- Ryan Deslandes
- Sally Zingelman
- Dr Sam Harvey
- Samuel Armstrong
- Dr Sarah Wallace
- Dr Sonia Brownsett
- Associate Professor Stephen Wilson
- Veronika Vadinova
- Zheng Ng
For a full list of Queensland Aphasia Research Centre staff, visit the Centre website.
UQ staff undertaking research at STARS
- Dr Alejandro Melendez-Calderon
- Dr Amelia Cossart
- Associate Professor Chris Freeman
- Dr Hannah Gullo
- Dr Niru Mahendran
- Professor Sandy Brauer
Get in touch
E: stars_educationandresearch@health.qld.gov.au
STARS Education and Research Alliance (SERA)
Level 7, Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) building
296 Herston Road
Herston, 4006