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Associate Professor Alina Morawska, Director of UQ's Parenting and Family Support Centre featured on the Better Thinking podcast talking about promoting positive family relationships as an early intervention tool to promote lifelong health and wellbeing.

UQ maintained its position as first in Australia and second in the world for sports-related courses, and was in the top 50 for Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Psychology and Nursing.

Many older people fear losing their driver’s licence and what it may mean for their independence, but UQ researchers hope a new fitness-to-drive assessment test will help end the confusion and steer difficult conversations in a new direction.

UQ Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences researchers have secured almost $18 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to support collaborative research and improve health outcomes.

The Queensland Government and The University of Queensland have each committed $44 million funding to establish a world-leading Paralympic Centre of Excellence at UQ’s St Lucia campus.

The importance of developing partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to co-design effective programs for Indigenous communities was the focus of the UQ Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences RAP Showcase - Close the Gap event last week.

Associate Professor Jacki Liddle from UQ’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences spoke to ABC about a new interactive technology encouraging social interaction and mental stimulation among aged care residents.

Associate Professor Yaqoot Fatima from UQ's Poche Centre for Indigenous Health featured in a story published by The Canberra Times about a study delivering culturally responsive sleep health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents.

The University of Queensland and Beyond Blue have partnered to deliver culturally responsive sleep health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents in Queensland.

UQ Honorary Fellow Dr Kris Tulloch from UQ’s School of Psychology featured on Nine News about a study exploring how gardening can benefit the people with dementia and nurture their sense of purpose.