Partnership and collaboration

Interprofessional education and research is the focus of a new agreement signed between The University of Queensland and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

UQ students are the first cohort to experience interprofessional practice education and training in Metro North Hospital and Health Service’s new Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service.

It has been a challenging year for international students who have returned to their home countries due to COVID-19 and government recommendations. 

A new training centre nearly 700km west of Brisbane – designed to boost nursing, midwifery and allied health skills in some of Queensland’s most remote areas – officially opened in Charleville today.

A workforce development initiative is equipping health graduates to work across a broad range of contexts, thanks to a first of its kind partnership between UQ and the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health.

The new NHMRC-funded Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) in Digestive Health will advance the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of chronic digestive diseases.

University of Queensland psychology experts will work with police to develop and upgrade training programs for police investigating child abuse.

Researchers from UQ and Australia’s national science agency CSIRO have worked with transport companies to test on-board wastewater from lavatories.

UQ’s CarFreeMe program will be trialled by people living with dementia in the United States, thanks to more than $610,000 in funding from the US National Institute of Health and National Institute on Aging.

Staff and students from the UQ School of Pharmacy have stepped up to ease the pressure on the health workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.