Research

An internationally-recognised leader in chronic pain research is celebrating three decades of continuous funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

An 80,000 word PhD thesis would take nine hours to present, but students in the UQ Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition present their thesis and its significance in dynamic and informative presentations of just three minutes in length.

UQ researchers hope to find out how people deal with stress at work and relax and unwind from the daily grind and whether these coping mechanisms actually improve wellbeing.

Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) Emergency Department (ED) has received the prestigious Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Lantern Award, named in honour of Florence Nightingale.

Researchers from The University of Queensland are recruiting people living with dementia, along with their carers, to help with a study exploring emerging transport technologies.

Professor Luke Connelly from UQ's Centre for the Business and Economics of Health featured on ABC Online discussing how thousands of people are ditching private health insurance, even though basic hospital cover is at its lowest level in more than a decade.

UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, PhD candidate Francisca Ribeiro discusses the types and levels of microplastics found in seafood samples with the Brisbane Times.

Levels of plastic contamination has been found in samples of popular seafood such as prawns, oysters and crabs, with the highest content found in sardines, according to University of Queensland research.

UQ researchers are leading COVID-19 Unmasked, an international online research project to collect cross-cultural data to examine how the pandemic is affecting early childhood development.

Professor Alex Haslam, from the UQ School of Psychology, talks to ABC Radio National Life Matters about how to artfully navigate a conversation without it becoming heated, even when there are extreme differences of opinion.