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Queenslanders are being challenged to slash the state’s skin cancer numbers by a quarter over the next three decades with a new report showing we’ve dropped the ball on prevention of the deadly disease.

“I imagine a baby girl born today receiving digital healthcare that continuously evolves and improves during her life.”
Read about Associate Professor Clair Sullivan’s research in the latest UQmedicine magazine.

Researchers from The University of Queensland have secured more than $31 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to progress life-changing health and medical research.

Queenslanders are incapable of assessing their own intoxication levels, especially when their blood alcohol level is high, according to research co-led by The University of Queensland.

Telehealth has played an important role during the pandemic. Telephone and online consultations have enabled social distancing and kept patients and clinicians safe from transmissible infections.

Tackling a digital divide and improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies is the aim of an Australian-first project involving First Nations community leaders and University of Queensland researchers.

The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded Investigator Grants to five Faculty of Medicine researchers.

Research projects addressing health challenges including frailty care in hospitals, tobacco use and how immune system senses and responds to environmental cues have been awarded funding in September.

​​​​​​​A new method that uses quality of life data collected during clinical trials will help patients make more informed treatment decisions.

A study has shed light on the little-known phenomenon of binaural beats – where sounds purportedly evoke psychoactive effects.

Professor Ruth Hubbard, Masonic Chair of Geriatric Medicine and head of the Ageing and geriatric medicine program at the Centre for Health Services Research, compares superhero lifestyles, personality traits and behaviours against healthy ageing outcomes.

Adopting superhero behaviours such as maintaining physical activity and strong social connections may improve health later in life, a University of Queensland study has found.

University of Queensland researchers are collaborating with an extensive range of health professionals to re-design and improve strategies to prevent childhood obesity.

Melanoma patients using their smart phone to submit images of lesions to their specialists appears to be a safe and convenient form of follow-up after treatment.

The Global Drug Survey (GDS) is the world’s largest online global survey of drug use.

University of Queensland researchers are pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to enable healthcare providers to improve hospital care and patient experiences using real-time data.

University of Queensland researchers have identified six ingredients of success that may lower healthcare costs and improve medical care using Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM).

Regular and interactive text messaging has been shown to be an effective way to help young people avoid sunburn by changing their behaviour.

The incidence of alcohol-related violence fell in Queensland’s key nightlife areas while business continued to grow after the Queensland Government’s Tackling Alcohol Fuelled Violence (TAFV) policy was introduced, independent research has found.

For the first time in Australia, researchers can accurately predict if babies are at risk of childhood obesity by the age of eight to nine years of age.