News

Lessons from Queensland on alcohol, violence and the night-time economy

Published on: 12 August 2019

This is the first in a series of articles on a recently released comprehensive evaluation of the Queensland government’s 2016 policy reforms to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence and the implications for alcohol regulation and the night-time economy in Queensland and Australia.

The profile of festival drug takers might be different to what you expect

Published on: 18 July 2019

A NSW Coronial Inquest investigating a series of drug-related deaths at Australian music festivals has heard evidence of festival goers taking multiple concurrent doses of MDMA to avoid police detection and not receiving adequate medical attention.

Skin cancer scanning machines being introduced to detect early signs of melanomas

Published on: 12 July 2019

Health Check: why do women live longer than men?

Published on: 10 June 2019

In Australia, an average baby boy born in 2016 could expect to live to 80, while a baby girl born at the same time could expect to live until closer to 85. A similar gap in life expectancy between men and women is seen around the world.

Pre-drinking not just for the young

Published on: 13 May 2019

Instead of slowing down, New Zealanders appear to increase their pre-drinking after the age of 30, a University of Queensland study has found.

Experts gather to boost detection of deadly melanoma

Published on: 25 March 2019

Experts are gathering in Brisbane this week to establish a road map for reducing melanoma deaths in Australia.

Explainer: What is a home care package and who is eligible?

Published on: 27 February 2019

During the first round of hearings in the aged care royal commission, we heard many Australians would prefer to receive help at home than move into an aged care facility.

Professor David Johnson and Professor Maher Gandhi

Grants highlight rare diseases

Published on: 21 February 2019

Two clinical trials for rare cancer treatments and a dialysis education program led by University of Queensland researchers have been awarded more than $7.6 million in grants.

2019 Faculty of Medicine Early Career Grant recipients

2019 Faculty of Medicine Early Career Researcher Grant recipients

Published on: 19 February 2019

Congratulations to Dr Cheneal Puljevic on receiving the 2019 UQ Early Career Researcher Grant.

Pill testing: the facts

Published on: 6 February 2019

Following a number of recent drug-related deaths at music festivals across Australia, pill testing has again become a hot topic across media outlets

Dancing dementia away

Published on: 20 September 2018

A desire to improve the life and wellbeing of the disadvantaged is at the heart of UQ Centre for Health Services (CHSR) Research Fellow Kim-Huong Nguyen’s life.

The 'high' cost of substance abuse

Published on: 20 September 2018

To celebrate Research Week 2018, UQ is proud to share how UQ research is creating change, right across the world, every day.
Discover how our researchers are collaborating with research partners both in Australia and abroad to tackle substance abuse head-on.

Faculty researchers awarded Research Week honours

Published on: 13 September 2018

Faculty of Medicine researcher Dr Sherry Wu and Centre for Health Services Research Director Professor Len Gray have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to their fields at The University of Queensland Research Week awards.

Prisoners smoke nicotine-infused tea leaves

Published on: 16 August 2018

Following a ban on tobacco smoking in prisons, some Australian prisoners are creating substitute cigarettes from crushed nicotine lozenges mixed with tea leaves. More than half of the participants we sampled in our recent study have used this product, known as “teabacco”.

Women sitting ducks for frailty

Published on: 25 June 2018

Women who spend more time sitting down as they age are at higher risk of becoming frail, a University of Queensland study has found.

Digital dilemma faces new diabetes treatments

Published on: 11 May 2018

Outdated legal and policy frameworks are preventing health professionals and patients from using digital treatment options such as mobile phone apps.

Time versus money: the value of digital cancer diagnosis

Published on: 10 May 2018

What is the economic impact of teledermoscopy as a viable method of skin cancer triage?

ATA18: telemedicine transforming healthcare 25 years on

Published on: 2 May 2018

SFT-18 Call for Abstracts Now Open

Published on: 11 April 2018

The University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health in conjunction with the Australasian Telehealth Society (ATHS) is very pleased to announce that the SFT-18 Call for Abstracts is now open for the 2018 International Conference on Successes and Failures in Telehealth (SFT-18).

Telehealth closes the gap on Indigenous health

Published on: 13 March 2018

An integrated telehealth service could help close the gap for Indigenous Australians with dementia living in rural and remote communities.