18017 /news/t/health-medicine en Indigenous Australians bear disproportionate burden of allergy-related illness /news/article/2025/02/indigenous-australians-bear-disproportionate-burden-of-allergy-related-illness <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Researchers at Â鶹ÊÓƵ have found First Nations people are twice as likely to present at hospital with asthma and other allergy related illnesses, compared to other Australian</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-03-05T06:00:00+10:00">5 March 2025</span></div></div></div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:51:38 +0000 uqdcla21 136898 at /news Â鶹ÊÓƵ biotech innovation partnership forges a second startup /news/article/2025/03/uq-biotech-innovation-partnership-forges-second-startup <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A new startup aimed at discovering and developing anti-inflammatory disease medicines has been formed by Â鶹ÊÓƵ&#039;s commercialisation arm UniQuest and global biotech compa</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-03-04T15:00:00+10:00">4 March 2025</span></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Mar 2025 05:03:41 +0000 uqebla11 136911 at /news Participants with PTSD and complex PTSD needed for Â鶹ÊÓƵ study /news/article/2025/02/participants-ptsd-and-complex-ptsd-needed-uq-study <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers are seeking participants diagnosed with PTSD and complex PTSD for a clinical study aimed at improving understanding of its impacts on the brain and overall</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-03-04T06:00:00+10:00">4 March 2025</span></div></div></div> Sun, 23 Feb 2025 23:05:34 +0000 uqccla12 136868 at /news Parental risks, aggressive behaviour, and alcohol use: a deep dive into child abuse /news/article/2025/02/parental-risks-aggressive-behaviour-and-alcohol-use-deep-dive-child-abuse <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Child maltreatment has been the focus of two separate studies led by Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers, who examined the main parental risk factors that lead to child abuse, as well as the </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-03-03T06:00:00+10:00">3 March 2025</span></div></div></div> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 04:07:34 +0000 uqdcla21 136859 at /news Â鶹ÊÓƵ leads the way in dementia-friendly first /news/article/2025/02/uq-leads-way-dementia-friendly-first <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Â鶹ÊÓƵ has become the first university to be formally recognised by Dementia Australia as a Dementia-Friendly Organisation, an initiative that will inform research, raise awa</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-28T15:00:00+10:00">28 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:10:55 +0000 uqehalli 136878 at /news Â鶹ÊÓƵ health and medical researchers share $46m of funding /news/article/2025/02/uq-health-and-medical-researchers-share-46m-of-funding <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">24 Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers have been awarded more than $46 million in research funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants and Par</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-28T14:15:00+10:00">28 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 04:12:10 +0000 uqmwelc1 136903 at /news Culturally tailored interventions key to combatting early onset type 2 diabetes /news/article/2025/02/culturally-tailored-interventions-key-combatting-early-onset-type-2-diabetes <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Culturally appropriate programs that build on the strengths and knowledge of Indigenous communities are crucial for reducing the burden of type 2 diabetes among young peo</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-26T06:00:00+10:00">26 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:33:51 +0000 uqdcla21 136764 at /news Â鶹ÊÓƵ to lead Australian clinical trial of next-gen ovarian cancer screening test /news/article/2025/02/uq-lead-australian-clinical-trial-of-next-gen-ovarian-cancer-screening-test <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Clinical trials of a simple and accurate blood test to detect early-stage ovarian cancer – key to boosting survival rates – will begin at Â鶹ÊÓƵ this year.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-19T06:00:00+10:00">19 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Thu, 13 Feb 2025 02:21:30 +0000 uqdcla21 136819 at /news Heatwave mortality studies reveal climate change impacts and risk for cities /news/article/2025/01/heatwave-mortality-studies-reveal-climate-change-impacts-and-risk-cities <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Mortality rates during heatwaves have been put in the spotlight with research from Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Queensland showing a 20 per cent increase in heatwave-related deaths </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-18T06:00:00+10:00">18 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 06:10:42 +0000 uqdcla21 136709 at /news Biomedicine shows the way to future food crops /news/article/2025/02/biomedicine-shows-way-future-food-crops <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening a potential pathway for rapid crop improvement. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-14T06:00:00+10:00">14 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 04:14:45 +0000 uqnroock 136786 at /news