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University of Queensland 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 (STARS). Metro North and UQ have signed a 20-year partnership to integrate clinical care, education and training, and research in specialist surgical and complex rehabilitation services at…

Traits that allow cancer cells to escape the body’s natural defence system and develop into tumours are actually a good indicator to a patient’s survival prognosis, according to University of Queensland researchers. UQ Diamantina Institute researcher Dr Janin Chandra described the discovery as a “catch-22 situation” and good news for patients with either cervical or head and neck…

A global health organisation and state-of-the-art laboratory at The University of Queensland are collaborating to support the development and evaluation of point-of-care diagnostics for malaria with new custom-made proteins. PATH and UQ’s Protein Expression Facility will supply researchers with malaria proteins to improve point-of-care diagnostic tools and help reduce the burden of malaria, which continues to affect more…

Neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease are in the firing line after researchers identified an attractive therapeutic drug target. An international collaboration, co-led by University of Queensland researchers, has isolated and analysed the structure and function of a protein found in the brain’s nerve fibres called SARM1. Dr Jeff Nanson said the protein was…

Venture capitalist and University of Queensland alumnus Graeme Linnett, with wife Deborah-Ann Linnett, are helping foster UQ’s next generation of mathematicians and statisticians. The CEO and founder of Gödel Capital, a seed investor in digital payment giant PayPal, has created the Linnett Family Mathematics Endowed Scholarship, indefinitely providing scholarship support to mathematical or statistical students…

Emeritus Professor Frank Finn was a prolific presence during his lifetime of service at UQ’s Business School as a finance researcher and educator, dedicating his career to both his students and his field. His own experience as a scholarship student at UQ came full circle with the Frank Finn Scholarships, established in 2008 by members…