Public and allied health

Ahead of Research and Innovation Week, we explored the University's longest running research projects. From viscus liquids, to women's health, these are the projects that have been running for decades and in one case almost a century!

Migrant and refugee women are treated differently by domestic violence support services and policy makers, new research has found. Read why.

The most common treatment is probably throat lozenges – but do they really work any better than sucking on a hard lolly? Dr David King explains.

Since 1996, the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health has examined the health fortunes of four generations of Australian women.

This Reconciliation Week, Research News takes a look at one of the amazing health initiatives being undertaken in the most northern part of Queensland. Check out the incredible photos of life in the Torres Strait Islands, and the challenges faced by its residents every day.

Researchers have found a genetic link between endometriosis and ovarian cancer subtypes. Dr Sally Mortlock explains.

While rising floodwaters pose an immediate danger to human life, disease-causing microbes lurking in those same waters can cause infection and illness well after the waters have peaked and clean-up continues.

Tiny ‘live’ brain models are being used at The University of Queensland to study a condition causing high-functioning young people with down syndrome to suddenly regress. See how it works.

IMB virologist Dr Larisa Labzin answers questions about "long COVID" and whether scientists could eventually develop a vaccine against all COVID-19 variants.

Selenium – a mineral found in many foods – could reverse the cognitive impact of stroke and boost learning and memory in ageing brains, according to Queensland Brain Institute researchers.