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Researchers from The University of Queensland have used an advanced imaging technique to predict the recovery of children from a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) with an 87 per cent success rate.

South East Queenslanders living near bushland and green spaces are being encouraged to join a University of Queensland study on the health impacts of bushfire smoke.

Two researchers from The University of Queensland have secured more than $2.4 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to support research partnerships and improve health outcomes for women and infants.

Parents, carers and childcare settings are much more aware of food allergies than they once were. Precautions are taken and emergency plans can be developed for each child at risk of a reaction. But fewer people have heard of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES).

Doctors are ordering unnecessary, costly and invasive blood tests for children to detect Vitamin D deficiency when it would be better to give them supplements as needed, according to a study by The University of Queensland and Macquarie University.

University of Queensland researchers are calling on parents of children with neurodisability (ND) to participate in a sleep survey to improve understanding of treatments for neural conditions.

Portable ultrasound devices could provide an alternative to x-ray machines for diagnosing forearm fractures in children in a move that could alleviate waiting times for families in hospital emergency departments (ED).

Alcohol management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities has been a deeply divisive issue, as seen recently in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

Childhood respiratory treatments will change following a breakthrough study involving University of Queensland researchers that improves care standards and reduces healthcare costs.

As a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Specialist with the Queensland Children’s Hospital and an Academic Title Holder (ATH) with the UQ Child Health Research Centre, Dr Chawla explores new treatments for children with neurodisabilities, including Down syndrome, and educates medical students.

Many would expect a mathematics and information technology graduate to step into the world of finance, software or technology. For Associate Professor Kristen Gibbons, maths plus IT equalled a career in medical research.

Like astronomers connected and grouped stars in the sky, Professor Craig Munns, Director of the Child Health Research Centre and Head of Mayne Academy of Paediatrics and Child Health, is linking and arranging an interdisciplinary team of stars into surprising constellations to undertake paediatric research.

Two professors from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine have been elected as new Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).

Australia’s first dedicated children’s immunotherapy centre will investigate treatments to not only increase the survival of kids with cancer, but also to improve their ongoing quality of life.

University of Queensland researchers are calling for screening of perinatal depression (PND) for all women during pregnancy, after finding women with persistent depression are at high risk of developing the condition.

In some Australian states, children can legally be detained from the age of ten years old. This has led to over-policing and over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. First Nations children represent 50% of youth incarcerated during 2021.

Medical researchers have gained a better understanding of how nitric oxide gas impacts children during and after heart surgery following the world’s largest study of its kind.

A clinical study examining new ways of treating children with sepsis - using vitamin C and steroids alongside antibiotics - could save children’s lives around the world.

New mums can access free online self-care resources to help them cope with the challenges of motherhood, as part of an ongoing research trial by The University of Queensland.

Hereditary factors are partly responsible for childhood anxiety and depression that persists into adulthood, according to University of Queensland researchers.