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Dr Emma-Anne Karlsen is completing her General Surgery training at the Mater Hospital Brisbane while studying her PhD with The University of Queensland Frazer Institute Simpson Lab.

University of Queensland researchers have supported a study to improve the performance of an artificial intelligence (AI) model in skin cancer diagnosis and management.

Frazer Institute’s Dr Timothy Wells and his research team are finalists in the category of Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research, which is awarded for outstanding infectious diseases research that benefits, or has the potential to benefit, human health.

University of Queensland research fellow with the Frazer Institute, Dr Arutha Kulasinghe, has been awarded Cure Cancer’s prestigious Researcher of the Year title.

Topical corticosteroids, also referred to as corticosteroids or cortisone, are the go-to treatment for many skin disorders including eczema, dermatitis and psoriasis. They can be found in various forms such as creams, ointments, and solutions.

Co-creator of the cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, Emeritus Professor Frazer has been announced as Queensland’s Biomedical Advisor.

University of Queensland Professor H. Peter Soyer has been awarded the 2023 Silver Medal by the Australasian College of Dermatologists (ACD) – its highest award.

University of Queensland researchers have established Australia’s first Familial Melanoma Clinic at the Princess Alexandra Hospital to improve health outcomes for families with a history of melanoma.

A University of Queensland study has found skin with few visible freckles or blemishes may still carry sun-damaged DNA mutations that can trigger cancer.

Doctors may soon be able to better monitor brain cancer in children and potentially predict the tumour progress and therapy response, thanks to University of Queensland-led research, funded by the Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Professor Di Yu has been recognised by Australia’s foremost scientific body for his ground-breaking research into the immune system and how to control its antibody responses.

Boosting antibody production may provide greater protection against COVID-19 variants, according to a study led by The University of Queensland.

You may have seen them popping up on beaches everywhere – colourful, breezy, shady, beach cabanas. But do beach cabanas provide as much sun protection as you think?

It’s impossible to avoid the Aussie sun entirely, but Australians are well aware of the dangers of too much exposure. Some 40 years of Slip Slop Slap (and more recently added, Seek and Slide) campaigns have reinforced this, not to mention the unpleasant experience of a sunburn most of us have encountered at some point.

The University of Queensland has recognised the outstanding contribution to society of medical researcher and philanthropist Ian Frazer AC by renaming the UQ Diamantina Institute in his honour.

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).

University of Queensland researchers have discovered how COVID-19 damages the heart, opening the door to future treatments.

Quitting smoking and taking a daily walk can do more than just protect your heart, they also help protect from developing rheumatoid arthritis.

A skin microbiopsy device developed by researchers at The University of Queensland, that takes tissue samples smaller than 0.5mm in diameter, could change the way skin cancers and other skin conditions are diagnosed and monitored.