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Six leading academics from The University of Queensland Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences have earnt promotion to the status of Professor in 2016.

Can exercise improve language problems related to aging? Is noise always distracting? Can we better predict the outcomes for stroke survivors?

On the same week that jockey Michelle Payne rode to a Melbourne Cup win, females also cracked the whip in the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Teaching and Learning Awards.

There’s little doubting University of Queensland’s health sciences are in good hands, after two Heads of School were made Fellows of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Final-year University of Queensland speech pathology students showcased innovative concepts to health industry professionals as part of their community education projects.

Many of us have been to a physiotherapist to get help for a dodgy knee, a tiresome back or tennis elbow. They work with getting us back to moving properly and without pain. That is why physiotherapy is important in aged care; to keep residents moving the best they can.

Queensland – home to not only the nation’s champion rugby league and netball teams – but also Australia’s most ingenious health students.

Primary school students from Tara in Western Queensland will be the first to benefit from the new University of Queensland Telerehabilitation Clinic.

Sufferers of strokes, brain injuries and brain cancers will benefit from new research by The University of Queensland which has revealed a more effective therapy for language disorders.

It could be a truck driver with a bad back or a remote-area child struggling to speak or read. It could be a grandmother suffering from Parkinson’s disease or a sports competitor with a debilitating injury.

University of Queensland-led research into solutions for musculoskeletal conditions such as back pain and osteoarthritis has attracted more than $8 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).