Professor Gail Robinson has developed a fast cognitive screening tool called the Brief Executive Screen Tool that can be used by health professionals to assess patients in minutes.

University of Queensland researchers have received two $3 million grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to accelerate knowledge and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and to improve gynaecological cancer treatment.

Dr Anne Hahn and Associate Professor Steven Zuryn have discovered a mechanism in DNA that regulates how disease-causing mutations are inherited, providing a promising therapeutic avenue to stop the onset of heritable and age-related diseases.