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Discovery at Uq 2014 Executive Overview Emerging Innovations Healthy People Arts and Society Sustainability Technology DISCOVERY and Translation Research Leaders at UQ 2014 Share knowledge leadership for a better world welcome Executive TO DISCOVERY AT UQ 2014. THIS INTERACTIVE PDF ALLOWS YOU TO ACCESS Overview INFORMATION EASILY, SEARCH FOR A SPECIFIC ITEM OR GO DIRECTLY TO ANOTHER PAGE, SECTION OR WEBSITE. Emerging Innovations GUIDE TO BUTTONS Healthy People Go to main contents page Go to previous page Arts and Society Go to next page Share this pdf via Email Sustainability Share this pdf on Facebook Share this pdf on Twitter Technology and Translation Play video TABS Research Leaders Clicking on one of the tabs at the side of the page takes you to the start of that section. LINKS IN THIS PDF Words and numbers that are underlined are dynamic links – clicking on them will take you to further information within the document or to a web page Share (opens in a new window). Executive contents Overview Emerging Innovations Healthy People EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW 4 ARTS AND SOCIETY 25 TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSLATION 42 Current leaders: Arts and Research at UQ 6 Virtual venue 26 Surveillance for safer roads 43 Fellowships, awards and memberships 56 Society Research support 8 Triple P in Africa 27 Nanoscale, mega-impact 44 2014 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards 58 UQ Supporters 9 Learn about burnout 28 Fossil findings 45 2014 UQ Awards for Excellence in RHD Supervision 60 Happy haus 29 Beefing up 46 2014 Partners in Research Excellence Awards 61 EMERGING INNOVATIONS 11 Stop the death spiral 30 China calling 47 Sustainability A fairer Australia 12 Express or suppress? 31 Pure nerve 48 INDEX 63 Forging ahead 13 Language on the line 32 Easy grow nano-bio 49 Quantum learning 14 Partly in the genes 33 CONTRIBUTORS 64 Keeping emotions in check 15 RESEARCH LEADERS 50 Technology SUSTAINABILITY 34 Future leaders: and Translation HEALTHY PEOPLE 16 Sustainable Solomons 35 Collaborative communicator 51 No more “own goals” 17 Waste not, want not 36 Strategic links 52 Super strength vision 18 Secret life of spinifex 37 Bridging the gap 53 Research Superbug fightback 19 Micro world: macro methane 38 Researching the industry 54 Leaders Birthing in our community 20 Sustainable prosperity 39 Ocker or oriental? 55 Text zombies 21 Novel natives 40 Sunscreen = young skin 22 Underwater climate change 41 Supporting success 23 Zoom zoom, zoonoses 24 Share Executive connected Overview Emerging IMPACT Innovations from the Vice-Chancellor and President, and Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Healthy ABUNDANT EXCELLENCE, BRILLIANT OUTCOMES – THAT IS THE NUB OF CONNECTED People IMPACT, AS DEMONSTRATED BY UQ RESEARCHERS AND THEIR PARTNERS IN 2013-14. Arts and Society The researchers are themselves connected, within and role of genetics in education, cognition and cognitive across disciplines, and with people and organisations ageing may add to the impact of UQ’s social science in the private, government and not-for-profit sectors research on education, health and disadvantage. who in turn connect to the end users of research. This Children are front-line beneficiaries of many initiatives connectivity speeds the translation of excellent discovery featured in this report. For the first time, the Triple into outstanding outcomes for society, the environment Sustainability P – Positive Parenting Program has extended into and economies. Africa where, with essential philanthropic support, it is Conspicuous in our 2013 ledger is connectivity with partnering with communities in Kenya as part of a move industry. Research funding from non-government to be more active in developing and newly industrialised sources surged by 18 per cent, in an indication of regions. increasing diversity in our resource base and improving Children and families with secure access to basics such corporate confidence in UQ’s research impact. We Technology as food, clean water and energy are better able to reap anticipate this is not a one-off occurrence, but rather and Translation the benefits of such programs. Initiatives on the scale an indication of greater willingness to coinvest in great of the Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering have research of broad benefit. potential to deliver rippling societal benefits, and so do After years of strategic investments in integrated community-level programs such as partnerships with strengths and emerging issues, the power of UQ beef cattle farmers in South-East Asia. researchers from across the disciplines to build on each Research That will in turn improve society’s prospects of taking other’s excellence is crystallising, and will continue to Leaders advantage of other innovations seeded by high-quality do so over years, decades and generations. The maxim research married with next-generation technology. “greater than the sum of its parts” is apposite. An exemplar of this is genomics, which is already For example, improvements resulting from the ARC steering the way towards personalised medicine and Science of Learning Research Centre’s classroom- has prospects of spurring other significant changes based work on social and emotional learning may boost in human and animal health, food security, species the many benefits of the Life Course Centre’s fight-back conservation and energy security. Share against disadvantage. At the same time, the Queensland Brain Institute’s contributions to global insights into the Professor Anton Middelberg, Acting continued on page 5 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), and Professor Peter Høj, Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of Queensland page 4 Executive Overview Emerging Innovations Healthy People Arts and Society Sustainability As well, UQ is tracking as the lead Australian institution The University congratulates these young researchers, from the Vice-Chancellor and President, and Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) continued for publications in Nature Publishing Index, and fifth and thanks all staff, students, alumni and collaborators or sixth in Asia-Pacific. The “excellence-plus” bond who have made indelible additions to the global fund of between excellent research and excellent outcomes is knowledge and to products, services and policies that Technology increasingly visible. benefit local, national and global communities. and Translation Crucially, children in many parts of the world, developed These and other researcher-earned credentials will help We thank our many partners in industry, government, and less so, can hold realistic hopes of enjoying a UQ to further diversify and stabilise our funding base not-for-profits and philanthropic circles for enabling healthier environment thanks to intensive sustainability- Our 2013 funding headlines include: and fortify our responses to future variations in funding results that are enhancing lives worldwide, or are on related work, which includes turning agricultural waste and policy priorities and economic circumstances. Like track to deliver future gains. into fertiliser and creating knowledge to improve fisheries • UQ #1 nationally for total research income governments and businesses that invest in our research, Research management in the face of climate change. We urge you all to continue your teamwork, because • UQ non-government funding for research philanthropists will have ever-stronger grounds for Leaders your connected impact is showing proven results. Such optimism is buttressed by funders who have increased 18 per cent (on 2012) confidence in the prospects of results. faith in the delivery-power of UQ researchers, based A maintained – even sharpened – orientation towards • UQ #1 nationally for research income/ The 2014 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards on a track record that includes the cervical cancer tangible impacts contributes to a global legacy of long- academic (lecturer or above) (on 2012) are emblematic of the University’s confidence in, and vaccine with the potential to save a quarter of a million term sustainable prosperity, and extends opportunities continued commitment to, the pipeline of exceptional, lives each year, the parenting program that has helped • UQ #1 nationally for Cooperative Research for people of all backgrounds to benefit from excellent outcomes-focused scholars from many countries who approximately seven million families in more than 20 Centre funding. research. choose to study and work here. We reward them across Share countries, and technology used in most of the world’s the disciplines, because much of the progress of this magnetic resonance imaging machines. century will stem from interdisciplinary projects. page 5 research at Executive Overview UQ FELLOWSHIP HONOURS 2013 THE UNIVERSITY Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate 9 Fellows National Health and Medical Research Council 4 Emerging (NHMRC) Australia Fellows Innovations NHMRC John Cade Fellowship 1 OF QUEENSLAND Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences in 40 Australia Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science 29 Healthy Fellows of the Australian Academy of 31 People Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Australian Academy of the 33 THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND IS ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S LEADING RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, Humanities RECEIVING $381.8 MILLION IN RESEARCH GRANTS IN 2013. Arts and ■ Commonwealth COMMONWEALTH RESEARCH BLOCK Society A WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH RESEARCH FUNDING 2013 5% Government Research GRANTS 2013 5% Funding INSTITUTION $381.8 million total sponsored grants and contracts ■ Commonwealth $million including: 13% UQ
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