🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Excited to be running our first Brave workshop at Brisbane Donor Center to help those who have fears of donating blood but want to. Amazing stuff Prof. Barbara Masser UQPsych

Congratulations Associate Professor Alina Morawska and Dr Nathan Evans!

Congrats to Professors Jolanda Jetten, Derek Arnold, Ross Cunnington, Thomas Suddendorf & Jason Mattingley & Drs Jonathan Redshaw, Natasha Matthews, Sarah Coundouris, Kristy Armitage, Kelly Kirkland & Lena Oestreich who were awarded Australian Research Council grants. brnw.ch/21wP3TR

The pink elephant test: what your visual imagination predicts about your ability to control your thoughts. Derek Arnold and Loren Bouyer wrote for The Conversation. Read the article below.

Always a thrill to see UQPsych at the Queensland Museum. The Early Cognitive Developmental Centre world leaders in developmental research. Here are my kids sitting down now to do some important and fun experiments!

#UQ research has found residential aged care falls could be costing Australia’s health system millions every year. While a national fall prevention strategy exists, researchers are advocating for a strategy specifically for aged care residents. @UQhealth brnw.ch/21wPXa2

Aggressive and misleading marketing practices is driving demand for medicinal cannabis. Wayne and I wrote an article in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand on how private clinics may skirt TGA regulations. 👉 tinyurl.com/3v5z8f3b

#UQ researchers looked at 54 medicinal cannabis websites to see if they followed the rules. Read the The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand article below to see what they found⬇️ Carmen Lim UQPsych

#UQ researchers interviewed 20 people with ADHD directly impacted by the stimulant shortage, and found inconsistent access to medication impacted daily function, job performance and the ability to manage emotions. Read the research: brnw.ch/21wQ0xt Ben Johnson

#UQ researchers reviewed the experiences of people with young onset dementia when they had to stop driving. Common experiences included, loss of independence, feelings of isolation, reduced mobility and more. Read more: brnw.ch/21wQ7eM UQPsych Theresa Scott

Excited to be presenting today at #ASBHM25 Australasian Society for Behavioural Health & Med on Compassion as a Transdiagnostic Target to help with Mental Health UQPsych

Thanks to the Paved with Gold Podcast team for having me on to discuss all things severe and enduring eating disorders. You can take a listen here: pavedwithgoldpodcast.com/episodes/seed Professor Gemma Sharp UQPsych UQ Health #eatingdisorders #research #SEED #medicaltrauma #PhD

How people recover from trauma often relies on the support of their social networks and communities. #UQPsych's Nat led research to understand how people harness social networks after a natural disaster, and how it impacts recovery: psychology.uq.edu.au/article/2025/0… #Health

#UQ researchers & partners met to launch the ‘Cultivating Systematic Safety and Inclusion to Prevent Workplace Sexual Harassment’ project, discussing how to build systematic safety & inclusion to prevent sexual harassment at work. Read more: brnw.ch/21wR6Rs UQPsych

Not knowing what to expect during an event like Cyclone Alfred can have a significant effect on mental health, causing anxiety and stress. UQPsych's Dr Simon Byrne shares tips on how to manage these feelings, to help protect wellbeing: psychology.uq.edu.au/article/2025/0… #Health

My new paper out in ⁦Nature Reviews Psychology.⁩ Compassion as a transdiagnostic target to reduce mental health symptoms & promote well-being. Focus on the importance of family & how to integrate compassion into therapy ⁦UQPsych⁩ ⁦Global Compassion Coalition⁩ nature.com/articles/s4415…

🔓Tobacco smoking in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis Habte Belete, Tesfa Mekonen, Jason P. Connor, Gary Chan, Leanne Hides, Janni Leung Bahir Dar University UQPsych UQ News NCYSUR, UQ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

New publication from my PhD work with the The QLD MIND Project at UQPsych. In my PhD, I investigated gaze-based social cognition in older adulthood. This article includes two studies assessing attention to direct gaze. Findings and article link below. 🧵

A team of researchers from UQPsych conducted a pilot trial to determine the impact of a compassion-focused therapy workshop to improve wellbeing for people in the education sector. Read more: brnw.ch/21wSqRO #Health #UQResearch James N. Kirby

Researchers from UQPsych conducted a pilot study aimed at improving mental health wellbeing for palliative care patients, through a self-help intervention. Read more: brnw.ch/21wSF4n #NPCW2025 #UQResearch Kenneth Pakenham