Nurse leader Dr Ali Drummond recognised as QUT Outstanding Alumnus

Nurse leader Dr Ali Drummond recognised as QUT Outstanding Alumnus

Nurse, health leader and academic Dr Ali Drummond has been named a 2026 QUT Outstanding Alumnus for his work leading national efforts to strengthen the Indigenous nursing and midwifery workforce and improve health outcomes for First Nations communities.

Paramedic and advocate Amy Gomes is 2026 Outstanding Young Alumnus

Paramedic and advocate Amy Gomes is 2026 Outstanding Young Alumnus

Paramedic, author and QUT law student Amy Gomes has been named the 2026 QUT Outstanding Young Alumnus for her contributions to health education, community cardiac arrest response and improving access to lifesaving defibrillators.

QUT researchers elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences

QUT researchers elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences

Distinguished Professor Ben White and Professor Greig de Zubicaray have been elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Social Sciences. 

Suspicious citation numbers are a red flag for research paper mill slop

Suspicious citation numbers are a red flag for research paper mill slop

The likely manipulation of citation numbers by research paper mills in high-impact cancer journals has been uncovered by an international team of academic researchers. 

QUT researchers named AAHMS Fellows

QUT researchers named AAHMS Fellows

Distinguished Professor Lyn Griffiths AM and Distinguished Professor Yuantong Gu have been named Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).

$1.5M grant to harness AI to improve health outcomes

$1.5M grant to harness AI to improve health outcomes

Professor Steven McPhail, from QUT’s School of Public Health and Social Work, has been awarded an NHMRC grant of $1,491,992.40 for the project, Building AI Launch Pads in Health Services: Accelerating Safe, Scalable, Evidence-Based AI Implementation and Sustainment.