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Research and teaching centres

Sunshine Coast Health Institute

A world-class teaching and research facility located alongside the new Sunshine Coast University Hospital

Thompson Institute

Integrating mental health research, clinical services and teaching

UniSC Clinical Trials

A UniSC-led initiative to enhance clinical capacity in regional Queensland, and to deliver locally relevant research outcomes

K'gari Research and Learning Centre

A research and learning centre on the World Heritage-listed K'gari

Research news

Your lifestyle choices are already showing up on your brain and could be prematurely ageing it, study finds
17 Dec

New research from UnSC’s Thompson Institute has found a relationship between lifestyle choices that affect dementia risk, and early signs of ageing on the brain.

research participant Joanna Fowler in her home smiling
Research to find ‘missing link’ in home tech for people with disabilities
16 Dec

An innovative UniSC study aims to find the “missing link” in home-based smart technologies to enable people with spinal cord and brain injuries to live more independently.

UniSC scientists named STEM superstars
11 Dec

A love of science has led two researchers from UniSC down two very different career paths – but today they share the same national honour.