Contact magazine

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Professor Monika Janda casts some sunlight on whether you can still trust your sunscreen products, what regulators are doing to address the recent SPF controversy and why sunscreen remains critical to your sun safety.
  • UQ Mythbusters has enlisted the help of Professor Ian Godwin, Director of UQ’s Centre for Crop Science, to help uncover some dirt on what the real differences are when you buy organic and you might be surprised.
  • This year, World Health Day (7 April) is focusing on maternal and newborn health through the theme ‘healthy beginnings, hopeful futures’. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging health systems globally to evolve to manage the many issues impacting mothers and their babies, including non-communicable diseases.
  • The Queensland Government has delivered the highly anticipated final announcement of Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic and Paralympic venues. How will it shape Brisbane’s future as a global city – and what could it mean for the legacy of the 2032 Games? UQ experts and alumni leaders weigh in.
  • Astrology is enjoying a major surge in popularity, particularly among young people. But reading the stars is nothing new – it's one of humanity’s oldest ways of making sense of the world. So why the sudden horoscope fever? UQ alum Dr Michelle Pfeffer has us star-struck with her knowledge on all things star signs and divinations.
  • For this instalment, we sat down with Professor Tracey Bunda, a Ngugi/Wakka Wakka woman and Professor of Indigenous Education at UQ. Professor Bunda is a leading voice in Indigenous education and a passionate advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
  • Many of us hesitate to seek help or testing for our hearing. Perhaps you’re afraid you’ll be told to wear hearing aids, and envision the large and bulky hearing aids you might have seen on your grandparents decades ago. What are your options?
  • For this edition of UQ Mythbusters, Dr Marlize Bekker and Dr Deirdre Mikkelsen from the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability in the Faculty of Science help us get to the truth about the safety of non-stick cookware, the chemicals involved, and the best practices to ensure your cookware remains safe.
  • In this edition, we catch up with the Executive Dean of the newly established Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences (HMBS), Professor Danny Liew.
  • At The University of Queensland (UQ), we are proud to support and amplify the voices of women who are breaking barriers, reshaping policies and igniting movements that are transforming the world.

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  • UQ exercise physiologist and sport scientist Associate Professor Emma Beckman will head to Paris with Paralympics Australia as part of a small group of experts doing on-the-ground sport intelligence data-gathering.
  • The honour of opening Australia’s medal tally on the first morning of the Paris 2014 Olympics rests on the impressive shoulders of UQ Alum Maddison Keeney. She will be competing in the synchronised 3-metre springboard diving event on day one of the Games with her synchro sister Anabelle Smith.
  • UQ is set to help Queensland welcome the world in 2032 with the launching of the Office of 2032 Games Engagement. Influential sporting, government and industry leaders attended the event, where a special panel discussed the road to 2032, UQ’s commitment to supporting the delivery of a successful Games and the lasting legacy that large sporting events leave behind.
  • An expert in business and information technology is among members of The University of Queensland community named in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours List.
  • Members of UQ’s fleet-footed alumni community are the driving force behind some of Queensland’s most popular run clubs, like SoSo's and Run and Rump, and 'Contact' caught up with them to get the run-down.
  • In this edition of the Real YouQ, 'Contact' catches up with Jess Pattison – a UQ alum and co-founder of agricultural venture studio Dirt Lab.

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About Contact magazine

Contact magazine is your pocket guide to navigating our changing world. Landing in email inboxes monthly, with added special editions covering timely topics, our features keep you informed and entertained. Contact brings together the best insights from UQ’s alumni, researchers and community, connecting our global network of ChangeMakers through storytelling.