Dying to Know Day, held on 8 August, aims to encourage all Australians to talk about death by promoting conversations and community actions around death, dying and bereavement.

Mater's Neurosciences Unit are investigating novel diagnostic markers for autoimmune encephalitis

Mater Researchers Dr Jyai Allen and Professor Sue Kildea recently secured funding for a Thompson Method breastfeeding study aimed at increasing breastfeeding rates for new mothers

Mater has demonstrated that a room service model better meets patient nutritional needs

Mater researcher Dr Ran Wang has received a prestigious travel award to attend the 15th International Conference on Innate Immunity

Prof Peter Nestor was recently appointed Conjoint Professor of Neuroscience between The University of Queensland and Mater and has started his appointment by establishing a memory clinic at Mater.

A group of Mater researchers have discovered a key part to the bone marrow regeneration process which has the potential to improve outcomes for patients who require bone marrow transplants.

Mater Research in collaboration with Mater Health, Mater Pathology, the Feel Teal initiative and MOCRC are making strides towards a better understanding of ovarian cancer.

Mater Research’s Professor Josephine Forbes has recently published a review in Nature Reviews Nephrology investigating mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetic kidney disease.

Professor Geoff Faulkner and his lab recently published a paper in Genome Research that furthers the understanding of the role of jumping genes in liver cancer.

Results from the Ridstress trial show there is close to a 50 per cent reduction in women requiring an emergency caesarean or a forceps delivery for fetal distress when they take Sildenafil in labour.

Newly appointed Director of Operations at Mater Research Aimee Catalan has recently accepted the title of Adjunct Associate Professor at MRI–UQ.