Across our campuses, the next generation of researchers are answering some of today’s most pressing issues, focused on ensuring healthier people and a healthier planet.
Research themes
Improving the quality of human life around the world.
Improving the quality of ecology and our environment.
Research overview
Implementing changes that make a big difference to lives and communities here at home, across the Pacific and around the globe. And ultimately, bringing about real impact and positive change that helps move everyone forward.
Researcher spotlight
Leading Microbiologist, Professor Peter Timms, has spent decades searching for a way to address disease in koalas >
The team has had a breakthrough — developing, trialling and administering a successful koala chlamydia vaccine.
UniSC Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering Dr Joanne Macdonald >
UniSC Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering Dr Joanne Macdonald and postdoctoral researcher Dr Nina Pollak from UniSC’s Centre for Bioinnovation worked with CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness on the research into the Nipah virus.
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Research news
Study shows how body image bullying affects teenage girls' brains
16 Jul 2025University of the Sunshine Coast researchers have shown, for the first time in Australia, what happens in the brain of adolescent girls when they see someone being subjected to body image-related cyberbullying (BRC)
New tool to help stop injuries in the workplace and on outdoor adventures
2 Jul 2025UniSC researchers will develop and evaluate a new tool to help workplaces spot risks early and learn from past incidents – aiming to help to stop injuries before they happen
Blood pressure: New study predicts how climate change will jeopardise blood supply
17 Apr 2025Climate change will impact the health of blood donors worldwide and increases in disease and natural disasters may trigger a rise in the need for blood, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet Planetary Health