As a trusted provider of advice, services and technologies to the health industry, UTS has a reputation for being on the cutting-edge of health and biomedical innovation.
Recent projects
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On-the-spot coronavirus test within spitting distance
A COVID-19 test that will provide results within minutes, easing the way for borders to reopen, is set to be manufactured in Australia for Australian use.
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Delivering custom-made bone implants to patients Just-In-TimeUTS researchers are helping global medical devices company Stryker improve their business processes and put the patient right at the centre of their thinking.
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The cost of birthChildbirth is the most common reason for hospital admission in Australia. Understanding the costs involved is a crucial component of health care policy that impacts how and where women give birth.
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3D-printed ‘mini hearts’ may hold COVID clues
Australian researchers working on 3D-printed “mini hearts” are refocusing their efforts to help address the immediate threat of COVID-19 to patients with underlying heart disease.
Our world-class health expertise spans:
- Biomedical materials
- Biomedical device development
- Biotherapeutics
- Clinical psychology
- Genetic counselling
- Health economics
- Health services management
- Health technologies
- Indigenous health
- Infectious disease
- Good manufacturing practice
- Law, health, justice
- Mental health
- Midwifery, child and family health
- Neuroscience
- Nursing
- Orthoptics
- Palliative care
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Public and population health
- Regenerative medicine
- Speech pathology
- Sport and exercise
Connect with our research centres and institutes
UTS has 18 research centres and institutes that focus on delivering real-world solutions across health and biomedical sciences, including:
- Australian Stuttering Research Centre
- Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
- Centre for Health Technologies
- Centre for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine
- Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation
- ithree institute
- Kidman Centre: Mental Health Treatment and Research for Young People
- Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices
- Law | Health | Justice
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development
Leading healthcare experts
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Distinguished Professor Jon Adams, School of Public Health -
Chair of Inflammation, School of Life Sciences -
Distinguished Professor, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences -
Professor, School of Life Sciences -
Professor of Palliative Medicine, IMPACCT -
Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering -
Distinguished Professor Of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation -
Associate Professor, IMPACCT
