Research at the Sunshine Coast Health Institute
We're a vibrant hub for collaborative research. We bring academics and health professionals together to make a real difference to healthcare practices.
Our expertise
We have state of the art facilities and a team of experts ready to help you with your next project.
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Robust processes
Research design and robust methodologies.
Diverse inputs
Collaborative problem solving.
Our impact
Our research goes beyond theory. We focus on turning evidence into practical solutions that improve patient care.
We support a wide range of research, including:
- medical services
- surgical services
- women's and children's services
- mental health and specialised services
- cancer care
- emergency and critical care
- community and preventative health.
Researchers are testing new ideas in the laboratory, introducing innovative models of care and trialling new treatments in hospital and community settings.
You can keep up to date with the work we're doing by reading our latest news. You can also learn about the work our partners are doing at:
Latest research papers
Follow the links to read our latest publications. These showcase some of our exciting research collaborations. Many took place in our state of the art facilities.
Targeted interventions to improve discharge times in a cardiology department: a quality improvement project in Australia, June 2026.
Acceptability of blood-based biomarkers for liver cancer surveillance: consumer and clinician perspectives, March 2026.
The stepwise implementation of a safe and effective endoscopist-directed nurse-administered propofol sedation model of care in Queensland for low-risk endoscopic procedures, December 2025.
Bacteremia and community-acquired pneumonia caused by Pantoea stewartii Subspecies indologenes, Australia, Februrary 2025.
Evaluating the feasibility, sensitivity, and specificity of next-generation molecular methods for pleural infection diagnosis, January 2025.
Join an existing SCHI research project
It's sometimes possible to join one of our existing research projects. Search our current projects to find out what we're working on. Contact us or talk to the researchers directly for more information.
Contact us
Email schi-research@health.qld.gov.au to discuss your research project and how we can help.