Participate in a research study

Sensory evaluation of frozen desserts

If you are aged 50 and over, you are invited to sample and provide feedback on the taste and texture of frozen desserts. The sampling will take place on Tuesday 24 September in Room N404 of the Hartley Teakle building at St Lucia, and take approximately 20 minutes. Participats will receive a $15 voucher for their time.

Adaptive virtual reality: LEGO model building

Recruiting participants who are over 18, are not pregnant, do not have cardivascular illess or experience seizures, and do not take medication for anxiety or depression for a study exploring virtual reality training applications that can adapt based on the user. You will be asked to complete a LEGO model building game in both virtual reality and the real world. As part of the experiment, a saline gel will be applied, which can be removed with tissues (provided on site) or by washing your hair. Participants will be paid $25.

Focus groups: new employment models in the community sector

The Centre for Policy Futures, supported by Anglicare Southern Queensland, is exploring how new employment models (e.g., flexible work arrangements, 4-day work week, time banking) can help attract and retain a broader range of workers in the community sector. Take part in an online or in-person focus group and receive a $30 gift card for your time.

Resilience Triple P: family program for autistic children who may have experienced bullying

UQ's Parenting and Family Support Centre is currently recruiting for a trial of a family program for autistic children who have experienced problems with peers, including possible bullying. This program is called Resilience Triple P and is designed to help families support a child aged between 7 and 12 years.

Seeking families of children with a chronic health condition

Researchers from UQ and Griffith University are seeking families of children with a chronic health condition (e.g., asthma, eczema, hayfever, type 1 diabetes, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, and others) to share their experiences via an online interview. The research's findings will help researchers to better support siblings and parents of children with chronic health conditions.

Uncovering the link between REM sleep and pain with non-invasive brain stimulation

To help researchers undersatnd the link between REM sleep oscillations and pain perceptions, receive non-invasive rhythmic brain stimulation and perform a series of sensory tasks over 3 sessions. Participants must be at least 18 years old and a good sleeper and must not have chronic pain or a psychiatric or neurological disorder. Receive a $20 for each hour of participation (up to $120 in total).

Chinese individual residential property buyers in Australia

People from mainland China with or without Australian citizenship who either own or are interested in buying an Australian residential property are invited to participate in a 15-minte online survey.

Recruiting poor sleepers

Struggle to get 6 hours of sleep each night? Consider yourself a poor sleeper? Join this study on sleep and brain blood vessel function. Attend 2 laboratory visits using ultrasound to measure the functioning of blood vessels in the brain, have your sleep monitored for 3 nights, and receive detailed data about your sleep.

Walking with kneecap arthritis: healthy volunteers sought

If you are a man aged between 50 and 70 with healthy knees, please volunteer to help researchers understand how people with kneecap arthritis walk by attending a one-off laboratory session at UQ St Lucia.

Understanding young tourists' travel behaviours

Researchers are seeking volunteers aged 18 to 25 who have never been to Bali to watch travel videos, play a computer game, and answer questions while wearing a biosensor and having facial expressions recorded. Volunteers will receive a $20 voucher for their time (45-60 minutes), and have a chance to win a 200AUD travel voucher.

Meta-emotion in medicine: doctors and students

Doctors and medical students are invited to complete a 20 to 25 minute survey, then undertake a video interview, to help researchers understand how health professionals experience emotion in medical workplaces.

Online interview: service robots in hotels

Take part in a one-hour online video interview to share your thoughts on service robots in hotels. You will be asked to view a series of images and short videos showing robots performing tasks in a hotel, then answer questions about your perceptions of the robots and their capabilities. Receive a $30 gift card for your time.

Recovery from daily work stress study

UQ researchers are investigating how people manage their work-life balance. Adult workers based in any Australian time zone are invited to complete online surveys on these experiences. Participants will receive feedback and research-based tips about work-life balance and enter a draw to win one of 3 $500 gift cards.