A university academic who published peer-reviewed research spruiking the health benefits of belonging to the alleged cult Universal Medicine has been cleared of academic misconduct by the University of Queensland.

In a series of journal articles published in 2017 and 2018, Christoph Schnelle claimed to have unearthed evidence that female followers of Universal Medicine had lower levels of physical and mental illness when compared with other women, including rates of diabetes, hypertension and thrombosis.