Sir John Walsh Research Institute news & events

• New Zealand dentists pick up the pieces when ‘dental tourism’ goes bad
• University of Otago researchers unravel knowledge in dolphin teeth to provide environmental insights
• Innovative health and wellbeing hub opens
• Nano-scale science helps prize-winning Otago scientist make a big impact
• 2018 SJWRI PhD Scholarship and Sir Thomas Sidey Postdoctoral Fellowship rounds now open
• Faculty of Dentistry starting early next year
• Recycling project with a difference launched in Dentistry
• Dental build brings work to local trades
• Otago outreach project educates children about “hidden sugars”
• Otago researchers recognised at Research Honours Dinner
• 'Killer' toothaches likely cause misery for captive orca
• Otago researchers’ achievements recognised at 2017 NZ Research Honours Dinner
• SJWRI Awards for 2017 presented at Research Day
• Report from SJWRI Research Day 2017, Tuesday 5 September
• Dentistry projects ramps up - staff and students moving
• All Black name for a crane
• Huge crane on its way
• Two-time 3MT winner loves challenge of event
• Cutting-edge SJWRI research supported by the NZ Dental Association and Ministry of Health in their 2017 funding rounds
• Registration is now open for SJWRI Research Day 2017
• SJWRI Three Minute Thesis competition showcases our postgraduate research
• Otago researchers find valuable new clues in fight against multi-drug resistance
• Smoking mothers more likely to have babies with teeth abnormalities
• Staff from the Faculty of Dentistry SJWRI make a major contribution to Periodontology 2000 journal

New Zealand dentists pick up the pieces when ‘dental tourism’ goes bad

Thursday, 12 April 2018

New Zealand dentists are increasingly having to provide remedial treatment where things have gone wrong for “dental tourists” who travel abroad for dental work.

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University of Otago researchers unravel knowledge in dolphin teeth to provide environmental insights

Wednesday, 21 March 2018

University of Otago researchers are using bottlenose dolphin teeth to help them understand coastal contamination.

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Innovative health and wellbeing hub opens

Thursday, 1 March 2018

A new iwi-driven health village for Māori, Pasifika and low-income families in the Dunedin area, and focusing on affordable, high quality health and social services, officially opened its doors yesterday.

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Nano-scale science helps prize-winning Otago scientist make a big impact

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

A University of Otago scientist at the forefront of developing applications from tiny science to powering a new technology sector has won the 2017 Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize.

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