Sir John Walsh Research Institute news & events

• Free Otago clinic provides life-changing dental care for patients
• First female oral surgeon specialist for Pacific Islands
• Nineteen new Associate Professors for Health Sciences
• University of Otago welcomes new Professor of Oral Biology
• Uncovering clues in ancient dolphin teeth
• Translational Research Grant applications sought
• Slice of dental history in Samoa
• 2019 Sir John Walsh Research Institute Awards presented at SJWRI Research Day
  

• Celebrating our research excellence: SJWRI Research Day 2019
• Three awards for Health Sciences PVC
• Samoa able to expand dental services, thanks to University’s goodwill
• Dental redevelopment progresses
• SJWRI research supported by 2019 NZ Dental Research Foundation and Ministry of Health oral health funding
• Introducing Dr Ian Towle, our new Sir Thomas Kay Sidey Postdoctoral Fellow
• Familiarity and forward-thinking for new Faculty of Dentistry Dean
• Professor Murray Thomson wins 2019 Chaffer Medal
• Dentistry building gets Ministerial stamp of approval
• Dental research could mean big savings
• $1.2M Health Research Council project grant awarded to A/Prof Brian Monk of the SJWRI
• New Auckland dental base on target for February
• Dentistry faculty gives schools 150 mouthguards to celebrate University’s 150th birthday
• New building opened at national centre for dentistry
• Streamlining in the new national dentistry building
• Training in new dentistry building
• Busting barriers to dental care – Pasifika adolescents hold the answers
• New Auckland dental base on target
• Poetry-writing researcher’s ‘Microscopic Blues’ wins new digital microscope
• Exceptional staff recognised at awards ceremony
• Otago researcher contributes piece to the puzzle of baleen whales’ evolution
• History-making donation secures future of Auckland dental facility

Free Otago clinic provides life-changing dental care for patients

Monday, 9 December 2019

A University of Otago dental student who has organised a free community dental clinic for low socio-economic patients has been amazed at the life-changing effect the service has had on the patients.

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First female oral surgeon specialist for Pacific Islands

Friday, 6 December 2019

When Oripa Waqa returns to Fiji after graduation she will be the first female oral surgeon specialist in not only Fiji but in the wider Pacific Islands.

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University of Otago welcomes new Professor of Oral Biology

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Professor Paul Cooper began his role as University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry Professor of Oral Biology this month.

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Uncovering clues in ancient dolphin teeth

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Early Career Award for Distinction in Research, 2019 winner, Dr Carolina Loch, Department of Oral Sciences

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Slice of dental history in Samoa

Tuesday, 24 September 2019

There is a little slice of the Faculty of Dentistry’s history in Samoa with the recent arrival of dental chairs no longer needed in Dunedin, with the development of the new clinical services building.

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2019 Sir John Walsh Research Institute Awards presented at SJWRI Research Day

Wednesday, 11 September 2019

Congratulations to the recipients of Sir John Walsh Research Institute Awards for 2019, which were announced and awarded at the conclusion of SJWRI Research Day on Wednesday 11 September at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Our Institute Awards celebrate the research achievements of academic staff and postgraduate students, as well as commending the contribution of general staff to the research successes of the SJWRI and Faculty of Dentistry.

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Celebrating our research excellence: SJWRI Research Day 2019

Wednesday, 11 September 2019

SJWRI Research Day 2019, highlighting the research achievements of the University of Otago's Sir John Walsh Research Institute and Faculty of Dentistry, was held on Wednesday 11 September at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. The programme featured presentations from academic researchers, invited keynote speakers and postgraduate students, a research poster competition, and the presentation of the SJWRI Awards for 2019.

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Three awards for Health Sciences PVC

Wednesday, 11 September 2019

Three fellowships from three major international dentistry organisations have been awarded to the University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences) Professor Paul Brunton in the past year.

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Samoa able to expand dental services, thanks to University’s goodwill

Wednesday, 11 September 2019

The University of Otago is gifting dental chairs from its Faculty of Dentistry to the Samoan Ministry of Health to assist with dental care in the Pacific nation.

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