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The Sir John Walsh Research Institute is the research arm of the University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry, New Zealand's National Centre for Dentistry.
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14 Jun 2024
Passion for Māori public health leads to fellowship
Growing up, Samuel Carrington was always baffled why dental care cost so much on...
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14 Mar 2024
Otago wins international dentistry award third year in a row
University of Otago’s Faculty of Dentistry has won a prestigious international a...
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18 Dec 2023
Study provides insights into diets of early primates
Turns out our love of sweet food goes back – way back – to our early primate anc...
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12 Dec 2023
Otago announces 29 new professors
Twenty-nine University of Otago academics are being promoted to the position of...
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11 Oct 2023
MoH OHRF and NZDRF Grant Awards 2023
The New Zealand Dental Association and Manatū Hauora Ministry of Health (MoH) ar...
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20 Jul 2023
SJWRI awards celebrate our research stars
Our annual awards recognise the research achievements of our staff and students.