Latest news from SJWRI
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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...
![Skulls of 29 million year old primates used in this study. Aegyptopithecus on left, Parapithecus on right. Photo credit – Matt Borths.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0025/552472/Skulls-of-29-million-year-old-primates-thumbnail.jpg)
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...
![Winners of SJWRI Awards for 2023](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0024/503358/SJWRI-awards-winners-2023.jpg)
20 Jul 2023
SJWRI awards celebrate our research stars
Our annual awards recognise the research achievements of our staff and students.
![Dentistry Clinical Research Excellence 2023](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0024/304854/dentistry-clinical-research-excellence-2023-0244952.jpg)
20 Jul 2023
Clinical and Research Excellence Symposium 2023
The Faculty of Dentistry’s annual Clinical Excellence Day and Sir John Walsh Res...
![Jonathan Broadbent - image](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0007/300022/jonathan-broadbent-image-0245820.jpg)
23 Jun 2023
Dad first, Distinguished Scientist second
The support of his family and colleagues are integral to his personal success, s...
![Lua Rasmussen McNeely image](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0021/303942/lua-rasmussen-mcneely-image-0244652.jpg)
11 May 2023
Tauira sinks teeth into unexpected calling
She has been “rolling with it” all her life, but a string of happy accidents has...
![Johann Doeschner SJWRI exchange thumb](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0031/294259/johann-doeschner-sjwri-exchange-thumb-0244585.jpg)
01 May 2023
Leipzig link leads to exchange of ideas
A new collaboration between the dental schools of the University of Otago and th...
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17 Jan 2023
Professor Murray Thomson and Associate Professor Sunyoung Ma recognised for their research supervision
Professor Murray Thomson and Associate Professor Sunyoung Ma awarded SJWRI Resea...
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17 Jan 2023
SJWRI Research Publication Awards presented to Associate Professor May Mei and Dr Mina Rajabi
Our Research Publication Awards celebrate the best research articles authored by...