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The University of Western Australia has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students. To recognise these achievements, an article is published on the UWA news page on the website and in UWA Forward on the first week of every month.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Innovation"}]},{"title":"Aboriginal children helping tooth fairy on a mission","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/tooth-fairy-project-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/aboriginal-children-helping-tooth-fairy-on-a-mission","publisheddate":"2026-08-18","summary":"
An innovative sand-animation video created by Aboriginal children from the Goldfields is helping spread the word about a project to identify childhood exposure to heavy metals across remote communities.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis"},{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHomeFeatured"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"}]},{"title":"Awards and achievements","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/awards-feb-2026-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/awards-and-achievements","publisheddate":"2026-03-03","summary":"
The University of Western Australia has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"}]},{"title":"Survey looking to open wide facial pain management","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/face-pain-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/may/survey-looking-to-open-wide-facial-pain-management","publisheddate":"2025-05-08","summary":"
A new study at The University of Western Australia is looking for participants to assess the impact of lifestyle factors associated with chronic orofacial pain – pain in the mouth, jaw and face.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Study reveals crucial gaps in oral cancer awareness in Middle East and North Africa","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/oral-cancer-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/march/study-reveals-crucial-gaps-in-oral-cancer-awareness-in-middle-east-and-north-africa","publisheddate":"2025-03-12","summary":"
A recent study published in JAMA Network Open has revealed significant gaps in public awareness and knowledge of oral cancer in 13 Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Rural champion sets sail","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/rcswa-sue-pougnault-944x522.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/september/rural-champion-sets-sail","publisheddate":"2024-09-19","summary":"For more than 20 years, Sue Pougnault has changed lives through her relentless dedication to recruitment and retention of rural origin students to medicine and dentistry. Ahead of her retirement in October 2024, Sue reflects on a remarkable career with UWA and the Rural Clinical School of WA.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"}]},{"title":"Tooth Fairies go bush","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/rcswa-prof-fiona-stanley_annette-stokes.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/august/tooth-fairies-go-bush","publisheddate":"2024-08-20","summary":"With her new University of Western Australia Honorary Doctorate under her wing, Annette Stokes AM is flying back to WA’s Goldfields with a new research goal in her sights.  ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"CWSS"}]},{"title":"All smiles: Funding boost for Indigenous children's dental health","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/child-dental-health-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/april/all-smiles-funding-boost-for-indigenous-childrens-dental-health","publisheddate":"2024-04-30","summary":"
A project at The University of Western Australia that aims to improve the dental health of Indigenous children has been awarded almost $1.5 million in Federal Government funding.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Champion of equity in healthcare awarded prestigious dental award","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/lss-jg-edit.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/march/champion-of-equity-in-healthcare-awarded-prestigious-dental-award","publisheddate":"2024-03-14","summary":"
A researcher from The University of Western Australia has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to oral health and dental care in older people with a prestigious international science award. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Home Page"}]},{"title":"Awards and achievements","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/noc-23-awards-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/december/awards-and-achievements","publisheddate":"2023-12-01","summary":"
The University of Western Australia has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Our People"}]}]}