Rate My Professor Kura Lacey

Lacey's research focuses on oral health policy, oral health inequities, oral health systems, and growing the Māori oral health workforce. Key publications include 'Oral health of children in Aotearoa New Zealand—time for change' (2022, Records of the Auckland Museum, co-authored with Dorothy H. Boyd, Susan M. Moffat, Lyndie A. Foster Page), 'Why te Tiriti o Waitangi needs to underpin the oral health system: using evidence from the New Zealand Oral Health Survey' (2021, New Zealand Dental Journal, co-authored with W. Murray Thomson, Peter Crampton, Esther Willing), and contributions to 'Acceptability of “The Hui Process” at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago' (New Zealand Medical Journal). An executive member of Te Ao Mārama, the Aotearoa Māori Dental Association, she maintains strong ties with Māori dentists and health providers. In 2022, she received the University of Otago 20Twenties Young Alumni Award for delivering equitable access to oral health services. Her involvement spans the Oral Health National Clinical Network and research funded by the New Zealand Dental Association and Ministry of Health, advocating for Māori oral health equity through policy and strategy.