Rate My Professor Yvonne Golpak

Golpak's research interests lie in the epidemiology of dental caries and oral health conditions affecting children, particularly those who are medically compromised or have special needs, as well as the outcomes of oral health promotion, prevention, and intervention strategies in communities. Her work contributes to advancements in paediatric dentistry and public health dentistry. Key publications include the editorial 'Domestic versus global oral epidemiology: New Zealand oral health data and the World Health Organization,' co-authored with J. M. Broadbent in the New Zealand Dental Journal (2024), and 'Using enzyme immunoassay to assess the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori IgG in saliva and blood plasma,' published in the Pacific Journal of Medical Sciences (2013, with J. Nara, B. Solok, R. Rowe, and M. S. Siddiqi). In her teaching responsibilities, she delivers lectures on paediatric dentistry topics to undergraduate BDS students and postgraduate candidates training to become specialist paediatric dentists, and provides clinical teaching to students caring for children at the Faculty of Dentistry's dental clinics. Golpak is a member of the New Zealand Dental Association, Australasian Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, Medical Society of Papua New Guinea, and Papua New Guinea Dental Association.