Our People
Meet the DPERU team. We are part of the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH) at the Adelaide Dental School.
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Our team
Liana Luzzi
Director
Liana Luzzi is the Deputy Director of the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH) and Director of the Dental Practice Education Research Unit (DPERU).
She has worked on a range of projects involving both cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of oral health and service use. Areas of interest include patterns and trends in access to and use of dental services, factors influencing dental expenditure and dentist job satisfaction.
Najith Amarasena
Najith Amarasena is a Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH). He is a dentist by profession.
Najith is currently involved in developing educational material for dental professionals and the public in the Dental Practice Education Research Unit (DPERU). He is among one of the few who develop quizzes for online Continuous Professional Development (CPD online) program.
Nikkita Dodds
Nikkita provides administrative support in the production of population oral health research of the highest quality.
Jenny Kemp
Jenny works to support researchers and professional staff at DPERU in the production of population oral health research.