Rate My Professor Shirley Claxton

Shirley Claxton serves as an administrator at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, primarily associated with the Faculty of Dentistry's Department of Oral Rehabilitation. Her role involves providing administrative support to academic staff, researchers, and students within the department, contributing to the smooth functioning of research and educational activities in areas such as prosthodontics, endodontics, biomaterials, and oral health.

Over more than a decade, Shirley Claxton has been consistently acknowledged for her invaluable administrative assistance in multiple peer-reviewed publications and doctoral theses emerging from the Department of Oral Rehabilitation. Notable examples include the 2017 New Zealand Dental Journal article 'An update on New Zealand oral health practitioners' preparedness for medical emergencies,' where authors thanked departmental administrators Mrs Shirley Claxton and Mrs Julie McNaughton. Similarly, the 2008 paper 'Removable prosthodontic services, including implant-supported overdentures provided by dentists and denturists' credits Shirley Claxton and Nicole Gorman of the department. Other publications recognizing her support are 'Mandibular overdentures: a review of treatment philosophy and prosthodontic maintenance' (2006), 'New Zealand dentists' use of gingival retraction techniques for fixed prosthodontics and implants' (2010), both in the New Zealand Dental Journal. Theses such as 'Analysis of Salivary Protein SPLUNC2 from Head and Neck Cancer Patients' and ''Hyperbaric Oxygen: Who wants it?' A case-series analysis of patient experiences' also express gratitude for her administrative help. These repeated acknowledgements underscore her enduring commitment and impact on facilitating high-quality research output from the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Otago.