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where she gained a BSc in physiology in 2001, a Bachelor of Biomedical Science in molecular pathology in 2003, a Masters in Biomedical Science in 2007 and a PhD. Her PhD thesis, completed in 2014, was titled
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and is the scientific lead of the Rheumatic Fever and Penicillin Research Programme. She has raised issues of concern about missed diagnoses of rheumatic fever during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Her research into the early detection of cancer using a blood test was funded by a Sir Thomas Davis Te Patu Kite Rangi Ariki Fellowship in 2018. In 2020 she received a
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Her work extends into health equity issues for Pasifika and Māori communities and mentoring Pasifika students and researchers.
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in the 1960s. She has one brother. She attended Cannons Creek Primary School, the Wellington Seventh Day Adventist school and
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Sika-Paotonu is a senior lecturer in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine and Associate Dean (Pacific) at the
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Health Research Council of New Zealand's Sir Thomas Davis Te Patu Kite Rangi Ariki Health Research Fellowship (2018)
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for science communication in 2020 and the 2022 Prime Minister's Science Communicator of the Year prize.
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and academic in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine and Associate Dean (Pacific) at the
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NZ Young Scientist Award for advancing Human Health and Wellbeing (medical category) (2008)
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Sika-Paotonu was born in New Zealand to Tongan parents who emigrated to New Zealand from
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to research rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease and early detection of cancer.
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Increasing the potency of dendritic cell based vaccines for the treatment of cancer
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Increasing the potency of dendritic cell based vaccines for the treatment of cancer
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Increasing the potency of dendritic cell based vaccines for the treatment of cancer
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Australasian Society of Immunology (ASI) Science Communication Award (2008)
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Julie Bennett; Nikki Moreland; Jane Oliver; et al. (17 July 2019).
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Julie Bennett; Jane Zhang; William Leung; et al. (1 January 2021).
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Sika-Paotonu completed her PhD while working on cancer vaccines at the
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Robert M Hand; Sam Salman; Nelly Newall; et al. (1 July 2019).
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Sika-Paotonu is married to Reno Paotonu and they have one daughter.
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Association of Adventist Women (AAW) Woman of the Year (2021)
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Te Puiaki Whakapā Pƫtaiao Science Communication Prize (2022)
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Three experts react to Government's Covid-19 roadmap
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Victoria University of Wellington
Immunologist
Thesis
Increasing the potency of dendritic cell based vaccines for the treatment of cancer
Doctoral advisor
Franca Ronchese
Scholia
Dianne Sika-Paotonu (Q59695870)
New Zealand
immunologist
biomedical scientist
University of Otago Wellington
Cranwell Medal
Tonga
Wellington Girls' College
Victoria University of Wellington
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Wellington
rheumatic fever
penicillin
Fulbright Scholarship
Harvard University
University of Oklahoma
University of Otago, Wellington
Health Research Council
New Zealand Association of Scientists
Cranwell Medal
"Rising Ethnic Inequalities in Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease, New Zealand, 2000-2018"
Emerging Infectious Diseases

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