Dr Rita Hardiman

Lecturer in Oro-facial Anatomy, Melbourne Dental School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

The unexpected gift of bones

A collection of leg bones at the Melbourne Dental School was originally intended to play a key role in forensic medicine, but unexpected discoveries along the way have opened up whole new areas of research from bone strength to ageing

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Health & Medicine

Under the Microscope

How a thirst for knowledge led to a career among bones

Dr Rita Hardiman started her journey when she was given a chemistry set aged 9, but she has found her passion studying anatomy

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