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School of Biomedical Sciences (formerly Otago School of Medical Sciences) is one of seven component schools in the University of Otago Division of Health Sciences (which also comprises Otago Medical School; Faculty of Dentistry; School of Pharmacy; School of Physiotherapy;

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; and

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). The School of Biomedical Sciences is based in

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, and comprises five departments: * Department of Anatomy * Department of Biochemistry * Department of Microbiology and Immunology * Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology * Department of Physiology In addition to conducting teaching and research in the above fields, the School of Biomedical Sciences contributes to the teaching of the second- and third-year medical students at the

Medical School.

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