Dr. Melissa Mialon

Dr Mélissa Mialon is a food engineer with a PhD in nutrition. She is a Research Fellow with Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, in Ireland. Her work is funded by an « Applying Research into Policy and Practice Fellowship » from the Irish Health Research Board. Mélissa co-coordinates the « Governance, Ethics and Conflicts of Intrest in Public Health » (GECI-PH) network. She is a consultant for various health and consumers organisations, including the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), and the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr Mialon has published 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, including publications in the Lancet Planetary Health, Social Science and Medicine, Obesity Reviews, Globalization and Health, Addiction, and the International Breastfeeding Journal. She also published book chapters and participated in the writing of commissioned reports. Her research focuses on commercial determinants of health, particularly the influence of the food and alcohol industries on public health policy, research and practice. Dr Mialon developed a novel approach to identify and monitor the political practices of the food industry at the national level. Her research protocol was developed for INFORMAS - a global network for monitoring food environments. She also conducts research on solutions to address the influence of corporations on public health policy, research and practice.

  Addiction and substance abuse   Alcohol and drug policy   Business Organisation and Processes   Diabetes   Globalisation   Human rights   Lactation   Malnutrition   Non communicable diseases   Nutrition/Dietetics   Obesity   Public health   Public Policy   Sociological influences on health   Whistleblower protection