Dr Melyssa Roy
Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 21 0816 7966
- melyssa.roy@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Research Fellow
- Department
- Department of Medicine (Dunedin)
- Qualifications
- MB ChB BSc MMSc MPH PhD
- Research summary
- Population health
- Teaching
- Melyssa also has a role teaching undergraduate medicine
- Memberships
- Associate Member, New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine
Research
Melyssa is a Research Fellow for the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES), and the New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group.
Melyssa comes to this role as part of her advanced training as a public health medicine registrar under the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine.
Prior to this role, Melyssa's research interests included examining the effectiveness of exercise and nutrition recommendations, exploring the impact of bedtime on childhood obesity, and the prioritisation of intensive care resources.
Publications
Roy, M., Hansen, P., Sullivan, T., Ombler, F., Klore, M., Stapleton, A., & Carr, C. (2021). Rapid development of a tool for prioritizing patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 for intensive care. Critical Care Explorations, 3(3), e0368. doi: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000368
Roy, M., Haszard, J. J., Savage, J. S., Yolton, K., Beebe, D. W., Xu, Y., Galland, B., … Taylor, B., Richards, R., … Taylor, R. W. (2020). Bedtime, body mass index and obesity risk in preschool-aged children. Pediatric Obesity, 15, e12650. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12650
Jospe, M. R., Roy, M., Brown, R. C., Haszard, J. J., Meredith-Jones, K., Fangupo, L. J., Osborne, H., Fleming, E. A., & Taylor, R. W. (2020). Intermittent fasting, Paleolithic, or Mediterranean diets in the real world: Exploratory secondary analyses of a weight-loss trial that included choice of diet and exercise. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 111, 503-514. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz330
Roy, M., Williams, S. M., Brown, R. C., Meredith-Jones, K. A., Osborne, H., Jospe, M., & Taylor, R. W. (2018). High-intensity interval training in the real world: Outcomes from a 12-month intervention in overweight adults. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 50(9), 1818-1826. doi: 10.1249/mss.0000000000001642
Roy, M. C., Meredith-Jones, K. A., Osborne, H. R., Williams, S. M., Brown, R. C., Jospe, M. R., & Taylor, R. W. (2018). The importance of medical assessment prior to high-intensity interval training. New Zealand Medical Journal, 1476(131), 100-102. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Roy, M., Hansen, P., Sullivan, T., Ombler, F., Klore, M., Stapleton, A., & Carr, C. (2021). Rapid development of a tool for prioritizing patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 for intensive care. Critical Care Explorations, 3(3), e0368. doi: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000368
Journal - Research Article
Roy, M., Haszard, J. J., Savage, J. S., Yolton, K., Beebe, D. W., Xu, Y., Galland, B., … Taylor, B., Richards, R., … Taylor, R. W. (2020). Bedtime, body mass index and obesity risk in preschool-aged children. Pediatric Obesity, 15, e12650. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12650
Journal - Research Article
Jospe, M. R., Roy, M., Brown, R. C., Haszard, J. J., Meredith-Jones, K., Fangupo, L. J., Osborne, H., Fleming, E. A., & Taylor, R. W. (2020). Intermittent fasting, Paleolithic, or Mediterranean diets in the real world: Exploratory secondary analyses of a weight-loss trial that included choice of diet and exercise. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 111, 503-514. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz330
Journal - Research Article
Roy, M., Williams, S. M., Brown, R. C., Meredith-Jones, K. A., Osborne, H., Jospe, M., & Taylor, R. W. (2018). High-intensity interval training in the real world: Outcomes from a 12-month intervention in overweight adults. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 50(9), 1818-1826. doi: 10.1249/mss.0000000000001642
Journal - Research Article
Roy, M. C., Meredith-Jones, K. A., Osborne, H. R., Williams, S. M., Brown, R. C., Jospe, M. R., & Taylor, R. W. (2018). The importance of medical assessment prior to high-intensity interval training. New Zealand Medical Journal, 1476(131), 100-102. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other
Jospe, M. R., Taylor, R. W., Athens, J., Roy, M., & Brown, R. C. (2017). Adherence to hunger training over 6 months and the effect on weight and eating behaviour: Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. Nutrients, 9(11), 1260. doi: 10.3390/nu9111260
Journal - Research Article
Jospe, M. R., Roy, M., Brown, R. C., Williams, S. M., Osborne, H. R., Meredith-Jones, K. A., McArthur, J. R., Fleming, E. A., & Taylor, R. W. (2017). The effect of different types of monitoring strategies on weight loss: A randomized controlled trial. Obesity, 25(9), 1490-1498. doi: 10.1002/oby.21898
Journal - Research Article
Cornwall, J., & Roy, M. (2016). Does your pig go 'knor'? Medical students' skills in using animal sounds as a cross-cultural paediatric engagement tool. Medical Education, 50(12), 1211-1213. doi: 10.1111/medu.13085
Journal - Research Article
Jospe, M. R., Brown, R. C., Roy, M., & Taylor, R. W. (2015). Adherence to hunger training using blood glucose monitoring: A feasibility study. Nutrition & Metabolism, 12, 22. doi: 10.1186/s12986-015-0017-2
Journal - Research Article
Taylor, R. W., Roy, M., Jospe, M. R., Osborne, H. R., Meredith-Jones, K., Williams, S. M., & Brown, R. C. (2015). Determining how best to support overweight adults to adhere to lifestyle change: Protocol for the SWIFT study. BMC Public Health, 15, 861. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2205-4
Journal - Research Other
Roy, M., Walker, R., Blyth, P., & Wilkinson, T. (2014). Virtual reality-based assessment of clinical reasoning ability. Medical Education, 48, 1123. doi: 10.1111/medu.12559
Journal - Research Other