Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 21 0816 7966
- melyssa.roy@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Lecturer
- Department
- Department of Medicine (Dunedin)
- Qualifications
- MB ChB BSc MMSc MPH PhD
- Research summary
- Evidence-based behavioral exercise and nutrition interventions to promote health and prevent, treat and manage chronic disease.
- Teaching
- Melyssa is involved in a range of undergraduate medical teaching, including convening the ALM4 Medicine and ALM4 Older Persons’ Health modules
- Memberships
- Associate in Training of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Research
Melyssa is a a lecturer in the Department of Medicine.
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 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