Melissa Melough

Dr. Melough is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Nutrition Sciences, specializing in nutritional epidemiology. She studies nutritional and environmental factors influencing human health and aims to identify dietary approaches to promote health or mitigate the harmful effects of environmental chemicals. Her research focuses on populations with greatest vulnerability to nutritional inadequacies or harmful chemical exposures such as those in key developmental life stages and historically disadvantaged communities. Dr. Melough’s current research projects examine the roles of endocrine disruptors in the development of obesity, the influences of maternal nutrition on childhood outcomes, and novel dietary approaches to reduce chemical exposures or their associated health consequences.