Mélissa Mialon

Dr Mélissa Mialon is a food engineer with a PhD in public health. Dr Mialon is a Research Fellow at 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. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, and the co-coordinator of the Governance, Ethics and Conflicts of Intrest in Public Health (GECI-PH) network. She has consulted with various health and consumers organisations, including the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CFTFK), the Healthy Caribbean Coalition ? HCC and the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr Mialon has strong research collaborations internationally and robust research experience, through her previous positions in the Pacific, Europe and Latin America. 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 commissioned reports. Her research focuses on 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 (International Network for Food and Obesity / non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support) ? 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. In 2018-20, Dr Mialon was a FAPESP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. As part of this project, she was a visiting fellow at the University of Antioquia (Colombia) and the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile in 2019. In 2016-17, Dr Mialon was part of the Mental Health and Addiction Research Group (MHARG), University of York, in the UK, where she worked on a project funded by the Wellcome Trust and entitled: ?The Alcohol Industry and Public Interest Science?. In 2013-16, Dr Mialon undertook a PhD with the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for obesity prevention at Deakin University, in Australia. In 2015, she was a visiting research fellow at the Pacific Center for the Prevention of Obesity and Non-communicable Disease (C-POND) in Fiji. Before joining Deakin University, Dr Mialon obtained a BSc in physiology (2009) and a MSc in food science and engineering (2012) in her home country, France. During her MSc, she spent a year at the University College of Cork in Ireland (ERASMUS European exchange). She led a research project in a food biotechnology laboratory at Purdue University in the USA and was an intern for the charity Action Against Hunger in Paris, France, and for the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Acadêmico

Formação acadêmica

Doutorado em Nutrition

2013 - 2016

Deakin University - Melbourne Burwood Campus
Título: Monitoring the corporate political activity of the food industry
Orientador: Gary Sacks, Boyd Swinburn, Steven Allender
Bolsista do(a): National Health and Medical Research Council, NHMRC, Austrália.

Mestrado em Food science and engineering

2009 - 2012

AGROSUP DIJON
Título: -,Ano de Obtenção: 2012

Graduação em Sciences and Technologies

2006 - 2009

Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand

Idiomas

Inglês

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Espanhol

Compreende Bem, Fala Razoavelmente, Lê Bem, Escreve Razoavelmente.

Português

Compreende Razoavelmente, Fala Pouco, Lê Bem, Escreve Pouco.

Italiano

Compreende Razoavelmente, Fala Pouco, Lê Bem, Escreve Pouco.

Francês

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Crioulo

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Áreas de atuação

Grande área: Ciências da Saúde / Área: Saúde Coletiva / Subárea: Saúde Pública.

Produções bibliográficas

SCHMIDT, LAURA ; MIALON, MELISSA ; KEARNS, CRISTIN ; CROSBIE, ERIC . Transnational corporations, obesity and planetary health. The Lancet Planetary Health , v. 4, p. e266-e267, 2020.
TANRIKULU, HACER ; NERI, DANIELA ; ROBERTSON, AILEEN ; MIALON, MELISSA . Corporate political activity of the baby food industry: the example of Nestlé in the United States of America. INTERNATIONAL BREASTFEEDING JOURNAL , v. 15, p. 1, 2020.
MIALON, MELISSA ; VANDEVIJVERE, STEFANIE ; CARRIEDO-LUTZENKIRCHEN, ANGELA ; BERO, LISA ; GOMES, FABIO ; PETTICREW, MARK ; MCKEE, MARTIN ; STUCKLER, DAVID ; SACKS, GARY . Mechanisms for addressing and managing the influence of corporations on public health policy, research and practice: a scoping review. BMJ Open , v. 10, p. e034082, 2020.
OJEDA, ENAI ; TORRES, CHRISTIAN ; CARRIEDO, ÁNGELA ; MIALON, MÉLISSA ; PAREKH, NIYATI ; OROZCO, EMANUEL . The influence of the sugar-sweetened beverage industry on public policies in Mexico. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (ONLINE) , v. 65, p. 1037-1044, 2020.
MIALON, MÉLISSA ; CROSBIE, ERIC ; SACKS, GARY . Mapping of food industry strategies to influence public health policy, research and practice in South Africa. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (ONLINE) , v. 65, p. 1027-1036, 2020.
MIALON, MELISSA . An overview of the commercial determinants of health. Globalization and Health , v. 16, p. 74, 2020.
CAMPBELL, NORAH ; MIALON, MELISSA ; REILLY, KATHRYN ; BROWNE, SARAH ; FINUCANE, FRANCIS M. . How are frames generated? Insights from the industry lobby against the sugar tax in Ireland. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE , v. 264, p. 113215, 2020.
MIALON, MELISSA ; GAITAN CHARRY, DIEGO ALEJANDRO ; CEDIEL, GUSTAVO ; CROSBIE, ERIC ; SCAGLIUSI, FERNANDA BAEZA ; PEREZ TAMAYO, ELIANA MARIA . -I had never seen so many lobbyists?: food industry political practices during the development of a new nutrition front-of-pack labelling system in Colombia. PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION , v. 1, p. 1-9, 2020.
LAUBER, KATHRIN ; RALSTON, ROB ; MIALON, MÉLISSA ; CARRIEDO, ANGELA ; GILMORE, ANNA B. . Non-communicable disease governance in the era of the sustainable development goals: a qualitative analysis of food industry framing in WHO consultations. Globalization and Health , v. 16, p. 76, 2020.
MIALON, MELISSA ; GAITAN CHARRY, DIEGO ALEJANDRO ; CEDIEL, GUSTAVO ; CROSBIE, ERIC ; BAEZA SCAGLIUSI, FERNANDA ; PÉREZ TAMAYO, ELIANA MARÍA . -The architecture of the state was transformed in favour of the interests of companies-: corporate political activity of the food industry in Colombia. Globalization and Health , v. 16, p. 97, 2020.
MIALON, MELISSA ; KHANDPUR, NEHA ; AMARAL LAÍS, MAIS ; BORTOLETTO MARTINS, ANA PAULA . Arguments used by trade associations during the early development of a new front-of-pack nutrition labelling system in Brazil. PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION , v. 1, p. 1-9, 2020.
MIALON, MÉLISSA ; CORVALAN, CAMILA ; CEDIEL, GUSTAVO ; SCAGLIUSI, FERNANDA BAEZA ; REYES, MARCELA . Food industry political practices in Chile: -the economy has always been the main concern-. Globalization and Health , v. 16, p. 1, 2020.
MIALON, MÉLISSA ; JARAMILLO, ÁNGELA ; CARO, PATRICIA ; FLORES, MAURICIO ; GONZÁLEZ, LAURA ; GUTIERREZ-GÓMEZ, YARENI ; LAY, LINA ; LÓPEZ-ARANA, SANDRA ; LÓPEZ-BAUTISTA, FABIOLA ; MATA, CLARET ; MOLITERNO, PAULA ; PALOMARES, LITA ; PÁRAMO, KENIA ; RAUBER, FERNANDA ; RIVAS-MARIO, GABRIELA . Involvement of the food industry in nutrition conferences in Latin America and the Caribbean. PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION , v. 1, p. 1-7, 2020.
CAMPBELL, NORAH ; BROWNE, SARAH ; CLAUDY, MARIUS ; MIALON, MELISSA ; SERGE, HERCBERG ; GOIANA-DA-SILVA, FRANCISCO ; FINUCANE, FRANCIS . EXPRESS: The Gift of Data: Industry-Led Food Reformulation and the Obesity Crisis in Europe. JOURNAL OF PUBLIC POLICY & MARKETING , v. 1, p. 074391562098384, 2020.
SACKS, GARY ; RIESENBERG, DEVORAH ; MIALON, MELISSA ; DEAN, SARAH ; CAMERON, ADRIAN J. . The characteristics and extent of food industry involvement in peer-reviewed research articles from 10 leading nutrition-related journals in 2018. PLoS One , v. 15, p. e0243144, 2020.
MIALON, MÉLISSA . Governments Push Infant Formula. JOURNAL OF THE WORLD PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION ASSOCIATION , v. 10, p. 159-160, 2019.
HENNESSY, MARITA ; CULLERTON, KATHERINE ; BAKER, PHIL ; BROWN, AMY ; CRAWLEY, HELEN ; HAYES, CATHERINE ; KEARNEY, PATRICIA M. ; KELLY, COLETTE ; MCKEE, MARTIN ; MIALON, MELISSA ; PETTICREW, MARK ; RUNDALL, PATTI ; TRICKEY, HEATHER ; WHITE, MARTIN ; REDSELL, SARAH . Time for complete transparency about conflicts of interest in public health nutrition research. HRB Open Research , v. 2, p. 1, 2019.
MIALON, MELISSA ; FABBRI, ALICE ; FOOKS, GARY . Reply to the article: -What principles should guide interactions between population health researchers and the food industry? Systematic scoping review of peer-reviewed and grey literature-. Obesity Reviews , v. 20, p. 1504-1506, 2019.
MIALON, MÉLISSA ; GOMES, FABIO DA SILVA . Public health and the ultra-processed food and drink products industry: corporate political activity of major transnationals in Latin America and the Caribbean. PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION , v. 22, p. 1898-1908, 2019.
MIALON, MELISSA ; MIALON, JONATHAN ; CALIXTO ANDRADE, GIOVANNA ; JEAN-CLAUDE, MOUBARAC . -We must have a sufficient level of profitability?: food industry submissions to the French parliamentary inquiry on industrial food. Critical Public Health , v. 10, p. 1-11, 2019.
PAIXÃO, MARIA MARGARIDA ; MIALON, MÉLISSA . Help or Hindrance? The Alcohol Industry and Alcohol Control in Portugal. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , v. 16, p. 4554, 2019.
MCCAMBRIDGE, JIM ; MIALON, MELISSA . Alcohol industry involvement in science: A systematic review of the perspectives of the alcohol research community. DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW , v. 37, p. 565-579, 2018.
MIALON, MELISSA ; MCCAMBRIDGE, JIM . Alcohol industry corporate social responsibility initiatives and harmful drinking: a systematic review. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH , v. 1, p. 1-10, 2018.
MCCAMBRIDGE, JIM ; MIALON, MELISSA ; HAWKINS, BEN . Alcohol industry involvement in policymaking: a systematic review. ADDICTION , v. 1, p. 1-10, 2018.
MIALON, MELISSA ; MIALON, JONATHAN . Analysis of corporate political activity strategies of the food industry: evidence from France. PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION , v. 21, p. 3407-3421, 2018.
BAEZA SCAGLIUSIA, FERNANDA ; SÊRODIO, PAULO ; MIALON, MÉLISSA . Criticism against the NOVA classification: who are the protagonists?. JOURNAL OF THE WORLD PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION ASSOCIATION , v. 9, p. 176-240, 2018.
MIALON, MÉLISSA ; JULIA, CHANTAL ; HERCBERG, SERGE . Nutri-scoresaga in France: how food industry actors tried to influence public health policies and public opinion. JOURNAL OF THE WORLD PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION ASSOCIATION , v. 9, p. 109-120, 2018.
MIALON, MELISSA ; MIALON, JONATHAN . Corporate political activity of the dairy industry in France: an analysis of publicly available information. PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION , v. 20, p. 2432-2439, 2017.
MIALON, MELISSA ; SWINBURN, BOYD ; ALLENDER, STEVEN ; SACKS, GARY . `Maximising shareholder value?: a detailed insight into the corporate political activity of the Australian food industry. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH , v. 41, p. 165-171, 2017.
MIALON, MELISSA ; SWINBURN, BOYD ; ALLENDER, STEVEN ; SACKS, GARY . Systematic examination of publicly-available information reveals the diverse and extensive corporate political activity of the food industry in Australia. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH , v. 16, p. 283, 2016.
MIALON, MELISSA ; SWINBURN, BOYD ; WATE, JILLIAN ; TUKANA, ISIMELI ; SACKS, GARY . Analysis of the corporate political activity of major food industry actors in Fiji. Globalization and Health , v. 12, p. 18, 2016.
MIALON, M. ; SWINBURN, B. ; SACKS, G. . A proposed approach to systematically identify and monitor the corporate political activity of the food industry with respect to public health using publicly available information. Obesity Reviews , v. 16, p. 519-530, 2015.
SACKS, GARY ; MIALON, MELISSA ; VANDEVIJVERE, STEFANIE ; TREVENA, HELEN ; SNOWDON, WENDY ; CRINO, MICHELLE ; SWINBURN, BOYD . Comparison of food industry policies and commitments on marketing to children and product (re)formulation in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Critical Public Health , v. 25, p. 299-319, 2015.
MIALON, MÉLISSA ; TANG, YANJIE ; SINGH, ATUL K. ; BAE, EUIWON ; BHUNIA, ARUN K. . Effects of Preparation and Storage of Agar Media on the Sensitivity of Bacterial Forward Scattering Patterns. Open Journal of Applied Biosensor , v. 01, p. 26-35, 2012.
MIALON, M. ; SHARMA, N. . Sugar-sweetened beverages, non-communicable diseases and the limits of self-regulation in Fiji. What can we learn from collaborations between public health and the food and drinks industry?. 1ed.: , 2018, v. , p. 1-.
MIALON, M. ; SWINBURN, B. ; SACKS, G. . A proposed approach to systematically identify and monitor the corporate political activity of the food industry with respect to public health using publicly available information. Case Studies on Corporations and Global Health Governance. 1ed.: , 2016, v. , p. 1-.

Histórico profissional

Endereço profissional

Trinity College Dublin. , -, Trinity, Dublin, - Irlanda, Telefone: (0) 0

Experiência profissional

2021 - Atual

Trinity College Dublin

Vínculo: Scholarship, Enquadramento Funcional: Health Research Board Postdoctoral Fellow

2018 - 2020

Universidade de São Paulo

Vínculo: Bolsista, Enquadramento Funcional: São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Postdo

2016 - 2017

University of York

Vínculo: Research fellow, Enquadramento Funcional: Research Fellow, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

2012 - 2012

United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition

Vínculo: Assistant to the tech officer, Enquadramento Funcional: Research assistant, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Outras informações:
[internship]

2012 - 2012

Action contre la faim

Vínculo: Research officer, Enquadramento Funcional: Research assistant, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Outras informações:
Intern - Contributed to the development of communication documents for the promotion of ACF research outputs - Transcribed and analysed interviews for a benchmarking study on ?research in NGOs? - Managed a project: "The future of hunger in 2050: hunger and humanitarian aid? ? Reviewed the literature ? Identified potential donors for the funding of this project

2011 - 2011

Purdue University

Vínculo: Laboratory researcher, Enquadramento Funcional: Research assistant

Outras informações:
[internship]