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Melissa Lane

Dr Melissa Lane is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Food & Mood Centre

Dr Melissa Lane is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the innovative field of Nutritional Psychiatry at the Food & Mood Centre. She holds a Bachelor of Nursing (Pre-registration), Graduate Diploma in Psychology, Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours), and Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine).

Research areas and skills: interventional, epidemiological and meta-analytical research pertaining to diet and metabolic and mental health. 

Recent Articles

Coke, or Diet Coke? What is ultra-processed food and how does it affect our health? Bugs for your brain? The effect of prebiotics, probiotics and fermented foods on cognition Biting off more than you can chew: Do we eat more when consuming low-carbohydrate or low-fat diets?