Dr Rebecca Mellor

Dr Rebecca Mellor

Dr Mellor holds a Senior Research Fellow position at the Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation. She works within the Healthy Veterans Research Program, the mission of which is to investigate the burden of disease impacting veterans and to alleviate this burden through provision of evidence-based solutions to enhance quality of life. Her main area of research interest is the promotion of health and wellbeing in the veteran population. Prior research experience includes working at the University of Queensland, undertaking musculoskeletal research studies. She has also worked at the University of Queensland Centre for Military and Veterans Health, and over the course of her mixed clinical and research career, she has published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, 2 book chapters and has presented at both national and international conferences. Dr Mellor is also an experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapist. Her clinician scientist background underpins her passion for clinically relevant research themes and translatable outcomes. The promotion of a holistically healthy lifestyle approach for better quality of life outcomes is a driving force in her research, and the extension and application of this to the veteran population is a priority.