Professor GJ Melendez-Torres, PHIRST EMPower Co-Lead

GJ is one of the Leads of NIHR PHIRST EMPower.

He is a clinical and social epidemiologist and leads the School for Public Health Environments Research at Exeter (SPHERE), which is the University’s membership in the NIHR School for Public Health Research.

He also leads the Exeter-Cardiff-Birmingham NIHR Public Health Review Team; and co-leads the NIHR-funded evidence synthesis group Isca Evidence.

His work spans:

• health technology assessment (HTA)
• public health of child and adolescent social development (particularly as regards public mental health and health in schools)
• intimate partner violence.

His ongoing work on child and adolescent health and on intimate partner violence is primarily through NIHR-funded projects, both randomised controlled trials and large-scale evidence syntheses, and through international collaborations.