Dr
Melissa PalmerProfile page
Assistant Professor
Public Health, Environments and Society
- Assistant ProfessorPublic Health, Environments and Society
BIO
I am an Assistant Professor and my research focuses on sexual and reproductive health, primarily in the UK. I joined LSHTM in 2009 to undertake the MSc in Reproductive and Sexual Health Research. I then completed my PhD examining the circumstances of first sexual intercourse among young people in Britain. I have since worked at the School on a range of projects including the National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal); the safetxt trial (a randomised controlled trial of a safer sex intervention delivered through mobile phone messaging), led by Professor Caroline Free; the SACHA (Shaping Abortion for Change) Study, led by Professor Kaye Wellings and Dr Rebecca French; and the Women's Reproductive Health Survey for England 2023 (WRHS2023).
DEGREES
- PhDLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
- MScLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom