Melissa-Jade Gregan has a public health and addictions background, having worked as a dual diagnosis clinician, a health promoter, and a liquor licensing inspector. She is particularly interested in the systems that support the commercial determinants of health. In 2024, Melissa-Jade completed a PhD at the University of Auckland, where she explored how and where alcohol, food, gambling, and tobacco industry actors attempt to influence political decision-making, and the political and legal systems that enable these activities. Melissa-Jade’s research at ASPIRE Aotearoa focuses on tobacco industry political activity. 

 

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