G.J. Melendez-Torres University of Exeter, UK

G.J. Melendez-Torres is Professor of Clinical and Social Epidemiology at the University of Exeter, where he also holds the cities RISE Research Chair in Public Mental Health. A registered nurse, G.J. also holds degrees in economics, social intervention and public health. His substantive interests include child and adolescent health (particularly adolescent social health in school contexts) and gender-based violence, including in international contexts, accompanied closely by methodological interests in evaluation and evidence synthesis (particularly of qualitative research). As an educator, he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2023 for innovation in teaching public health research methods at postgraduate level.