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Hansard to 9 November 2026 · 31,243 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Academic · Women's health & gynaecology
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Melissa Melville
lead author of the study and PhD student at UCL psychology and language sciences
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press citations on 1 topic since 22 Dec 2025 · last quoted 17 Jan 2026
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Melissa Melville: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- lead author of the study and PhD student at UCL psychology and language sciences
- Quoted on
- Women's health & gynaecology
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 17 Jan 2026
- First quoted
- 22 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Melissa Melville sits on women's health & gynaecology
Ranked 33= of 100 voices quoted in the press on women's health & gynaecology, level with 18 others on 4 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Dr Sue MannClinicianNational Clinical Director for Women's Health, NHS England37 - 2
Prof Ranee ThakarClinicianPresident (2022–2025), Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; Consultant Obstetrician and Urogynaecologist, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)17 - 3
Dr Alison WrightClinicianPresident, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)16 - 33=G. Thomas RuizAcademicboard certified OB/GYN and lead OB/GYN at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, CA4
- 33=Joyce HarperAcademicprofessor of reproductive science at UCL4
- 33=Melissa MelvilleAcademiclead author of the study and PhD student at UCL psychology and language sciences4
- 33=Dr Janet BarterClinicianPast President, College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (CoSRH)4
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Dr Amanda DoyleRegulatorNational Director for Primary Care and Community Services, NHS England3
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05 On the record · press
What Melissa Melville has said
By outlet · linked articles
- medicalnewstoday.com1
- medicalxpress.com1
- sciencealert.com1
- telegraph.co.uk1
Where Melissa Melville has been quoted
- 01Dementia: HRT for menopause does not increase riskmedicalnewstoday.com · 17 Jan 2026
- 02Menopause Hormone Therapy Is Not Linked to Dementia Risk, Review Suggestssciencealert.com · 11 Jan 2026
- 03HRT ‘does not affect dementia risk’telegraph.co.uk · 23 Dec 2025
- 04Menopause hormone therapy does not appear to impact dementia riskmedicalxpress.com · 22 Dec 2025
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“Dementia disproportionately affects women, even after accounting for longer life expectancy, yet women's health, particularly in midlife, has been under-prioritized in research for far too long.”
“Menopause hormone therapy is widely used to manage menopausal symptoms, yet its impact on memory, cognition, and dementia risk remains one of the most debated issues in women's health.”
“Across the globe, dementia disproportionately affects women, even after accounting for women's longer lifespans, so there's a pressing need to understand what might be driving that risk and to identify ways to reduce women's risk of dementia.”
“Across the globe, dementia disproportionately affects women, even after accounting for women's longer lifespans, so there's a pressing need to understand what might be driving that risk, and to identify ways to reduce women's risk of dementia.”
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