Melisa Münzenmayer

PhD Student

About

Name: Melisa Münzenmayer Ramírez
Email: mmunzenmayer@student.unimelb.edu.au
Unit: PaCE Palliative Care Economics, Melbourne Health Economics
School: Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Biography

Melisa is a PhD candidate with the Palliative Care Economics (PaCE) unit at the University of Melbourne, examining the impacts of water fluoridation in Chile on adult and ageing populations, with research that connects population health, prevention, and public policy. She is guided by Dr Chris Schilling, Dr Jack McLaughlin, and Dr Rodrigo Mariño, and her PhD is supported by a Chilean government scholarship.

Melisa holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Melbourne and has developed a research profile in health economics, cost-effectiveness analysis, ageing, and public health. Her publications and research contributions include work on cost-effectiveness in oral health care, preventable hospitalisations in older adults, and pharmacotherapy safety. Since 2017, she has been working as an academic at Universidad Austral de Chile, teaching public health-related subjects.