Melanie is the Executive Director of the Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group(PoCoG) and a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Medical Psychology and Evidence-based Decision-making (CeMPED) in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney. Melanie has a clinical background in nursing, and research background in psychology and psychological medicine and has been working in the area of psycho-oncology for over 20 years.