Melissa Anne Wake

Melissa Anne Wake FAHMS is a New Zealand paediatric academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Auckland.[1]

Melissa Wake
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Scientific career
Fields	Paediatrics
Institutions	University of Melbourne, University of Auckland

Academic career

After studying at the University of Melbourne and the University of Glasgow, Wake moved to the University of Auckland, rising to full professor.[1]

In 2015 Wake was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.[2]

Selected works

• Osborne, Nicholas J., Jennifer J. Koplin, Pamela E. Martin, Lyle C. Gurrin, Adrian J. Lowe, Melanie C. Matheson, Anne-Louise Ponsonby et al. "Prevalence of challenge-proven IgE-mediated food allergy using population-based sampling and predetermined challenge criteria in infants." Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 127, no. 3 (2011): 668-676.
• Koplin, Jennifer J., Nicholas J. Osborne, Melissa Wake, Pamela E. Martin, Lyle C. Gurrin, Marnie N. Robinson, Dean Tey et al. "Can early introduction of egg prevent egg allergy in infants? A population-based study." Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 126, no. 4 (2010): 807-813.
• Campbell, Michele W‐C., Joanne Williams, Anne Hampton, and Melissa Wake. "Maternal concern and perceptions of overweight in Australian preschool‐aged children." Medical Journal of Australia 184, no. 6 (2006): 274-277.
• Bayer, Jordana K., Harriet Hiscock, Anne Hampton, and Melissa Wake. "Sleep problems in young infants and maternal mental and physical health." Journal of paediatrics and child health 43, no. 1‐2 (2007): 66-73.
• Allen, Katrina J., Jennifer J. Koplin, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Lyle C. Gurrin, Melissa Wake, Peter Vuillermin, Pamela Martin et al. "Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with challenge-proven food allergy in infants." Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 131, no. 4 (2013): 1109-1116.

References

1. Professor Melissa Wake
2. "Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences" (PDF). Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.