Dr Satish Melwani
Research Fellow, Clinical and Social Research Team, Turning Point and Monash University
Overview
Satish contributes to the development, implementation, and evaluation of interventions to enhance integrated care services and reduce stigma in mental health and addiction.
Background
Satish is a mixed-method public health researcher with expertise in health literacy development, implementation and evaluation sciences, noncommunicable disease prevention, women’s health, digital health, and health system strengthening. He is passionate about shaping health policies and programs through a health literacy approach to ensure equitable access for all and has worked around the same with the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva.
Satish completed his PhD from the University of Tasmania in 2024, where his research focused on co-designing health literacy solutions with pregnant women and mothers to reduce the intergenerational impact of noncommunicable diseases. He also holds a Master of Public Health from Deakin University (2019) and a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from India (2016).
Before joining Turning Point in January 2026, Satish was a Research Fellow at SPHERE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence at Monash University, supporting implementation and evaluation of national trials to improve women’s sexual and reproductive health, including endometriosis care.
Research Interests
Satish’s research interests include:
- Health literacy development across the life course
- Women’s mental health and sexual and reproductive health
- Young people and digital health
- Non-communicable disease prevention and control
- Health equity and social determinants of health
Contact Details
You can contact Satish at [email protected]
More Information
You can explore Satish’s work through:
Monash Profile: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/satish-melwani/
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Satish-Melwani
Googe Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ufJat60AAAAJ&hl=en