About me
Dr Melissa Salmon is the Applied Research Lead at Focal Research Consultants. Melissa has specialized in the field of gambling studies for over 10 years with a background in psychological research and knowledge mobilization to guide her work.
Throughout her career, Melissa has led several research and evaluation initiatives focused on preventing and reducing gambling-related harms, working with national and international stakeholders in the gambling field to achieve this common goal.
At Focal, Melissa continues to explore meaningful approaches to harm prevention through examining play behaviours associated with gambling risk and evaluating safer gambling outcomes using real-world player data.
