Ms Melita Giummarra
BA (Hons)

Melita graduated with honours in psychology in 2002 and commenced working in the public and preventive health division of NARI in 2003. Melita has worked on a variety of falls prevention and health promotion research projects. Melita is currently enrolled as a PhD candidate at Monash University, and is studying phantom limb sensation and pain in amputees.

Current Research Projects

• Preventing future falls in older people presenting to the Emergency Department following a fall.

• Changes in body sensation following limb loss.