April Melia

Dr. April Melia is a Lecturer in Nutrition at the University of Central Lancashire's School of Health, Social Work and Sport. She serves as module leader for the foundation year and teaches nutritional and personal fitness content across undergraduate courses, including Exercise Referral. Her expertise includes body composition analysis, capillary blood sampling for cardiac biomarkers, and nutritional assessments.

Her research focuses on nutrition education in cardiac rehabilitation and patient outcomes. Recent work includes randomized controlled trials evaluating educational interventions for stage IV cardiac rehabilitation patients and assessments of patient knowledge in cardiac programs. She contributes to community initiatives, such as a pilot wellbeing therapy program reducing stress levels at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and promoting free sports course tasters to foster education access.

Notably, her publications emphasize translational research linking nutritional strategies to clinical outcomes in chronic disease management. She holds relevant qualifications (details available in her profile), and her work integrates practical teaching with applied research in health sciences.