Lea Merone

Lea Merone is a Researcher at James Cook University, Australia. Her work focuses on addressing gender disparities in healthcare, improving chronic disease management, and enhancing medical research equity. She holds a PhD in Medicine from James Cook University (2022) and has contributed to multiple national health guidelines, including the 2018 National Guide to a Preventive Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

Her research interests span androcentric biases in medicine, patient experiences with chronic conditions, and the intersection of public health with environmental issues like plastic pollution. Merone has published extensively in journals such as BMJ Global Health and Women's Health Reports, emphasizing evidence-based critiques of healthcare systems and advocating for inclusive research practices.

Her 2022 thesis explored androcentricity in medical education and research, linking these biases to negative outcomes for female patients. Recent work includes analyzing sex/gender reporting gaps in Australian clinical trials and investigating the health impacts of pandemic lockdowns.

Merone collaborates with institutions like the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and has expertise in Indigenous health, metabolic disease prevention, and innovative clinical trial designs for parasitic therapies.