Melissa Butt

Melissa Butt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Her research spans interdisciplinary domains including dermatology, obesity medicine, environmental health, and medical education, with a focus on improving health outcomes through epidemiological and psychosocial approaches.

• Research Interests: Hidradenitis Suppurativa, Bariatric Surgery, Air Pollution, Psychometric Tool Development, Medical Humanities.
• Key Collaborations: Active partnerships in clinical decision support tools, patient-reported outcome measures, and environmental disease modeling.

Recent publications highlight her work on:

• Food addiction and surgical attrition in obesity care
• Diagnostic tools for hidradenitis suppurativa
• Air pollution's impact on sarcoidosis incidence
• Humanities integration in dermatology training
• Psychometric validation of stigma assessment instruments