Dr Melissa Oldham

BSc, PhD

School of Health and Related Research

Honorary Research Fellow

M.f.oldham@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0752

G033, Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Dr Melissa Oldham
School of Health and Related Research
G033
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Profile

I joined the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group at the University of Sheffield in 2018. I work as the lead quantitative research associate researching declines in youth drinking. Specifically, I examine whether declines in youth drinking are consistent across the population and how declining youth drinking fits in to wider changes in youth culture.

I contribute to several projects examining how drinking contexts relate to drinking behaviour and alcohol-related harms and I am currently developing a research grant focused on drinking contexts and targeted interventions.

Before joining ScHARR I worked at the University of Liverpool where I completed my PhD which examined obesity and weight perceptions within the Psychology department. Following this, I contributed as a postgraduate research associate to the I Know Food project, that examines methods of improving the sustainability of the UK food system.

Research interests: I am interested in understanding the decline in youth alcohol use and how youth culture and young people lives have changed more generally in line with declining substance use. I am also interested in social and environmental influences on health behaviour, primarily alcohol consumption, and in targeted interventions to reduce alcohol consumption.

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Journal articles

Whitaker V, Oldham M, Angus C, Fairbrother H & Holmes J (2020) The problem with good news: How should public health actors respond when alcohol consumption declines?. Addiction. View this article in WRRO
Livingston M, Holmes J, Oldham M, Vashishtha R & Pennay A (2020) Trends in the sequence of first alcohol, cannabis and cigarette use in Australia, 2001–2016. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 207. View this article in WRRO
Oldham M, Callinan S, Whitaker V, Fairbrother H, Curtis P, Meier P, Livingston M & Holmes J (2019) The decline in youth drinking in England – is everyone drinking less? A quantile regression analysis. Addiction. View this article in WRRO
Kersbergen I, Oldham M, Jones A, Field M, Angus C & Robinson E (2018) Reducing the standard serving size of alcoholic beverages prompts reductions in alcohol consumption. Addiction, 113(9), 1598-1608. View this article in WRRO
Oldham M, Tomiyama AJ & Robinson E (2018) The psychosocial experience of feeling overweight promotes increased snack food consumption in women but not men. Appetite, 128, 283-293.
Oldham M & Robinson E (2018) Visual body size norms and the under‐detection of overweight and obesity. Obesity Science & Practice, 4(1), 29-40. View this article in WRRO
Robinson E, Proctor M, Oldham M & Masic U (2016) The effect of heightened awareness of observation on consumption of a multi-item laboratory test meal in females. Physiology & Behavior, 163, 129-135. View this article in WRRO
Oldham M & Robinson E (2016) Visual weight status misperceptions of men: Why overweight can look like a healthy weight. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(8), 1768-1777. View this article in WRRO
Robinson E, Oldham M, Sharps M, Cunliffe A, Scott J, Clark E, Piercy K & Field M (2016) Social imitation of alcohol consumption and ingratiation motives in young adults.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30(4), 442-449. View this article in WRRO
Robinson E & Oldham M (2016) Weight status misperceptions among UK adults: the use of self-reported vs. measured BMI. BMC Obesity, 3(1). View this article in WRRO
Robinson E, Oldham M, Cuckson I, Brunstrom JM, Rogers PJ & Hardman CA (2016) Visual exposure to large and small portion sizes and perceptions of portion size normality: Three experimental studies. Appetite, 98, 28-34.
Oldham M, Tomiyama AJ & Robinson E () The Effect of Wearing an Obese Body Suit on Snack Food Consumption and Alcohol Consumption. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Reports

Oldham M, Holmes J, Whitaker V, Fairbrother H & Curtis P (2018) Youth Drinking in Decline View this article in WRRO

Theses / Dissertations

Oldham M (2017) Perceptions of weight status in overweight and obesity.

Teaching interests

PhD supervision

I currently supervise the following doctoral students:

Olivia Sexton: Developing and validating a methodology for collecting occasional-level data on alcohol consumption

I am happy to consider supervising PhD students interested in any of the areas of alcohol and public health research discussed on this page.