Chris Melson
Associate Director of Research and Policy
‘Being a part of an organisation that has a reputation for delivering meaningful, rigorous and accessible evidence-based research is deeply fulfilling.’
Chris joined The Health Policy Partnership in March 2021 and has been Associate Director of Research and Policy since September 2025. He works across various projects in areas including oncology and rare diseases.
Before joining HPP, Chris worked as a consultant at healthcare market-access consultancy Decideum (now Newmarket), gaining experience across a wide variety of therapy areas including digital health, oncology, fertility and kidney disease. He previously completed an internship at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, supporting its Global Health programme.
Chris holds an MSc in Global Health with Conflict and Security from King’s College London and a BA in Politics and Philosophy from the University of Sheffield.