Melissa Anne Wake is a New Zealand paediatric academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Auckland. Academic career After studying at the University of Melbourne and the University of Glasgow, Wake moved to the University of Auckland, rising to full professor. In 2015 Wake was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Research Wake has worked on a longitudinal study of children's health. She has been quoted on the findings linking early puberty to child poverty in New Zealand. Publications Osborne, Nicholas J., Jennifer J. Koplin, Pamela E. Martin, Lyle C. Gurrin, Adrian J. Lowe, Melanie C. Matheson, Anne-Louise Ponsonby et al. "Prevalence of challenge-proven IgE-mediated food allergy using population-based sampling and predetermined challenge criteria in infants." Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 127, no. 3 (2011): 668–676. Koplin, Jennifer J., Nicholas J. Osborne, Melissa Wake, Pamela E. Martin, Lyle C. Gurrin, Marnie N. Robinson, Dean Tey et al. "Can early introduction of egg prevent egg allergy in infants? A population-based study." Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 126, no. 4 (2010): 807–813. Campbell, Michele W‐C., Joanne Williams, Anne Hampton, and Melissa Wake. "Maternal concern and perceptions of overweight in Australian preschool‐aged children." Medical Journal of Australia 184, no. 6 (2006): 274–277. Bayer, Jordana K., Harriet Hiscock, Anne Hampton, and Melissa Wake. "Sleep problems in young infants and maternal mental and physical health." Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 43, no. 1‐2 (2007): 66–73. Allen, Katrina J., Jennifer J. Koplin, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Lyle C. Gurrin, Melissa Wake, Peter Vuillermin, Pamela Martin et al. "Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with challenge-proven food allergy in infants." Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 131, no. 4 (2013): 1109–1116. Wake M, Ching T, et al. "Population outcomes of three approaches to detection of congenital hearing loss". Pediatrics 2016;137(1):e20151722 Wake M, Lycett K, et al. "Shared care obesity management in 3-10 year old children: 12 month outcomes of HopSCOTCH randomised trial". British Medical Journal 2013;346:f3092 Wake M, Tobin S, et al. "Outcomes of population based language promotion for slow to talk toddlers at ages 2 and 3 years: Let's Learn Language cluster randomised controlled trial". British Medical Journal 2011;343:d4741. Wake M, Baur L, et al. "Outcomes and costs of primary care surveillance and intervention for overweight or obese children: the LEAP 2 randomised controlled trial". British Medical Journal 2009;339(32):b3308 Hiscock H, Wake M. "Randomised controlled