Mellora graduated from the University of Queensland, Australia in 2003, spending time in small animal general practice before gaining further experience through clinical positions at the University of Sydney and the University of Queensland. She completed a clinical residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at Murdoch University in Perth, becoming a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists and a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2012.
Mellora moved to the UK in 2014, working first as maternity leave cover at the University of Glasgow for six months before joining the Animal Health Trust as a Senior Clinician in Small Animal Internal Medicine for five years, where she was involved with clinical research and resident training until the AHTs closure in 2020. She has since worked within the VetCT Team providing Teleconsulting services to general practice clients around the globe, and continues to regularly work clinical locums throughout the UK.
As well as a keen interest in clinical research, Mellora continues to enjoy both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and further consolidated the teaching experience obtained through working within academic practice over many years with a Postgraduate Certificate in Veterinary Education from the RVC. Mellora has a research Masters in Veterinary Medicine from Murdoch University for work on sinonasal aspergillosis, and a PhD from the University of Melbourne, for investigation of applications of the novel gastrointestinal endoscopic technique, confocal endomicroscopy. Mellora enjoys all aspects of internal medicine, but particularly enjoys infectious disease and gastroenterology.