# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vijaya-melnick
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:15:22.161Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vijaya-melnick"
name: "Vijaya Melnick"
slug: "vijaya-melnick"
description: "Vijaya Lakshmi Melnick is an India-born American academic specializing in biological and environmental sciences and immunology. She is Professor Emeritus of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of the District of Columbia. She was the First Vice President and then Co-President of the International Health Awareness Network, an affiliate of the United Nations. She holds memberships on the boards and executive committees of national and international organizations related to either health and education or both. She has written several research papers and books."
tagline: "India-born American academic"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1937-11-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           30.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.934053333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "فيجايا ميلنيك"
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    title: "Vijaya Melnick"
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    title: "Vijaya Melnick"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump