Our research areas/themes
The Nutrition Research Collaborative has established bodies of dietetic and clinical research and research expertise in the clinical areas of:
- Malnutrition
- Cancer care
- Kidney disease
- Diabetes
- Nutrition and complex chronic disease
- Maternal health
- Food services
- Nutrition support
- Eating disorders
- Rehabilitation
We are currently undertaking a range of research projects across the above research areas, including:
Measuring what matters: developing quality indicators for hospital nutrition services
Project lead: Dr Adrienne Young
Funded by: Queensland Health Office of the Chief Allied Health Officer (2023-2025)
Paving the way: Demonstrating a health practitioner led complex obesity management pathway can improve health outcomes and develop research capacity
Project lead: Assoc Prof Helen MacLaughlin
Funded by: Queensland Health Office of the Chief Allied Health Officer (2023-2025)
Slowing kidney disease with weight loss: a randomised controlled feasibility study
Project lead: Assoc Prof Helen MacLaughlin
Funded by: Kidney Health Australia
Optimising nutrition outcomes and care pathways for patients undergoing surgical resection for head and neck cancer
Project lead: Assoc Prof Teresa Brown
Funded by: Metro North Health Clinician Research Fellowship
Using prebiotic fibre supplementation to improve patient outcomes during treatment for haematological malignancies
Project lead: Sarah Andersen
Funded by: Metro North Health Clinician Research Fellowship
Improving nutrition related antenatal care to optimise future health outcomes for mothers and their offspring
Project lead: Assoc Prof Susan de Jersey
Funded by: Metro North Health Clinician Research Fellowship
We are only as strong as our weakest link: Improving the transition from hospital to home for adults with eating disorders
Project lead: Kylie Matthews-Rensch
Funded by: Australian Eating Disorder Research and Translation Centre