Dietitians

Inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal nutrition & disordered eating

BSc (hons) Dietetics, APD, PhD

Alice is an Accredited Practising Dietitian who specialises in the dietary management of inflammatory bowel diseases and disorders of the gut-brain interaction. Alice is highly experienced in using therapeutic dietary strategies to improve gastrointestinal symptoms, restore microbial balance and gut health and to improve mental well-being in adolescents and adults. Alice is passionate about helping people to eat the right way for individual symptoms and supporting people to see how food can be enjoyed rather than feared.

Alice completed her training and worked in the United Kingdom before returning to Adelaide. Alice has worked across public and private hospitals predominantly in the clinical areas of gastroenterology, surgery, critical care and mental health nutrition. Alice completed her PhD in Diet and Inflammatory Bowel Disease and currently works as a post-doctoral researcher and clinical dietitian at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Alice is involved in multiple research projects including investigating diet as therapy for ulcerative colitis, exclusive enteral nutrition therapy for Crohn’s disease, redesigning diet-gastroenterology services and the use of diet and microbial manipulation strategies for inflammatory bowel diseases and other chronic diseases.

Alice’s main areas of dietary expertise:

• Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, stomas, pouches)
• Disorders of the gut-brain interaction and associated functional gastrointestinal problems (e.g. IBS, slow gut transit) that can be treated using diet and psychological therapies
• Complex gastrointestinal surgery, short gut syndrome, intestinal failure and malabsorption of nutrients
• Disordered eating, food anxiety, intrusive food thoughts, and disruptive eating practices including food avoidance and dietary restriction