I have extensive clinical experience as a Senior Paediatric Dietitian working across the acute and community sector in the area of eating disorders, over the past two decades. I am passionate about integrating preventive interventions within the wider community and have research interests in the early years, food communication and preventive interventions. My PhD; Promoting positive food parenting practices for disordered eating prevention: Adopting a knowledge translation approach (completed in 2023), has resulted in an intervention designed for parents to reduce their child’s risk of developing disordered eating. I am enthusiastic about using evidenced based strategies and frameworks adopted from social marketing, co-design and knowledge translation science to assist families in the real world.

I have worked for Queensland Health, in private practice and most recently as a research fellow in child eating disorders at the University of Melbourne, School of Population and Global Health. I currently hold an honorary position at the University of Melbourne and an adjunct research fellow position at the University of Western Sydney.

Treehouse Nutrition Services is my consultancy business enabling me to work with a variety of people and organisations.