Diet, Gut and Brain Group

Research overview

The Diet Gut and Brain group, led by Assoc Prof Heidi Staudacher, is advancing our understanding of how diet influences the gut and the brain. Our goal is to transform the management of common gut and mental health conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome and depression, through diet. Our team has discovered that a low FODMAP diet, whilst improving symptoms in several gut disorders, shifts the gut microbiome in irritable bowel syndrome and probiotic co-administration can mitigate these changes. Together with conducting high quality dietary research, we have also published several recommendation papers for the design and implementation of rigorous diet-focused clinical trials. Our work has been funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council and international funding bodies such as the Rome Foundation. We thrive on interdisciplinary collaborations with dietitians, psychologists and scientists locally and globally.

Currently recruiting clinical trials

Our people

Group Leader

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