Helen MacLaughlin

Dr. Helen MacLaughlin is an Associate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics at QUT and an Advanced Clinician Researcher at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. She has over 20 years of clinical experience specializing in nutritional interventions for kidney disease patients. She holds a PhD from King's College London (2013) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship as a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and Health Education England (HEE) Clinical Lecturer. Her research focuses on dietary and lifestyle interventions to slow chronic kidney disease progression and nutritional epidemiology, particularly examining obesity's impact on renal and cardiovascular outcomes.

Education:

• PhD in Nutritional Sciences, King's College London
• Health Science (Nutrition and Dietetics), Queensland University of Technology

Research Interests:

• Nutrition assessment and interventions for chronic kidney disease
• Acute kidney injury management
• Nutritional epidemiology
• Obesity and kidney disease comorbidities

Awards:

• 2018 Walls Bursary
• 2015 Clinical Lectureship postdoctoral fellowship

Supervision: Focuses on obesity management in CKD, diet quality indices, and hyperkalaemia management. Current projects include the SLOW-CKD feasibility study on low-energy diets and diet quality assessment in CKD patients.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the London Renal Obesity Network and multidisciplinary teams at QUT and Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.