Danielle Bear

Dr. Danielle Bear serves as an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Nutritional Sciences within King's College London's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. Concurrently, she works as a Consultant Dietitian for critical care at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, where she applies her clinical expertise in intensive care nutrition.

Her research focuses on critical care nutrition interventions with particular emphasis on preventing skeletal muscle wasting in ICU patients, optimizing protein-energy requirements for critically ill individuals, and developing clinical methods for body composition assessment. Her work bridges nutritional science with practical clinical applications in intensive care settings.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals a strong concentration on ICU nutritional support protocols, muscle preservation strategies, and rehabilitation nutrition for critical illness survivors. Her research spans methodological approaches including cohort studies, systematic reviews, and clinical trials, with recent work addressing post-ICU recovery frameworks like the PICUPS assessment tool.

• British Dietetic Association Roll of Honour (awarded three times)
• Rose Simmonds Award
• Elizabeth Washington Award

Dr. Bear received a prestigious NIHR clinical doctoral research fellowship in 2016, leading to her 2021 PhD on skeletal muscle wasting prevention in critical illness. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through healthcare system improvements. She maintains active collaborations with major UK critical care research groups and contributes to national guidelines including the UK's Guidelines for Provision of Intensive Care Services.