A/Prof Emma Halmos

A/Prof Emma Halmos is a senior research dietitian at Monash University, Alfred Health, with expertise in diet in gastrointestinal conditions, including IBS and IBD.  Emma’s scientific achievements have had a major impact in academia and clinical practice internationally. Most notably, her pivotal feeding study that demonstrated the low FODMAP diet was efficacious in treating IBS. This study was featuring on the cover of Gastroenterology and has been cited >1600 times. Emma reputation is internationally renowned.  She was a committee member for the Dietitians of ECCO and is a leading project coordinator for the first ever ECCO consensus guidelines on diet in IBD.  Emma has presented her work at several national and international conferences, including being invited to speak at the plenary of ECCO, attended by over 8000 delegates.  Now in a leadership role, Emma is designing dietary studies for IBD management and supervising PhD students.