Dr Caroline Tuck

Biography

Caroline is a Senior Lecturer in Dietetics, Department of Nursing and Allied Health. She is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian with a broad range of clinical experience. Caroline completed her PhD in 2017 with the Department of Gastroenterology at Monash University Melbourne, after which she conducted a post-doctoral research fellowship with the Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit at Queen's University in Canada.

Caroline's research focuses on nutrition intervention in patients with gastrointestinal conditions. This has included studies from bench to bedside, including multiple clinical trials as well as basic science projects to provide mechanistic understanding. Caroline was a co-author on the World Gastroenterology Organisation ‘Diet and the Gut’ guidelines, and she has received several research awards, including a prestigious Canadian Institutes of Health Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship grant and the Award of excellence in Nutrition and Dietary Fibre research from the Nutrition Society of Australia.