Associate Professor
Helen MacLaughlin
Faculty of Health,
School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences
Biography
Dr Helen MacLaughlin is an Associate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics at QUT and Advanced Clinician Researcher at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Services, Queensland Health. She has over 20 years' experience as a clinical dietitian, focusing on nutritional interventions for patients with kidney disease. She was awarded her PhD from King's College London in 2013, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship as a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and Health Education England (HEE) Clinical Lecturer, jointly at King's College London and King's College Hospital in London, UK. Her research focus is on clinical trials for dietary and lifestyle interventions to slow the progression of chronic kidney disease, and in nutritional epidemiology, particularly in using clinical and research datasets to examine the impact of obesity and nutritional factors on renal and cardiovascular disease risk outcomes.Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor (Nutrition and Dietetics)/Consultant Dietitian
Faculty of Health,
School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences
Keywords
nutrition assessment, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, dietary interventions, nutritional epidemiology
Research field
Nutrition and dietetics, Allied health and rehabilitation science, Health services and systems
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy - Nutritional Sciences (King's College London)
- Health Science (Nutrition and Dietetics) (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Accredited Practicing Dietitian - Dietitians Association of Australia Member - Dietitians Association of Australia Member - Australasian Kidney Trials Network - Chronic Kidney Disease group
Publications
- MacLaughlin, H., Friedman, A. & Ikizler, T. (2022). Nutrition in Kidney Disease: Core Curriculum 2022. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 79(3), 437–449. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227311
- MacLaughlin, H., Pike, M., Selby, N., Siew, E., Chinchilli, V., Guide, A., Stewart, T., Himmelfarb, J., Go, A., Parikh, C., Ghahramani, N., Kaufman, J., Ikizler, T., Robinson-Cohen, C. & other, a. (2021). Body mass index and chronic kidney disease outcomes after acute kidney injury: a prospective matched cohort study. BMC Nephrology, 22, Article 200. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212162
- Brown, T., Williams, H., Mafrici, B., Jackson, H., Johansson, L., Willingham, F., McIntosh, A. & MacLaughlin, H. (2021). Dietary interventions with dietitian involvement in adults with chronic kidney disease: A systematic review. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 34(4), 747–757. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209615
- Conley, M., McFarlane, C., Johnson, D., Kelly, J., Campbell, K. & MacLaughlin, H. (2021). Interventions for weight loss in people with chronic kidney disease who are overweight or obese. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(3), Article CD013119. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212090
- Sandhu, S., Angel, C., Campbell, K., Hickman, I. & Maclaughlin, H. (2021). Standardised outcome reporting for the nutrition management of complex chronic disease: A rapid review. Nutrients, 13(10), Article 3388. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227312
- MacLaughlin, H. & Campbell, K. (2019). Obesity as a barrier to kidney transplantation: Time to eliminate the body weight bias? Seminars in Dialysis, 32(3), 219–222. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129191
- MacLaughlin, H., Twomey, J., Saunt, R., Blain, S., Campbell, K. & Emery, P. (2018). The nutrition impact symptoms (NIS) score detects malnutrition risk in patients admitted to nephrology wards. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 31(5), 683–688. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129195
- Greenwood, S., Koufaki, P., Mercer, T., MacLaughlin, H., Rush, R., Lindup, H., O'Connor, E., Jones, C., Hendry, B., Macdougall, I. & Cairns, H. (2015). Effect of Exercise Training on Estimated GFR, Vascular Health, and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Patients With CKD: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 65(3), 425–434. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129205
- MacLaughlin, H., Hall, W., Patel, A., Blacklock, R., Swift, P., Phanish, M., Dew, T., Chowdhury, P., Sanders, T. & Macdougall, I. (2014). Weight loss, adipokines, and quality of life after sleeve gastrectomy in obese patients with stages 3-4 CKD: A randomized controlled pilot study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 64(4), 660–663. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/220830
- MacLaughlin, H., Hall, W., Patel, A. & Macdougall, I. (2012). Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy is a Novel and Effective Treatment for Obesity in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Obesity Surgery, 22(1), 119–123. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129212
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Award or Prize
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- UK Renal Association. Winner - Walls Bursary
- Type
- Funded Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- National Institute of Health Research and Higher Education England. awarded Clinical Lectureship postdoctoral fellowship
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Associations between diet, exercise, sleep and fatigue in populations with chronic kidney disease and obesity
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ian Stewart - Development of An Intervention Protocol for Introducing Tailored Whole-Food Diet Therapy for Maintaining Remission and Supporting Nutrition in Paediatric Crohn's Disease
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Lynda Ross, Professor Danielle Gallegos - Diet and nutrition impact symptoms during treatment for gynaecological cancer: establishing a foundation to guide future co-designed nutrition care
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Megan Crichton, Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates - Fermented foods, gut health and chronic kidney disease
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jolieke van der Pols - Utilizing food literacy in the dietary management of people living with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Sri Lanka
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Helen Vidgen
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
Supervision topics
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.