Prof. Kelly Lambert is an Associate Professor, and Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian and Academic Program Director for Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. She has more than two decades of clinical experience as a specialist kidney dietitian. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition in 1995 and her Master’s in Nutrition & Dietetics in 1997 from the University of Wollongong. In 2018 she completed her PhD, which focused on the impact of health literacy and cognitive impairment on dietary self-management in kidney failure. She is an active member of the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) Kidney Interest Group; the Australian New Zealand Society of Nephrology, the Renal Society of Australasia, and the postgraduate Renal Nutrition Program. She is also a member of several national and international high-level governance committees including the Kidney Health Australia CARI Executive Steering Committee, the Kidney Health Australia Clinical Advisory Committee, and the ANZSN Policy Advisory Committee. In 2023 she was elected as one of only two dietitians on the International Council of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism Executive. Her research interests and values are supporting people with kidney disease to live better lives, improving patient education by health professionals, and educating future dietitians.
Dr. Joel C. Craddock is a Career Development Fellow at the School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences, University of Wollongong. He earned his Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics in 2015 and his PhD in Nutrition in 2021 from the University of Wollongong. He has worked as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Wollongong since 2022. His research interests are focused on the influence of plant-based dietary patterns and how these eating patterns influence health and exercise. Specifically, his work has explored nutrient compositions in those following plant-based diets and how nutrient variations may modulate inflammatory, immune, and antioxidant markers. Examining physiological responses and exercise performance outcomes of dietary patterns and supplements is also a focus of his research.
