Merran provides input into the overall Sydney Catalyst program via the T2/T3 Working Group by contributing to the generate of new ideas, building capacity and advocating for the interests of members working in the evidence into practice space.
Background:
Merran Findlay is the Executive Research Lead - Cancer Nutrition
and Oncology Specialist Dietitian across the Royal Prince Alfred
Hospital - Chris O'Brien Lifehouse partnership. An Advanced
Accredited Practising Dietitian, she was awarded a prestigious
National Health and Medical Research Council Translating Research
Into Practice Fellowship in 2015 to implement an innovative model
of nutrition care for patients with head and neck cancer.
Merran specialises in nutrition support of people with cancer
and has contributed to clinical guidelines for nutrition management
in head and neck cancer, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS),
radiotherapy and chemotherapy and cancer wellness.
Merran is passionate about the essential role specialist
dietitians play in delivering high quality, comprehensive cancer
care and, as Adjunct Senior Lecturer, she actively contributes to
the teaching program at the University of Sydney. She currently
serves as an Executive Member of the Clinical Oncology Society of
Australia Nutrition Group.
Research Interests:
Merran's research interests include the impact of nutritional
status and nutrition intervention on clinical, cost and
patient-centred outcomes, innovative models of care and the use of
information technology to support translation of evidence into
practice. She holds an appointment as Oncology Dietetics Clinical
Research Fellow at The Chris O'Brien Lifehouse to progress this
work.