Amanda Jackson

Amanda Jackson is an Accredited Practising Dietitian supporting individuals with food allergies, intolerances, gastrointestinal conditions, and immune disorders. She has over 15 years of experience and sees adult and adolescent patients 14 years or older in the practice.

Amanda is a highly skilled dietitian with expertise in managing food allergies, intolerances, gastrointestinal conditions, and a range of immune disorders. She has over 15 years experience, and currently works as the Senior Dietitian for the Clinical Immunology and Allergy team at Royal Melbourne Hospital and with the team at Melbourne Allergy Asthma and Immunology consultants.

Amanda graduated from Monash University in 2008 and prides herself on providing nutrition advice that is person centred and evidence based. She is an active member of several professional organizations including Dietitian’s Australia, the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) and the Immune Deficiency Foundation of Australia. Amanda has also completed additional dietetic training to enhance her skills. She holds professional certificates in Medical Nutrition Therapy for Food Allergy and Intolerance, Paediatric Nutrition and has successfully completed the Monash University ‘Low FODMAP Diet for IBS’ dietitian course.

When not working with individual clients you will find Amanda teaching and training fellow dietitians in her specialty areas and working as a project manager for a multi-centre immunodeficiency research trial. Outside of work Amanda loves spending time with her husband and two children, travelling and participating in winter sports.

Areas of expertise:

• Food Allergies
  
• Food Intolerances
  
• Gastrointestinal conditions e.g. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  
• Immune disorders e.g. Coeliac Disease, Inborn Errors of Immunity, and a variety of Autoimmune conditions
  
• General nutrition for health and wellbeing: including gut health