Alicia Wiese

Alicia Wiese

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

Adelaide Medical School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Alicia began her PhD at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences in 2025. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Health Science (Nutrition & Dietetics) with Honours in 2008 and has since worked as a clinical dietitian, primarily in Intensive Care. Her doctoral research focuses on advancing the understanding of how nutrition can support and improve functional recovery following critical illness. It explores ICU survivors' perspectives on barriers and facilitators to oral intake in the post-ICU acute ward, using these insights to co-design a nutrition intervention that optimises protein delivery after ICU discharge. Additionally, her research aims to determine the extent of ultrasound-derived muscle wasting upon ICU admission that is linked to worse clinical outcomes, helping to identify patients that may benefit from a targeted nutrition intervention to enhance protein intake.

Alicia began her PhD at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences in 2025. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Health Science (Nutrition & Dietetics) with Honours in 2008 and has since worked as a clinical dietitian, primarily in Intensive Care. Her doctoral research focuses on advancing the understanding of how nutrition can support and improve functional recovery following critical illness. It explores ICU survivors' perspectives on barriers and facilitators to oral intake in the post-ICU acute ward, using these insights to co-design a nutrition intervention that optimises protein delivery after ICU discharge. Additionally, her research aims to determine the extent of ultrasound-derived muscle wasting upon ICU admission that is linked to worse clinical outcomes, helping to identify patients that may benefit from a targeted nutrition intervention to enhance protein intake.
Principle supervisor: Lee-anne Chapple 

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2009 - ongoing Senior Dietitian QLD Health

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2024 Research Award Collaborative for Allied Health Research, Learning and Innovation Local Research Award Collaborative for Allied Health Research, Learning and Innovation Australia $500
    2019 Award Best Paper at the Redcliffe Hospital Research Symposium Redcliffe Hospital Australia -
    2017 Award Highly Commended Redcliffe Hospital Australia -

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2005 - 2008 Queensland University of Technology Australia Bachelor of health Science (Nutrition and Dietetics)

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2020 Wiese, A. N., Rogers, M. J. M., Way, M., & Ballard, E. (2020). The impact of removing gastric residual volume monitoring and enteral nutrition rate titration in adults receiving mechanical ventilation. Australian Critical Care, 33(2), 155-161.
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Alicia's doctoral studies are funded through a Research Training Program Scholarship and a NHMRC Grant-funded Supplementary Scholarship

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2025 - ongoing Member Dietitians Association of Australia Australia
    2024 - ongoing Co-Chair Critical Care Community of Practice for Dietetics (QLD) Australia

  • Presentation
    Date Topic Presented at Institution Country
    2024 - ongoing Improving energy and protein intake in the intensive care unit and beyond Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (AuSPEN) Conference AuSPEN Australia
    2018 - ongoing The impact of removing gastric residual volume monitoring and enteral nutrition rate titration in adults receiving mechanical ventilation AuSPEN Conference Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (AuSPEN) Australia
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