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
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 - ongoing | Senior Dietitian | QLD Health |
| 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 | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 - 2008 | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | Bachelor of health Science (Nutrition and Dietetics) |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Wiese, A. N., & Ballard, E. (2025). Improving energy and protein intake via an oral nutrition support pathway in the intensive care unit and beyond: An uncontrolled before and after study. Australian Critical Care, 38(5), 101273. Scopus1 |
| 2020 | Wiese, A. N., Rogers, M. J., 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. Scopus21 WoS18 Europe PMC14 |
Alicia's doctoral studies are funded through a Research Training Program Scholarship and a NHMRC Grant-funded Supplementary Scholarship
| 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 |
| 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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