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Dr Jaimon Kelly

Research Fellow

Centre for Health Services Research
Faculty of Medicine
jaimon.kelly@uq.edu.au

Overview

I am a consultant Accredited Practising Dietitian and Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Online Health. I have a PhD in technology-supported lifestyle interventions and delivering dietary education to improve people’s dietary self-management. My research program focuses on technology-enabled health systems and interventions for improving patient-centred care in chronic disease and simplifying nutrition communication for clinicians and people living with chronic conditions. I work in private practice, primarily providing professional consultancy services for kidney nutrition. I also provide consultation for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. You can learn more about my private practice here - https://www.mynutritionclinic.com.au/renal-dietitian/

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests are in 1) Nutrition & Dietetics – primarily diet quality and focusing on methods to improve diet quality in people with chronic kidney disease and other complex chronic conditions; 2) Health Service Delivery & 3) Digital Health – specifically focused on preparing to workforce, codesigning and testing technology-assisted interventions to deliver lifestyle interventions. My current work focuses on technology-enabled health systems and interventions for improving patient-centred care in chronic disease and simplifying nutrition communication for clinicians and people living with chronic conditions.

Research Impacts

Jaimon Kelly has led systematic reviews which have led to health impact including a significant paradigm shift away from single-nutrient recommendations reflected in 2020 international best practice guidelines – based on the systematic review on healthy dietary patterns and risk of mortality in chronic kidney disease which he led. A collection of his seminal publications has been independently blogged on nephrologist, dietitian and the world’s largest patient website (serving >2 million CKD patients).

In recognition of his pioneering telehealth-delivered nutrition research in chronic disease, he received the highly esteemed VC Award for Early Career Research Excellence for outstanding research contribution and impact. These significant contributions to telehealth in dietetics and the leadership and impact his work has had led to him being invited to Dietitians Australia inaugural telehealth working group and subsequently was lead author of the Dietitians Australia Position Statement on Telehealth. This work has been instrumental in supporting advocacy for ongoing telehealth funding for the dietetic profession, which is a key driver for him as a consultant dietitian also working in primary care across South-East Queensland.

His clinical and research leadership has given him a thorough grasp and understanding of the practice gaps that exist in primary care, and has positioned him as a key stakeholder who is consulted to develop private practice education resources and telehealth-delivered diet programs, most recently at QLD Government Health agencies, Dietitians Australia, AMGEN Australia. This also includes consultation on International research trials which have pivoted intervention delivery approaches in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Bond University

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

  • Evaluation of digital health to support nutrition care management for patients with chronic disease

    Doctor Philosophy

  • Exploring stakeholder perceptions of an innovative digital model of diabetes care

    Master Philosophy

  • Filling the gap on cardiovascular health: increasing equity trough telehealth

    Doctor Philosophy

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Available Projects

  • Optimising digital nutrition programs to be culturally sensitive and feasible to be delivered by health workers in Northern Australia

    This HDR degree will focus on co-designing and implementing a digital health model of care which is culturally appropriate and delivered by Aboriginal Health workers in primary care adjunct to routine care in remote Queensland and Northern Territory.

    This HDR project aims to co-design and implement a digital health model of care which is culturally appropriate and delivered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health workers/professionals in primary care adjunct to routine care in Northern Australia.

    Two major projects will be conducted, in partnership with Health Management, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, and the Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Aboriginal Corporation:

    1. Optimise existing evidence-based digital program to be culturally appropriate to deliver and communicate nutrition care advice in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dietitians, Aboriginal Health Workers, and people with chronic kidney disease.
    2. Test whether the culturally sensitive digital program in Northern Australia primary care adjunct to routine care can be feasible, acceptable and effective at improving nutrition care delivery and quality of life in people with chronic kidney disease.

    Applications for either PhD or MPhil will be considered. Information on scholarships can be found – https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/phd-mphil-students

    The project is funded, and an additional top up scholarship (of up to 10K per year for 3 years or adjusted pro rata) may be available to the successful candidate.

    Contact Dr Jaimon Kelly for further information.

  • Improving digital health literacy in chronic disease management

    This PhD program will determine and improve the digital health literacy of patients and the health professional workforce working in chronic diseases in tertiary centres in Queensland. This will involve the design and validation of a digital health literacy instrument for these populations, and an Australian first evaluation of digital health literacy of the chronic condition demographic which can guide decision makers and program implementers moving forward.

    This PhD will culminate in the development and pilot implementation of evidence-based and end-user-centred training and education materials, in the health service, to improve the delivery of effective, safe, and quality virtual care chronic condition services.

    Information on applying for a PhD, including entry requirements, scholarships, and fees can be found on the UQ webpage for future students https://future-students.uq.edu.au/study/programs/doctor-philosophy-7501

    Contact Dr Jaimon Kelly for further information.

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Publications

Book Chapter

  • Dietary patterns

    Kelly, Jaimon T. (2020). Dietary patterns. Nutrition in kidney disease. (pp. 583-597) edited by Jerrilynn D. Burrowes, Csaba P. Kovesdy and Laura D. Byham-Gray. Cham, Switzerland: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44858-5_31

  • Role of nutrition in cardiovascular and kidney diseases

    Kelly, J.T, Campbell, K.C and Carerro, J.J (2017). Role of nutrition in cardiovascular and kidney diseases. Handbook of nutrition and the kidney. edited by William E. Mitch and T. Alp Ikizler. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Journal Article

Conference Publication

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

  • Optimising digital nutrition programs to be culturally sensitive and feasible to be delivered by health workers in Northern Australia

    This HDR degree will focus on co-designing and implementing a digital health model of care which is culturally appropriate and delivered by Aboriginal Health workers in primary care adjunct to routine care in remote Queensland and Northern Territory.

    This HDR project aims to co-design and implement a digital health model of care which is culturally appropriate and delivered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health workers/professionals in primary care adjunct to routine care in Northern Australia.

    Two major projects will be conducted, in partnership with Health Management, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, and the Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Aboriginal Corporation:

    1. Optimise existing evidence-based digital program to be culturally appropriate to deliver and communicate nutrition care advice in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dietitians, Aboriginal Health Workers, and people with chronic kidney disease.
    2. Test whether the culturally sensitive digital program in Northern Australia primary care adjunct to routine care can be feasible, acceptable and effective at improving nutrition care delivery and quality of life in people with chronic kidney disease.

    Applications for either PhD or MPhil will be considered. Information on scholarships can be found – https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/phd-mphil-students

    The project is funded, and an additional top up scholarship (of up to 10K per year for 3 years or adjusted pro rata) may be available to the successful candidate.

    Contact Dr Jaimon Kelly for further information.

  • Improving digital health literacy in chronic disease management

    This PhD program will determine and improve the digital health literacy of patients and the health professional workforce working in chronic diseases in tertiary centres in Queensland. This will involve the design and validation of a digital health literacy instrument for these populations, and an Australian first evaluation of digital health literacy of the chronic condition demographic which can guide decision makers and program implementers moving forward.

    This PhD will culminate in the development and pilot implementation of evidence-based and end-user-centred training and education materials, in the health service, to improve the delivery of effective, safe, and quality virtual care chronic condition services.

    Information on applying for a PhD, including entry requirements, scholarships, and fees can be found on the UQ webpage for future students https://future-students.uq.edu.au/study/programs/doctor-philosophy-7501

    Contact Dr Jaimon Kelly for further information.

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ORCID: 0000-0003-0232-5848

Scopus ID: 57020468500

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