Research
Kelly co-ordinates Healthcare Systems and Primary Care research activities, working with the NSW Service Development & Policy Implementation team, and the National GP Hub and Tools project team. She is part of the MAINSTREAM consortium, a national health system research collaboration formed to drive better outcomes for eating disorders in mainstream care. Her past research has examined cognitive flexibility and everyday function in anorexia nervosa, and her future research interests includes further exploring personal strengths and resilience in individuals with eating disorders, and advocating for strengths-based approaches to treatment and recovery.
A bespoke statewide workforce platform was developed to support clinicians, eating disorder coordinators and trainers with prerequisite learning, eLearning modules, and feedback collection. It allows coordinators to prioritise clinicians in their Local Health Districts and ensures access to current, evidence‑based training. Clinicians across NSW can now enrol in training that matches their needs and access training resources.
Complete
Across NSW, services report an increase in people presenting with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), however, clinicians lacked access to evidence-based training to support them. To address this gap, an eLearning program, ARFID Fundamentals, was developed to provide clinicians with guidance on scope of practice across various healthcare settings. Co-produced with lived experience input, evidence informed and drawing on local and international expertise, the training helps clinicians understand ARFID, while differentiating from other feeding and eating disorders to enable a comprehensive assessment, and deliver multidisciplinary, person-centred care.
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Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is the recommended first-line therapy for young people with eating disorders, and efforts in NSW focus on expanding access to this care through workforce training. InsideOut Institute in collaboration with Prof Daniel Le Grange pioneered the development of a “train the trainer” model, enabling experienced clinicians to become FBT trainers and deliver education locally. Experienced clinicians were provided with extensive training by Daniel Le Grange to become trainers in FBT. This approach increases training accessibility, strengthens the workforce, and ultimately allows more young people and their families to receive evidence-based treatment close to home
In Progress
The NSW Service Plan emphasises having the Right People with the Right Skills in the Right Place. This highlights the need for a skilled, multidisciplinary workforce to support people with eating disorders across all levels of care. To achieve this, InsideOut efforts focus on building workforce Capacity and Capability across all NSW Health Services, providing NSW Health staff with training opportunities. This helps to ensure that individuals and their families receive high-quality, evidence-informed care close to home.
In Progress
This project evaluated the way eating disorder care is delivered nationally, by looking at data from across the health system and considering the voice of the lived experience. MAINSTREAM is a multi-disciplinary team, involving researchers and linked to health partners (headspace and PHNs).
Complete
The NSW Service Plan sets out a major five‑year effort to strengthen eating‑disorder care across the health system, improving access, quality, and outcomes through better services, pathways, and workforce capability. This research evaluates how well service plan training boosts knowledge and confidence so programs can keep improving and inform government and sector-wide planning.
In Progress
The GP Hub is an innovative, evidence-based digital suite of tools supporting GPs in the assesment and management of people living with eating disorders in Australia. Designed with GPs, people with lived experience of eating disorders, clinicians, practice managers and practice nurses, the GP Hub serves as a one-stop resource to streamline patient care and support GPs.
In Recruitment
This study investigates brain and hormonal responses to real-time food consumption decisions in individuals with anorexia nervosa using brain imaging and biomarker analysis. The research aims to identify biological drivers of restrictive eating and inform development of novel treatment targets.
In Recruitment
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