Ahoy colleagues!We are delighted to invite you aboard for the AuSPEN 2026 Conference: Voyage to Better Nutrition Care, setting sail at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Launceston, Tasmania, from 5–7 November 2026.
Hot Off The Press - Updates from our latest E-Update March
Hot Off the Press: 2025 ELSO Consensus Statement for the Provision and Management of Nutrition Therapy in Critically Ill Adult Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
This consensus statement set out to address key questions of interest put forward by a group of international experts convened by the ELSO. A systematic literature review was undertaken, and recommendations were developed accordingly, with the overall aim to better inform nutrition practice in adults receiving ECMO.
This systematic literature review examined how RCTs prescribing liraglutide, semaglutide, or tirzepatide assessed and reported dietary intake and quality as outcome measures, alongside weight loss and/or glycemic control, and identified gaps in the use and methodological quality of dietary assessment methods.
BOTTOM LINE: Only 2/41 studies (≈5%) reported or assessed dietary intake or evaluated diet changes secondary to GLP-1/GIP RA medication use. This review highlights a major gap in the evidence requiring urgent attention. More high-quality research, using validated dietary assessment methods as outcome measures in RCTs is needed to understand how these medications impact diet and diet quality, nutrient intake, and chronic disease risk.
Hot Off the Press: Management of Patients with Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction and Altered (Reduced) Food Intake Behaviour
This guideline, supported by AuSPEN, is intended to support adult and paediatric health care professionals (with a special focus on multiprofessional teams working with gastroenterologists) in providing appropriate and consistent care for these patients with DGBI-induced food intake behaviour.
Register now for the 2026 Paediatric Intestinal Failure & Rehabilitation Course
2026 Paediatric Intestinal Failure & Rehabilitation Course
Join us for the AuSPEN Paediatric Intestinal Failure & Rehabilitation Course 2026 — a powerhouse two-day event designed for medical clinicians, dietitians, nurses, and allied health professionals committed to transforming care for children with complex intestinal needs.
Course Details
Event: Paediatric Intestinal Failure & Rehabilitation Course 2026
Dates: Friday 7th – Saturday 8th August 2026
Venue: Karstens Sydney - Level 1/111 Harrington St, The Rocks NSW 2000
Thank you for joining us at AuSPEN 2025!
Thank you for joining us in Sydney at our 2025 Event!
We had a wonderful time with everyone at our exhilarating ‘Survivor’ Conference.
Thank you to our Local Organising Committee, AuSPEN Members and all delegates for fostering such educational and engaging sessions.
To view photos from the Conference, please visit the Event Webpage here.
We look forward to seeing you all in Launceston for 2026!
AuSPEN Member Spotlight – Celebrating Tanya Collins
Tanya is a Senior Paediatric Gastroenterology specialist Dietitian working at Perth Children’s hospital. She is currently in a dual role as senior paediatric gastro dietitian and dietetic Coordinator, where she manages a team of fabulous paediatric dietitians. Tanya’s passion lies in paediatrics, inspired by the resilience of children, and in gastroenterology, due to its deep connection with dietetics at every level. In addition to her clinical role, Tanya is the co-chair of the Paediatric subcommittee with Julia Fox. In this role Tanya is looking forward to co-leading this enthusiastic and accomplished team of clinicians
Tanya over the years has done a lot of work with AuSPEN, something that she is particularly proud of, she loves working with other amazing clinician’s in the paediatric committee and sub-committees to develop evidence-based guidelines across Australia and New Zealand. She reports being constantly amazed by the volume of high quality work the paediatric sub-committees accomplish and the selfless collegial nature of all involved.
Tanya is currently involved in several exciting projects with AuSPEN Paediatric sub committees, including a multi-site prospective study on concomitant foods in EEN and the impact on QOL of patients. Additionally, she is working on the Liver guideline sub committee, where the guideline and write up are in the final stages, Tanya is excited to have the review published to assist clinicians working with these patients to provide up to date evidence based care. Tanya is also on the Vitamins in Paediatric Parenteral Nutrition subcommittee whose aim is to undertake a literature review and put together recommendations based on evidence and consensus opinion. Tanya is part of the HPN registry, where she is very excited be part of a huge piece of work setting up a national database to collect service level, patient and quality of life data for both adults and children receiving home parenteral nutrition. The database will provide critical data on care provision and allow benchmarking within and beyond Australia.
When asked about her advice to early career professionals; she explained it was important to not get dissuaded by overwhelm or imposter syndrome, “just put your hand up to get started, you will never be disappointed and might be surprised by how it snowballs”
