The whole team

Our Accredited Practising Dietitians are specialists in their field with years of experience behind them in a hospital setting in their particular interest. This level of expertise is unique to My Nutrition Clinic and gives our clients absolute confidence that they are receiving the most accurate and up-to-date advice available.

Our objective is to provide you with the right information during individual consultations to empower you to make great food choices to best suit your health in the long term.

Aloysa Hourigan
Dietitian

Aloysa has over 20 years of experience as a Dietitian and has worked for Nutrition Australia and running her own private practice in Brisbane. In addition to her dietetic qualifications, Aloysa has a Graduate Diploma in Counselling from the Queensland University of Technology.

Having a counseling qualification alongside expertise in nutrition and food has led Aloysa to focus on the area of eating disorders and has a great deal of compassion and experience providing support for long-term recovery

Specialist areas:

Eating disorders

Gut disorders

Food intolerances

Amber Schilder
Dietitian

Amber Schilder is an Accredited Practising Dietitian who graduated from Griffith University and grew up on the Gold Coast. Amber became a dietitian after seeing how much food can impact someone’s health in a positive way. Amber enjoys helping people finding ways to incorporate simple yet effective changes to eating habits. Amber loves food and loves to see her clients gain more enjoyment from food through her individualised eating plans and food swaps. Amber has worked many years in the catering team at Gold Coast Private Hospital and more recently has been creating individualised meal plans in private practice. Amber has an interest in:

IBS

Weight management

Diabetes

Chronic disease management

Anna Darcy, Accredited Practising Dietitian

Anna D'Arcy
Dietitian

Anna is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Director of My Nutrition Clinic who has worked for over two decades in the development and delivery of weight management programmes for adults and children. Anna has a Masters of Nutrition and Dietetics along with a Masters in Public Health and has worked in both Australia and London (UK).

Favourite nutrition areas:

Weight management

Bariatric surgery

Depression

Eating Disorders

Gut issues

Credentialed Eating Disorder Dietitian

Dr Jaimon Kelly
Kidney Dietitian

My Nutrition Clinic Kidney Dietitian Dr Jaimon Kelly has a PhD in chronic kidney disease nutrition and has published over 78 publication and authored 2 book chapters on the topics of kidney and chronic disease management through nutrition. He is an experienced educator and is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Bond University. Jaimon supervises dietetic student, for both clinic and research placements and delivers GP and nurse training, and public workshops.

Jacqui Palmer
Paediatric Dietitian

Jacqui has been a Dietitian for 20 years in both Queensland and London. Jacqui has worked in some of London’s largest hospitals and witnessed such courage and determinate in the children she helped that she became committed to improving their quality of life though better nutrition. In London, Jacqui worked as a clinical paediatric dietitian at the prestigious Royal London, St Barts and Lewisham Hospitals. Jacqui has developed significant experience in complex allergies, faltering growth, gut health and Autistic Spectrum disorder.

Specialist areas:

Fussy eaters

Growth and weight issues

Food allergies and intolerances

Autism and spectrum disorders

Gut issues in children

Chantal deSousa
Dietitian

Hi! I’m Chantal and I am an Accredited Practicing Dietitian with an interest in the nutrition and wellbeing of all individuals. I have a Masters in Nutrition and Dietetic Practice from Bond University and a Bachelor of Medical Research (with Honours) from the University of Tasmania.

Since graduating, I have been working in private practice and aged care. I am very interested in gut health and have post-graduate certification from Monash University in IBS management. I have experience helping people manage their weight and chronic diseases. I am not one of those dietitians who will tell you to stop eating your favourite foods. I prefer to develop personalised eating plans that you enjoy and make you feel good while improving your health. The benefit of seeing a dietitian is that you can eat some of what you like while improving your health!

My favourite nutrition areas:

IBS

Weight management

Diabetes

Chronic disease management

Petra Salo
Aged Care Dietitian

Petra is a dietitian with a special interest in chronic disease prevention, weight management, mental health, older age nutrition and special diets such as vegetarian and vegan diets. She is passionate about helping people to enjoy a diet that helps the individual to reach his/her health goals, and one that is enjoyable and easy to implement. Her goal is to bring life to the years and years to the lives of her clients.

Anne Clark
Aged Care Dietitian

Anne graduated from QUT with a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics and believes that food is so much more than just nutrition – it can bring comfort, joy, and evoke memories. But she also understands that food can be used to improve health and well-being. With this in mind, Anne applies evidence-based knowledge to her practice, to ensure the best outcomes for her clients.

Anne has an appreciation for the complexities of the aged care industry and understanding of the needs of the older person. She is passionate about improving their quality of life through her knowledge of the aging process, chronic conditions and nutritional needs of the older person.

Cherie Hugo
Aged Care Dietitian

Dr Cherie Hugo is an accredited practising dietitian with over 20 years of experience consulting to community, healthcare centres, hospitals and aged care organisations across Australia. Dr Hugo founded The Lantern Project in 2013, a national aged care collaboration and action-based research initiative based at Bond University. In 2018, Dr Hugo completed her PhD research centred around quantifying the value of nutrition in aged care. Dr Hugo has translated the research into an industry-endorsed aged care food, nutrition and mealtime experience ratings tool, Epicure. Epicure offers a way for aged care homes to prioritise areas of need within the aged care food, nutrition and mealtime experience and to map this across the 8 Aged Care Quality Standards.