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Personal profile
Biography
I am an Associate Professor and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow (2020-2025) at Monash University, Melbourne. I am responsible for the strategic development and leadership of the Critical Care Nutrition Program at the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC). After 12 years in critical care nutrition research, I completed my PhD in 2018 titled “Clinical and functional consequences of energy provided by nutrition in critically ill adults”. My research interests include understanding energy requirements across the hospitalisation period, including the clinical application of indirect calorimetry, as well as the effect of optimal nutrition delivery on short and long-term outcomes in ICU patients. I also continue to practice as a clinical dietitian in the ICU at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne where I have worked for 19 years.
My leadership and research potential has been recognised internationally (European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Early Career Faculty (2019-2023)), nationally (2011 Churchill Fellowship and 2019 Finalist for Dietitian of the Year), at the state level (2019 Finalist Victorian Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research) and locally within Monash University via a Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Advancing Women’s Success Grant and an Early Career Publication Prize. I have international and national recognition as a critical care dietitian (listed as a Top 1% international expert on Energy Intake, Enteral Nutrition, Feeding Methods, Nutrition Therapy, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Nutritional Support, Parenteral Nutrition and Critical Care on Expertscape) and have delivered 85 invited presentations (including 7 keynote/plenary and 41 internationally), authored >110 publications (including in the New England Journal of Medicine and invited commentaries in The Lancet), served as an invited member on multiple conference organising committees and grant review panels (including for the NHMRC) and been the recipient of $11.3 million dollars of research funding with the various teams I work with, including an investigator initiated industry grant of $2.5 million as a CIA for follow up work which relates to my PhD (NCT03292237). I was recently awarded a 2022 MRFF Clinician Researchers: Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health grant of $1.49 million titled "A national platform for improving quality of nutrition care for critically ill adults and children".
I am passionate about contributing to the development of others from all disciplines and serve as the immediate past chair after being the inaugural Chair of the Novice Investigator Group within the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group.
Further details about the Nutrition Program at the ANZIC-RC can be found at https://www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/anzicrc/research/anzic-rc-nutrition-program
Media and podcasts:
Podcasts
- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS), Meet the Experts series, August 2022. https://www.anzics.com.au/anzics-presents-meet-the-experts-podcast-series-dr-emma-ridley-august-2022/
- The Critical Care Practitioner (UK), May 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osXAs4azMB4&ab_channel=JonathanDownham
- Mastering Intensive Care with Andrew Davies October 2021. https://masteringintensivecare.libsyn.com/episode-69-emma-ridley-advocacy-communication-and-leadership-as-an-icu-dietitian
- Healthy Conversations with Omy Naidoo, October 2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/mm/podcast/s2-e10-nutritional-intake-post-icu-dr-emma-ridley-aus/id1518321177?i=1000537396028
- Healthy Conversations with Omy Naidoo, June 2020. https://anchor.fm/omy6/episodes/Omy-Naidoo-Chats-to-Dr-Emma-Ridley--Senior-Research-Fellow-at-Monash-University-efsg42
- Post-ICU nutrition: what you need to know. Presented for Dietitian Connection, May 2020; https://dietitianconnection.com/podcasts/post-icu-nutrition/
- Critically ill nutrition requirements. Presented for Dietitian Connection, 2019; https://dietitianconnection.com/podcasts/podcasts-journalclub/critically-ill-nutrition-requirements/
- Critical to Your Success with A/Prof Rachael Parke; https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-jh3u6-6c3285f?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share
- A podcast of the presentation I gave at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art Meeting in London in December 2018 can be viewed at; https://icspodcast.libsyn.com/top-5-nutrition-studies-emma-ridley
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Senior Dietitian/Grade 4 Dietitian, Alfred Hospital
Feb 2018 → …
Weekend Dietitian, Alfred Hospital
2014 → 2017
Senior Dietitian/Grade 4 Dietitian, Alfred Hospital
2012 → 2014
Clinical Dietitian, Alfred Hospital
2005 → 2012
Research area keywords
- Nutrition
- intensive care
- dietetics
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A national platform for improving quality of nutrition care for critically ill adults and children
Ridley, E. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Peake, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Marshall, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Udy, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hodgson, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nichol, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ayton, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chapple, L.-A. S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Freeman-Sanderson, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tatucu, O. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bailey, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Butt, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fetterplace, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), King, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Winderlich, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Higgins, L. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ferrie, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Haines, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Elliott, A. L. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Doola, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Williams, P. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia), Central Adelaide Local Health Network Incorporated (CALHN) (South Australia), Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service, Alfred Hospital, Western Health, Cabrini Health Limited, Gold Coast Health Service DIstrict, Children's Health Queensland, Mackay Base Hospital, Metro South Hospital and Health Service (Queensland), Monash Children's Hospital, Royal Darwin Hospital, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital
1/08/23 → 31/07/27
Project: Research
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Augmenting dietary protein during critical illness: A cluster randomised cross-sectional double cross-over clinical trial
Deane, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Presneill, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bellomo, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Karahalios, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tran-Duy, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Young, P. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Peake, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chapman, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chapple, L.-A. S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Ridley, E. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
1/05/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Generation of high quality, clinically relevant knowledge to inform global nutrition practice during critical illness
Ridley, E. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/20 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Improving the quality of evidence in nutrition during recovery from critical illness
Ridley, E. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/26 → 31/12/30
Project: Research
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Nutrition Practices Across Hospitalisation in Adult Patients requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Australia and New Zealand- A National, Registry Embedded, Prospective Cohort Study
Ferguson, C. E., Tatucu, O., Hodgson, C. & Ridley, E.
1/06/22 → 29/02/24
Project: Research
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Dietary assessment methods for measurement of oral intake in acute care and critically ill hospitalized patients: a scoping review
Ferguson, C. E., Tatucu-Babet, O. A., Amon, J. N., Chapple, L. A. S., Malacria, L., Htoo, I. M., Hodgson, C. L. & Ridley, E. J. (Leading Author), Jun 2025, In: Nutrition Research Reviews. 38, 1, p. 81-94 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Nutrition delivery during hospitalisation after critical illness in Australia and New Zealand: a multicentre, prospective observational study
Ridley, E. J., Ainscough, K., Bailey, M., Baskett, R., Bone, A., Campbell, L., Capel, E., Chapple, L. A., Cheng, A., Deane, A. M., Doola, R., Ferrie, S., Fetterplace, K., Gilder, E., Higgins, A. M., Hodgson, C. L., King, V., Marshall, A. P., Nichol, A. & Peake, S. & 7 others, , Feb 2025, In: Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 38, 1, 14 p., e13385.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Nutrition in Critical Care—Where Are We Now?
Wischmeyer, P. E. & Ridley, E. J., Apr 2025, In: Critical Care Clinics. 41, 2, p. xv - xvii 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
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Rethinking energy and protein provision for critically ill patients
Stoppe, C., Ridley, E. J. & Lee, Z. Y., Jan 2025, In: Intensive Care Medicine. 51, 1, p. 167–170 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
The impact of a tailored nutrition intervention delivered for the duration of hospitalisation on daily energy delivery for patients with critical illness (INTENT): a phase II randomised controlled trial
Ridley, E. J., Bailey, M., Chapman, M. J., Chapple, L. A. S., Deane, A. M., Gojanovic, M., Higgins, A. M., Hodgson, C. L., King, V. L., Marshall, A., Miller, E. G., McGuinness, S. P., Parke, R. L., Paul, E., Udy, A. A. & The Australian, New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group, 6 Jan 2025, In: Critical Care. 29, 1, 13 p., 8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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2018 AMREP Early-Mid Career Best Paper Award
Ridley, E. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best new project presentation- honourable mention
Ridley, E. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ESPEN Early Career Faculty Award
Ridley, Emma (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Finalist- Australian Allied Health Awards- Dietitian of the Year
Ridley, Emma (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
- 2 Editorial responsibility
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Australian Critical Care (Journal)
Emma Ridley (Associate editor)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Clinical Nutrition ESPEN (Journal)
Emma Ridley (Associate editor)
2019 → 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Press/Media
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Post-ICU nutrition: what you need to know
1/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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Healthy Conversations with Omy Naidoo
1/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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Critically ill nutrition requirements
1/10/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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Critical to Your Success with A/Prof Rachael Parke
1/06/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts