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Zoe is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) working in the epilepsy and neurology service. She has worked in epilepsy and ketogenic diet for nearly 10 years at different centres. She qualified in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from University Wales Institute, Cardiff and recently completed a MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (Paediatrics) from London Southbank University.

She is the dietetic service lead for the neurosciences at GOSH which includes neurology, neurosurgery, neuromuscular and epilepsy services, providing dietary support to children between 0 to 18 years of age. She mainly works within a multidisciplinary team providing the ketogenic diet to paediatric patients who have epilepsy and GLUT1 deficiency. Her ACP role allows her to provide a holistic service to patients and carers throughout their ketogenic diet journey. She works hard to support families to optimise nutrition and achieve appropriate dietary outcomes. She is actively involved in the Ketogenic dietitian’s research network and KETOPAG and is a member of British Dietetic Association Professional Committee.

Brialie is a Clinical Nurse Consultant for Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies and Ketogenic Diet Therapies, caring for both children and adults at Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia. She is also a research nurse at the Epilepsy Research Centre, University of Melbourne. Brialie is part of the Centre of Research Excellence in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies (CRE-DEE) and Co-Chair of the Epilepsy Nurse Special Interest Group of Australasia (ENSIGA). Brialie is passionate about providing equity-based health care and walking with families on their journey.

Brialie has presented at national and international conferences, including presentations at The 6th Global Symposium on Ketogenic Therapies in South Korea and the ILAE Ketogenic Diet Symposium & CME Paediatric Neurology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.

Victoria Whiteley is a Dietitian working in an Advanced Clinical Practitioner role, leading the Ketogenic Diet service at Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital. She has specialised in Ketogenic diet therapy for the last 12 years, supporting children and young people with drug resistant epilepsy and those with underlying neuro metabolic conditions. Her areas of interest include improving the accessibility and palatability of dietary interventions. In addition to her clinical role, she is also involved in research, currently undertaking an NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowship, and is co-Chair of the Ketogenic Dietitians Research Network.

Astrid graduated from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh in 2010 with an honours degree in Dietetics. She began her career working within the adult setting and quickly developed a keen interest for Paediatric Dietetics. She has worked as a Paediatric Dietitian at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH) for the past 11 years within a wide range of clinical specialities. Astrid further specialised within the area of Ketogenic Dietetics and has over 4 years of experience working within the Ketogenic Multidisciplinary Team which now holds capacity for approximately 80 patients.

Astrid has been a site principal investigator and joint principal investigator on three feed acceptability trials during her time at BCH, two of which have been ketogenic specific feeds.

Astrid delivers Ketogenic Teaching and workshops for Dietitians as part of the Paediatric Module 3 “Clinical Dietetics for Infants and Children” British Dietetic Association Course.

Sara has spent the last three and a half years as a Dietetic Assistant at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Originally from Spain, Sara moved to the UK in 2018 in search of a career change and began working with children, which is one of her passions. In 2019, she volunteered at GOSH to assist dietitians before joining the ketogenic team in January 2020 where she has remained since then. Despite her lack of nutrition experience and short time with the GOSH KD team, she quickly established herself as a significant member of the team, assisting children and their families on their ketogenic journey. She also supports many different aspects for both inpatients and outpatients with a huge variety of neurological conditions.

Last year, she started the first apprentice scheme to run in the UK “MSc Dietetics and Leadership” to hopefully become a dietitian at the end of this year. The hopes are to specialise in paediatrics once she graduates. She enjoys working in ketogenics and believes that everyone should have access to this life-changing service. It is amazing to see how changing one’s diet can improve the quality of life for one’s family.

My name is Richard Hallam and I am a dietetic assistant in the ketogenic diet service at Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital. I completed a degree in Human Nutrition at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2012 and following this worked as a healthcare assistant supporting children with neurological disorders, in a residential unit. I became a dietetic assistant in Feb 2022 working initially in a district general hospital but moved to the Childrens hospital in Oct 2022 to work in the ketogenic diet service.

I enjoy my role within the ketogenic diet service and find the impact of the ketogenic diet amazing. It has inspired me to return to university to train as a dietitian and I have been accepted to study dietetics as an apprenticeship with Sheffield Hallam university in partnership with Manchester Foundation Trust. In future hope is that I can be a ketogenic dietitian to support children and young people with drug resistant epilepsy.

My name is Pooja Gumber. I have 8 years of experience working in the Nutrition field as a Registered Dietitian in India and have dealt with a wide spectrum of Paediatric conditions. Whilst living in India I completed my PhD in Nutrition and Dietetics in 2019. I am passionate about children’s nutrition and am keen to progress onto becoming a dietitian in the UK.

I was appointed as a Daisy Garland Dietetic Support Worker at The Birmingham Children’s Hospital in 2022 and will change to the title of Ketogenic Dietetic Assistant in February 2024. I am really enjoying this unique work. This post has given me a great opportunity to support children with drug-resistant epilepsy and their families.