Transforming Gut Health

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Investigating unexplained functional GI disorders

The NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Transforming Gut Health aims to better understand a range of digestive diseases that affect the whole spectrum of the gastrointestinal tract.

About us

The CRE in Transforming Gut Health is dedicated to improving the lives of people suffering from digestive diseases.

We are working hard in the laboratories to:

• better understand these disorders
• identify new ways to diagnose patients
• test novel targeted treatments for these disorders.

We are also developing a toolkit for patients, clinicians and researchers.

Our main aim is to create and implement an evidence-based approach for the management of patients with a range of digestive diseases.

We are funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NMHRC) Centres of Research Excellence program. The Centre was funded as the CRE in Digestive Health from 2020–24 and received renewed funding as the CRE in Transforming Digestive Health from 2024–29.

All our research is focused around four key questions:

1. What are the distinct pathophysiological phenotypes of specific chronic digestive diseases including functional gastrointestinal disorders?
2. What are the knowledge levels, unmet needs and coping strategies of patients with chronic digestive diseases including functional gastrointestinal disorders and how do these relate to phenotypes?
3. What phenotypes and pathologies define responses to therapies and how can they be utilised to improve treatments and clinical trials?
4. How can better subtyping of chronic digestive diseases facilitate patient management and facilitated integrative care?

See our research and publications, and meet our team members