Overview
Background
Dr Jaimon Kelly is a consultant Accredited Practising Dietitian and Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Online Health, and one of Australia's and the world's leading experts in digital and telehealth-delivered nutrition care for chronic disease.
He holds a PhD in technology-supported lifestyle interventions and leads a research program that established the international evidence standard for telehealth-delivered nutrition care. His work has changed what is recommended internationally, what is funded and practised nationally, and how equitably digital nutrition care reaches the community.
Dr Kelly led the dietetics profession's first national telehealth position statement for Dietitians Australia and the national evaluation of dietetic telehealth under Medicare, and his research has been embedded in routine care, professional guidance and health policy in Australia and internationally. He was recognised with a University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor's Award for Early Career Research Excellence and, in 2024, a UQ Foundation for Research Excellence Award for promoting telehealth equity and innovation.
He works in private practice, primarily providing professional consultancy services for kidney nutrition, and also consults in cardiovascular disease and diabetes. You can learn more about his private practice here - https://www.mynutritionclinic.com.au/home/jaimon-kelly/
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research sits at the intersection of nutrition, health service delivery and digital health, and asks how technology can make high-quality, patient-centred nutrition care both effective and equitable for people living with complex chronic conditions.
My interests are in 1) Nutrition and dietetics, primarily diet quality and methods to improve it in people with chronic kidney disease and other complex chronic conditions; 2) Health service delivery, focused on models of care that move evidence into routine practice and funding; and 3) Digital health, specifically preparing the workforce, co-designing and testing technology-assisted lifestyle interventions, and building digital health trust, literacy and equity of access. A consistent thread across this work is simplifying nutrition communication for clinicians and for people living with chronic conditions, so that digital nutrition care reaches everyone, including culturally and linguistically diverse communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Availability
- Dr Jaimon Kelly is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania
- Doctor of Philosophy, Bond University
Research impacts
Dr Kelly's research established the international evidence standard for telehealth-delivered nutrition care. His seminal systematic review and meta-analysis of telehealth-delivered dietary interventions in chronic disease became one of the systematic reviews underpinning the United States Community Preventive Services Task Force recommendation that comprehensive telehealth interventions be used to improve diet in adults with chronic disease. That recommendation is disseminated nationally through the US Community Guide, Healthy People 2030 and CDC chronic-disease and diabetes resources, placing his synthesis at the centre of US national prevention guidance. The same body of work has informed OECD health working papers, and has attracted 17 invited editorials and commentaries on these topics and best-paper awards in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare.
He separately conceived and led the first multinational meta-analysis of modifiable lifestyle factors for chronic kidney disease prevention, drawing on 104 studies and more than 2.7 million participants. This established the first evidence base for lifestyle-based primary prevention of chronic kidney disease and is cited in the 2024 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline, where his analyses underpin its dietary recommendations.
His recent work extends this impact to equity and access. He has led national work improving telehealth access for culturally and linguistically diverse communities, senior-authored and mentored the development of an Indigenous strengths-based framework for nutrition and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with kidney disease, and contributed to virtual emergency department models that reduce unnecessary presentations.
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Association between disordered eating and clinical outcomes following a surgical or endoscopic bariatric procedure: a real‐world exploratory study
Spry, Georgia, McIntosh, Ashleigh, Gadd, Nicola, Martin, Zoe, Fear‐Keen, Brianna, Hoult, Jennifer, Maimone, Isabella R., Jones, Patrice, Kelly, Jaimon and Marshall, Skye (2023). Association between disordered eating and clinical outcomes following a surgical or endoscopic bariatric procedure: a real‐world exploratory study. Obesity Science and Practice, 9 (6), 590-600. doi: 10.1002/osp4.691
2023
Other Outputs
Wide Bay Hospital and Health Services Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services: Evaluation Report
Thomas, Emma E., Gallegos-Rejas, Victor M., Kelly, Jaimon T., Taylor, Monica, Bramley, Wesley and Slack, Angela (2023). Wide Bay Hospital and Health Services Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services: Evaluation Report. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Centre for Online Health.
2023
Journal Article
Effectiveness of dietary interventions delivered by digital health to adults with chronic conditions: systematic review and meta‐analysis
Barnett, Amandine, Wright, Charlene, Stone, Christine, Ho, Nikki Nok Yin, Adhyaru, Pooja, Kostjasyn, Sarah, Hickman, Ingrid J., Campbell, Katrina L., Mayr, Hannah L. and Kelly, Jaimon T. (2023). Effectiveness of dietary interventions delivered by digital health to adults with chronic conditions: systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 36 (3), 632-656. doi: 10.1111/jhn.13125
2023
Journal Article
A mixed‐method study to inform the development and implementation of eHealth in a bariatric surgery service in an Australian public hospital
Wright, Charlene, Kelly, Jaimon T., Campbell, Katrina L., Healy, Rebecca, Musial, Jane and Hamilton, Kyra (2023). A mixed‐method study to inform the development and implementation of eHealth in a bariatric surgery service in an Australian public hospital. Nutrition and Dietetics, 80 (4), 425-434. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12812
2023
Journal Article
Artificial intelligence: augmenting telehealth with large language models
Snoswell, Centaine L., Snoswell, Aaron J., Kelly, Jaimon T., Caffery, Liam J. and Smith, Anthony C. (2023). Artificial intelligence: augmenting telehealth with large language models. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 31 (1), 1357633X2311690-154. doi: 10.1177/1357633x231169055
2023
Journal Article
Cost-effectiveness of telehealth-delivered nutrition interventions: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Kelly, Jaimon T., Law, Lynette, De Guzman, Keshia R., Hickman, Ingrid J., Mayr, Hannah L., Campbell, Katrina L., Snoswell, Centaine L. and Erku, Daniel (2023). Cost-effectiveness of telehealth-delivered nutrition interventions: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Nutrition Reviews, 81 (12), 1599-1611. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuad032
2023
Journal Article
How do consumers prefer their care delivered: In-person, telephone or videoconference?
Snoswell, Centaine L., Haydon, Helen M., Kelly, Jaimon T., Thomas, Emma E., Caffery, Liam J. and Smith, Anthony C. (2023). How do consumers prefer their care delivered: In-person, telephone or videoconference?. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 30 (10), 1357633X231160333-1562. doi: 10.1177/1357633x231160333
2023
Journal Article
Are digital health technologies and models of nutrition care the future of CKD management?
Kelly, Jaimon T., Jegatheesan, Dev K., Dawson, Jessica, Barnett, Amandine, Khor, Ban-Hock, Chang, Alex R., Carrero, Juan-Jesus and Campbell, Katrina L. (2023). Are digital health technologies and models of nutrition care the future of CKD management?. Journal of Renal Nutrition, 33 (6), S80-S87. doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2023.02.004
2023
Conference Publication
Patients’ acceptability of a suite of imposed and self-selected technology to assist with lifestyle behaviour change in complex chronic conditions: Mixed methods study
Barnett, Amandine, Hickman, Ingrid J., De Camargo Catapan, Soraia, Brown, Riley, Jegatheesan, Dev, Mayr, Hannah L., Conley, Marguerite, Webb, Lindsey, Staudacher, Heidi M., Macdonald, Graeme A., Burton, Nicola W., Keating, Shelley E., Coombes, Jeff S., Campbell, Katrina L., Isbel, Nikky and Kelly, Jaimon T. (2023). Patients’ acceptability of a suite of imposed and self-selected technology to assist with lifestyle behaviour change in complex chronic conditions: Mixed methods study. BEST Conference on Human Behaviour and Decision Making, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2-3 February 2023.
2022
Journal Article
‘We work in silos’: Exploring clinicians' perspectives on the dietary management of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes in an Australian public hospital and community health service
Mayr, Hannah L., Savill, Holly, Law, Lynette, Campbell, Katrina L., Hill, Jan, Palmer, Michelle, Hickman, Ingrid J. and Kelly, Jaimon T. (2022). ‘We work in silos’: Exploring clinicians' perspectives on the dietary management of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes in an Australian public hospital and community health service. Nutrition and Dietetics, 80 (3), 307-319. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12789
2022
Conference Publication
Telehealth utilisation in a diverse region in Queensland, Australia: A cross-sectional study
Gallegos-Rejas, Victor M., Kelly, Jaimon T., Lucas, Karen, Snoswell, Centaine L., Haydon, Helen M., Pager, Sue, Smith, Anthony C. and Thomas, Emma (2022). Telehealth utilisation in a diverse region in Queensland, Australia: A cross-sectional study. Successes and Failures in Telehealth Conference 2022 (SFT-2022), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 November 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Digital health experiences reported in chronic disease management: An umbrella review of qualitative studies
Taylor, Monica, Thomas, Emma, Marx, Wolfgang, Vitangcol, Kathryn and Kelly, Jaimon (2022). Digital health experiences reported in chronic disease management: An umbrella review of qualitative studies. Successes and Failures in Telehealth Conference 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 November 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Telehealth utilisation in a diverse region in Queensland, Australia: A cross-sectional study
Gallegos-Rejas, Victor M., Kelly, Jaimon T., Lucas, Karen, Snoswell, Centaine L., Haydon, Helen M., Pager, Sue, Smith, Anthony C. and Thomas, Emma (2022). Telehealth utilisation in a diverse region in Queensland, Australia: A cross-sectional study. Successes and Failures in Telehealth Conference 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 November 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Patient experience with telehealth in 2021 and their preferences for in person, telephone and videoconference
Snoswell, Centaine L., Haydon, Helen M., Kelly, Jaimon, Thomas, Emma, Caffery, Liam and Smith, Anthony (2022). Patient experience with telehealth in 2021 and their preferences for in person, telephone and videoconference. The Successes and Failures in Telehealth (SFT) Conference 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 November 2022. Australian Telehealth Society.
2022
Conference Publication
Economic evaluation of the Statewide Specialist Palliative Rural Telehealth (SPaRTa) Service
Snoswell, Centaine L., Smith, Anthony, Grove, Graham, Broadbent, Andrew, Caffery, Liam, Thomas, Emma, Kelly, Jaimon and Haydon, Helen (2022). Economic evaluation of the Statewide Specialist Palliative Rural Telehealth (SPaRTa) Service. The Successes and Failures in Telehealth (SFT) Conference 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 November 2022. Australian Telehealth Society.
2022
Journal Article
Digital health experiences reported in chronic disease management: An umbrella review of qualitative studies
Taylor, Monica L., Thomas, Emma E., Vitangcol, Kathryn, Marx, Wolfgang, Campbell, Katrina L., Caffery, Liam J., Haydon, Helen M., Smith, Anthony C. and Kelly, Jaimon T. (2022). Digital health experiences reported in chronic disease management: An umbrella review of qualitative studies. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 28 (10), 705-717. doi: 10.1177/1357633x221119620
2022
Journal Article
The effect of diet and exercise interventions on body composition in liver cirrhosis: a systematic review
Johnston, Heidi E., Takefala, Tahnie G., Kelly, Jaimon T., Keating, Shelley E., Coombes, Jeff S., Macdonald, Graeme A., Hickman, Ingrid J. and Mayr, Hannah L. (2022). The effect of diet and exercise interventions on body composition in liver cirrhosis: a systematic review. Nutrients, 14 (16) 3365, 1-28. doi: 10.3390/nu14163365
2022
Conference Publication
‘We work in silos’: Clinicians' perspectives of dietary service provision for diabetes and heart disease
Mayr, Hannah, Savill, Holly, Law, Lynette, Campbell, Katrina, Hill, Jan, Palmer, Michelle, Hickman, Ingrid and Jaimon Kelly (2022). ‘We work in silos’: Clinicians' perspectives of dietary service provision for diabetes and heart disease. Dietitians Australian 2022 Conference Be Bold, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 14–16 August 2022. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2022
Conference Publication
Nutrition information sought on a bariatric surgery online forum
Wright, Charlene, Syiem, Brandon, Kelly, Jaimon, Campbell, Katrina and Hamilton, Kyra (2022). Nutrition information sought on a bariatric surgery online forum. Dietitians Australian 2022 Conference Be Bold, Adelaide, SA Australia, 14–16 August 2022. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley and Sons.
2022
Conference Publication
Are telehealth-delivered diet and exercise interventions cost-effective? A systematic review
Law, Lynette, Kelly, Jaimon, Savill, Holly, Wallen, Matthew, Hickman, Ingrid, Erku, Daniel and Mayr, Hannah (2022). Are telehealth-delivered diet and exercise interventions cost-effective? A systematic review. Dietitians Australian 2022 Conference Be Bold, Adelaide, SA Australia, 14–16 August 2022. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley and Sons.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Jaimon Kelly is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Improving digital health literacy in chronic disease management
This PhD program will determine and improve the digital health literacy of patients and the health professional workforce working in chronic diseases in tertiary centres in Queensland. This will involve the design and validation of a digital health literacy instrument for these populations, and an Australian first evaluation of digital health literacy of the chronic condition demographic which can guide decision makers and program implementers moving forward.
This PhD will culminate in the development and pilot implementation of evidence-based and end-user-centred training and education materials, in the health service, to improve the delivery of effective, safe, and quality virtual care chronic condition services.
Information on applying for a PhD, including entry requirements, scholarships, and fees can be found on the UQ webpage for future students https://future-students.uq.edu.au/study/programs/doctor-philosophy-7501
Contact Dr Jaimon Kelly for further information.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing Artificial Intelligence Capabilities in Health Professional Education: A Dietetics-Led Model for Allied Health
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Oliver Canfell
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Doctor Philosophy
Virtually delivered dietary and lifestyle behaviour change support for people living with irritable bowel syndrome in Australia
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Making Obesity Management Accessible to All Young Adults: An AI-Powered, Nurse-Led Digital Health Intervention
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Soraia De Camargo Catapan
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation of digital health models of nutrition care for chronic conditions in outpatient settings
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ingrid Hickman, Dr Katrina Campbell
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2026
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the equity of access to telehealth and developing strategies to reduce the digital divide
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Smith, Dr Emma Thomas
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2024
Master Philosophy
Exploring stakeholder perceptions of an innovative digital model of diabetes care
Associate Advisor
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