Dr Sue Shepherd is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian with fourteen years experience, has coeliac disease herself and in 2008 completed her PhD research into aspects of fructose malabsorption, coeliac disease, low FODMAP diets and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.  Sue developed the “low FODMAP diet” for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.  She has graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Health Promotion and post graduate Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics.  Her expertise is recognised internationally and she has won numerous awards including the Dietitians Association of Australia Annual Award for Achievement for outstanding contribution to the profession and Douglas Piper Young Investigator Award from the Gastroenterological Society of Australia.