Dr. Yasmine Probst is an Associate Professor with the School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences at the University of Wollongong and Research Fellow at the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute. She holds dual Masters degrees in Dietietics and Health Informatics and is recognised as an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian with Dietitians Australia and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute for Digital Health. Yasmine holds a current Senior Research fellowship with MS Australia. As a person living with MS, her research and teaching focuses on nutrition for people living with MS.
This webinar is presented by Dr. Heather Francis who will present her research into nutrition and MS. She investigates the effects of nutrition on brain function and factors related to cognitive fatigue in people living with multiple sclerosis.
This webinar will leave you with a better understanding of what a healthy diet looks like for someone with MS, presented by Dr. Yasmine Probst. She will dispel some common misconceptions about nutrition and MS.
Dr Wolfgang Marx, a researcher at Deakin University updates us on the progress of his research into the effect of gut bacteria on symptoms and progression of MS. Of particular interest to Wolf is the role of polyphenols – compounds found abundantly in spices, fruits, and vegetables – in multiple sclerosis and the gut microbiome.
