Lisa Waddell qualified as a dietitian in 1989 and was awarded her PhD on nutrition in children with chronic renal insufficiency in 2002. She moved into the community in 2001 as an NHS paediatric dietitian and has since specialised in food allergy, particularly relating to early recognition and diagnosis of allergy. Lisa has jointly produced the document ‘Guidance on the management of lactose intol
erance and cow’s milk protein allergy and the prescription of specialised infant formula’ for Nottinghamshire Area Prescribing Committee and is currently a key member of the commissioned Nottingham food allergy care pathway development group. She is currently developing an online allergy assessment tool for patients on her FANS website, which will be validated through research. Lisa was a member of the NICE food allergy guidelines group (2010), a member of the RCPCH food allergy care pathway working group (2010) and was awarded the Education for Health Allergy degree module in 2011. She was invited to join the Allergy UK Health Advisory Board in 2013. Lisa is a member of the BDA Food Allergy and Intolerance Group and was lead author of the BDA Cow’s milk free diet sheet. She is also a member of the Primary Care group of the BSACI and has presented at the BSACI annual conference in 2013 & 2014
