Associate Professor Robert Bryant

Associate Prof Robert Bryant is Head of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease service at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Research Lead at the Basil Hetzel Institute, Chair GESA IBD Faculty, previous Chair Gastroenterology Network of Intestinal Ultrasound (GENIUS), and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide.

Rob undertook a Clinical Fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, after which he completed a Master of Science by Research (MScR) at the University of Oxford in the field of genetics and mucosal immunology in IBD. He thereafter completed a PhD at the University of Adelaide in the area of treatment targets in IBD, for which he was awarded a University Medal.

Rob founded the intestinal ultrasound service at TQEH and coordinates a clinical and translational research program exploring therapeutic manipulation of the microbiome in IBD, both through diet and faecal microbial transplantation. He has been awarded the Michell McGrath Fellowship from The Hospital Research Foundation to pursue microbial manipulation in IBD.