Dr Brigid Knight

is an Accredited Practising Dietitian, Credentialled Diabetes Educator and Certified Insulin Pump Trainer.

Brigid consults in the TIPS for Diabetes service as well as Brisbane Endocrine.

Brigid specialises in delivering high quality nutrition therapy and diabetes education using the latest advances in research. Her PhD focus on 'intensive insulin therapy' establishes her a valuable and credible clinician, and enables her to provide cutting-edge and relevant advice on diabetes dietary management and insulin therapy for type 1 and type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes.

Brigid played an integral role at a national level, in introducing structured insulin therapy education to Australia for the first time.

Brigid holds certifications in all advanced diabetes technology systems, particularly hybrid closed loop insulin pumps including:

Medtronic Hybrid Closed Loop insulin Pump
Tandem T-Slim insulin pump with Control IQ technology
Ypsomed Insulin Pump with CamAPS hybrid closed loop
Omnipod 5 Hybrid closed loop pump
All available continuous glucose monitoring systems.

Brigid also provides education on

carbohydrate counting,
flexible insulin dose therapy
optimising nutritional intake
nutrition therapy for non-diabetes medical issues, including kidney disease, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and weight management.

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