Dr Karly Bartrim is a Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics who is deeply passionate about improving the lives of older people through quality food and nutrition care. Her PhD used multi-methods to explore the dietitian workforce in aged care. As an ECR, she has experience with both mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative methods. Karly has designed, conducted (interviews, focus groups, surveys, observational research and co-design), published her research in high-quality journals and presented at national and international conferences. Her research spans three areas 1) nutrition interventions for healthy ageing and quality of life, 2) aged care systems, models of care, reform, and policy, and 3) dietetic curriculum and workforce. Karly has a background working as a dietitian with older adults in Community and Residential Aged Care and personally assisted loved ones navigating the aged care sector, which provides an informed and impactful approach to her research.