Red X iconGreen tick iconYellow tick icon

Dr Catherine WallHonorary Senior Research Fellow

NZRD PhD

Email catherine.wall@otago.ac.nz

Catherine Wall is an expert inflammatory bowel disease dietitian at Christchurch Hospital and Health Research Council Clinical Practitioner Research Fellow (2025-2029).

Catherine registered as a dietitian in 2003 and later completed a PhD (2017) investigating nutritional therapy for adults with Crohn’s disease. She undertook postdoctoral training at King’s College London contributing to the first British Dietetic Association dietary management of IBD guidelines and developed an IBD specific nutrition self-screening tool for outpatient setting. Catherine is a previous Dietitians of European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation committee member and current convenor of the Gastroenterology special interested group of Dietitians NZ.

Catherine leads research investigating the nutrition and dietary management for adults with IBD and nutrition perioperative care of people undergoing bowel cancer treatment. Catherine supervises masters' and PhD candidates.

Research interests

  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Bowel cancer
  • Perioperative nutrition optimisation
  • Improving patient access to nutrition and dietary treatments
  • Chronic disease related fatigue

Publications

Fergus, C., Wall, C., Rose, S., Meier, R., & De Bock, M. (2026). Dietary assessment in automated insulin delivery studies: A scoping review of methods and reporting practices. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) Annual Scientific Meeting. (pp. 35). Retrieved from https://www.nzssd.org.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Chen, J., Fergus, C. A., & Wall, C. L. (2026). Carbohydrate knowledge and perspectives of inpatients and ward nurses after implementation of a carbohydrate-counted hospital menu. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) Annual Scientific Meeting. (pp. 19). Retrieved from https://www.nzssd.org.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Yap, J. M., Wall, C. L., Meredith-Jones, K., Iosua, E., Osborne, H., & Schultz, M. (2026). A randomised controlled trial comparing the effects of personalised diet and physical activity intervention versus usual care on cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with inactive inflammatory bowel disease. Nutrients, 18(5), 785. doi: 10.3390/nu18050785 Journal - Research Article

Maggo, J., Ng, H. M., Bayer, S. B., Wall, C. L., Hoad, C. L., Marciani, L., … Conner, T., Frampton, C., … Roy, N. C., & Gearry, R. B. (2026). Normalization of gastrointestinal symptoms in adults with constipation with daily green kiwifruit consumption: Protocol for an open-label intervention study. JMIR Research Protocols, 15, e75286. doi: 10.2196/75286 Journal - Research Other

O'Brien, L., Wall, C., Wilkinson, T. J., Frampton, C., & Gearry, R. B. (2025). Laxative use and chronic diarrhoea in older adults living in residential care. Nutrition & Dietetics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.70060 Journal - Research Article

Back to top