
Colorectal Cancer
Maintaining an optimal dietary intake and nutritional status is important following a diagnosis of colorectal cancer.
Helping people fight cancer with evidence-based nutrition support.
Nutrition isn’t universal, it’s personal. The role of diet in optimising health is shaped by your genetics, your health history, and your body’s evolving needs over time.
Decades of research have shown that nutritional deficiencies don’t just affect how we feel, they can accelerate aging, damage DNA, and increase disease risk. While our understanding of diet and health has grown, precision nutrition is an underutilised health resource.
That’s where NBRI comes in. We’re advancing the science of personalized nutrition to help prevent disease, improve health outcomes, and support longer, better quality lives via evidence-based research.
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Maintaining an optimal dietary intake and nutritional status is important following a diagnosis of colorectal cancer.

NBRI is investigating the effect of diet on prostate cancer risk and survivorship.

NBRI developed the CAMPUS Study to explore peoples’ reasons for using complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) and what their experiences with them have been.

NBRI will take an innovative look into dietary patterns potentially associated with breast cancer risk and survivorship.
Exciting future research directions.

NBRI will be investigating the potential role of diet in mental health – beyond the micobiome.

A closer look at the interplay between our genetic potential, dietary behaviours and risk of cancer.

NBRI will be examining the biological components underpinning food sensitivities, their prevalence and effects on overall health.
Explore our latest books, research papers, and contributions to the field of nutritional biomedicine.
Join us for a fantastic day of golf, fun and fundraising – all in support of NBRI’s pilot study on colorectal cancer.
Beacon Hills Golf Club 85-87 Stoney Creek Road Beaconsfield Upper
Friday
27
March 2026

NBRI is delighted to welcome Negin Amin, a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, who will be doing an internship with our research team in 2026.

It is with great sadness that we announce the recent passing of NBRI’s much loved and

Maastricht University PhD Student, Iris Boot did a three-month internship at NBRI in 2019 before the pandemic and
Expert articles on nutrition, biomedicine, and healthy living.

Dr Maree Brinkman Research into potential associations between dietary

Dr Maree Brinkman and Rachel Chieng The COVID-19 pandemic

Dr Maree Brinkman A recent article in the Australian
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