Hayley Cullen-Xiang, APD

I originally trained as a microbiologist, with an absolute fascination in all of the amazing microbial bugs in our world. I then worked as a medical researcher and laboratory manager for a number of years, mainly in the brain development field, researching early neurogenesis in the womb onwards.

I was always interested in the "bench-to-bedside" process, i.e. translating discoveries into real world impact. However, commercialisation of medical discoveries is often focused on cure rather than prevention in the first place.

I went back to university to do my Masters, retraining as an Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD), so that I could help to directly bridge the gap between the science and our health.

BFF Nutrition and Hungry Bubbasaurs were created to be PROACTIVE, rather than waiting to react to someone’s health condition only at the “bedside”! This is by helping people build (or rebuild) solid nutrition foundations, to improve and optimise lifelong wellbeing.