Alita has completed her Bachelor of Health Science with a Nutrition major and is undertaking a Master of Philosophy. For the last eight years, she has been working as a clinical nutrition assistant at the Prince Charles Hospital. She has witnessed firsthand the opportunities and challenges associated with working in multidisciplinary teams to provide patient care. With a focus towards improving patient malnutrition care, she is undertaking research to explore the opportunities in delegated models of care within dietitian assistant roles.