Dr Bayes is a clinical nutritionist and researcher who has worked extensively in the health and wellness industry for the past 10 years. She completed her PhD at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Health, researching in the emerging field of nutritional psychiatry. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, in the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, at Southern Cross University. She is continuing her work in nutritional psychiatry, and is developing a program of research that will centre around diet and mental health, aiming to support vulnerable populations with a "food as medicine" approach.