Dr Gwendalyn Webb is a speech pathology clinician and researcher with over 30 years of experience in working with children and families to enhance the communication skills of young children.

Gwendalyn is passionate about building awareness and skills in community about speech pathology, particularly the importance and life-long benefits of early communication development.

She has been fortunate to have collaborated with diverse people and communities and is committed to exploring culturally safe and equitable access to allied health services.

Her work has identified a link between a specific alteration in the small intestinal microbiota and activation of the immune system in these patients, representing a potential diagnostic test to replace the current symptom-based diagnostic process for FD. In addition, her work aimed to characterise the immune cell populations that are altered between FD patients and a control cohort, with the aim of distinguishing specific mechanisms driving disease.