Laurie Keefer Editor

Dr Simon R. Knowles is a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist based at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. His clinical and research interests relate to the biological and psychological interactions of GI conditions and the brain-gut axis. Dr Knowles has published over 90 articles/book chapters and developed several free online psychological resilience programs for GI conditions.

Dr Laurie Keefer is a GI Psychologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine in NYC. She studies resilience, self-efficacy and optimism in the management of complex GI conditions. She has published over 100 papers and serves on the Board of Directors for the Rome Foundation.

Dr Antonina A. Mikocka-Walus is a GI Psychologist and Associate Professor in Health Psychology at Deakin University, Melbourne. She has published over 100 research papers/book chapters. Her interdisciplinary research has contributed to the recent guidelines on the management of inflammatory bowel disease in Australia, North America and Europe.