Isobel Bowe

Isobel Bowe is Lead Oncology Dietitian at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Nutrition and Biochemistry and a Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics, and has more than 25 years’ experience supporting people with cancer. She has worked with people with a wide range of tumour types and has particular interests in head and neck cancers and palliative care nutrition.

Isobel was appointed the UK’s first Marie Curie Dietitian and established a dedicated dietetic service at the Marie Curie Hospice in Newcastle, providing specialist nutritional support for people in the later stages of cancer. More than 15 years ago, she founded the North-East Oncology Dietitians’ Group, which connects oncology dietitians throughout the region and supports continuing professional development and shared learning. She has chaired the group since it began. She also regularly leads educational sessions at regional nutrition conferences and is a Dietetic Outcome Lead for her department.

Isobel’s research includes a joint audit with speech and language therapy colleagues examining functional, nutritional, and swallowing outcomes among people with head and neck cancer receiving hypofractionated palliative radiotherapy. She has also contributed to published research on tube feeding in head and neck cancer and nutritional care in palliative settings.