• Cromore Road, Coleraine Campus

    BT52 1SA Coleraine

    United Kingdom

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Biography

Alyson Hill is a registered dietitian and currently a senior lecturer in Dietetics at Ulster University. Having graduated from Queen Margaret University Edinburgh she worked as a clinical dietitian specialising in the nutrition education of patients in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. She gained her PhD in 2005 which was completed on dietary assessment studies in pregnant women with and without diabetes in the Belfast Hyperglycaemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Study (HAPO) and Diabetes and Preeclampsia Intervention trial (DAPIT). She is an expert in nutrition education, investigating different aspects on improving nutrition choices in service users. Research has included developing structured education for people with type 2 diabetes and development of educational resources including an infographic aimed at women with gestational diabetes. Within higher education the development of a RCT using social media to increase fruit and vegetable consumption and in secondary schools a peer led study involving dietary behaviours in school canteens.

To date Alyson has supervised 12 PhD students and has published >25 scientific outputs including original and review papers in top ranked journals. She has over 16 years teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level and is course director for MSc Dietetics and also MSc Human Nutrition programmes  

Alyson holds a number of key professional positions both  nationally and internationally, including British Dietetic Association Quality Standards Committee, and also Professional Committee, European Federation of the Association of Dietitians: European Specialist Dietetic network for diabetes. She is Associate Editor of peer reviewed journal: International Journal of Educational Research Open.

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Nutrition

Award Date: 16 Dec 2005

Master, Nutrition

Award Date: 16 Dec 1996

Bachelor, Dietetics, Queen Margaret University

Award Date: 23 Jun 1989

Keywords

  • RZ Other systems of medicine
  • Nutrition
  • Dietetics

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