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Cromore Road, Coleraine Campus
BT52 1SA Coleraine
United Kingdom
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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.
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):
PhD, Nutrition
Award Date: 16 Dec 2005
Master, Nutrition
Award Date: 16 Dec 1996
Bachelor, Dietetics, Queen Margaret University
Award Date: 23 Jun 1989
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review