Alyson Hill is a registered dietitian and currently a senior lecturer in Dietetics at Ulster University. She graduated from Queen Margaret University Edinburgh and worked as a clinical dietitian for over 17 years within NHS, specialising in the nutrition education of patients living with diabetes and obesity and in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases before taking up the post as lecturer in Dietetics. She delivers research led teaching where interests include clinical dietetics, nutrition education, health promotion, professional practice, communication and behaviour change. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of educational interventions to promote a healthy lifestyle and nutrition choices across the lifespan, alongside investigating disease risk factors using data obtained from Belfast Hyperglycaemia and Adverse Outcomes Study (HAPO). Examples of research activities in these areas include supporting dietary changesin those living with type 2, gestational diabetes and obesity and also students within secondary school and University settings. This work encompasses designing novel education approaches such as peer led, structured education, collaborative learning and development of tools such as infographics to support behaviour change.

Alyson holds a number of key professional positions in British Dietetic Association where she sits on Professional Committee and also Quality Standards Committee  where she endorses, accredits or validates education and training in dietetics across the UK. She is Associate Editor of peer review journal: International Journal of Educational Research Open.

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 18 years teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level and is course director for MSc Dietetics and also MSc Human Nutrition programmes