Dr Andrew Hill is a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in the Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at Leeds University School of Medicine. He is coordinator of undergraduate teaching in Medical Behavioural Sciences, and is involved in the postgraduate training of Clinical Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists. He is also research supervisor of several postgraduate doctoral students.

In 1988, Dr Hill became an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and he is currently Chairman of the Association for the Study of Obesity and an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Clinical Psychology. He has published over ninety academic journal papers and book chapters, and his research interests relate to nutrition, obesity and eating disorders. Current research activity focuses on the psychology of shape and weight concern in children and adults; self-esteem, self-appraisal and overweight; and food cravings, aversions and appetite control.

Read more about Andy’s research interests and publications at Leeds University’s Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences website: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/psychiatry/staff/hill.htm