Dr Kevin Walsh is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London, where he leads the MSc Dietetics programme.

Trained as a clinical dietitian, Kevin specialised in nutrition support for people with long-term neurological conditions before moving into global health research and education.

His doctoral and postdoctoral research, based at Imperial College London and conducted in East Africa, explored the interactions between diet, gut microbiota and host metabolism in children with severe anaemia and malnutrition. He has led two randomised controlled trials (the MIMBLE studies) evaluating the use of legume-enriched feeds to support recovery and gut health in children with severe acute malnutrition.

His current focus is education, where he teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in nutrition and dietetics, leading on curriculum design for MSc Dietetics. His work in inclusive education has been recognised through shortlisting for King’s Education Awards and winning the Faculty Award for Inclusive Education in 2023. He holds a PGCert in Clinical Education, is a Fellow of Advance HE, and contributes nationally as an external examiner.