Professor Wendy Hall

Biography

Wendy Hall is a Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Head of Department of Nutritional Sciences. Prof Hall completed her MSc Nutrition at King’s College London and her PhD in protein and the regulation of appetite at University of Surrey. Following postdoctoral research positions at both Surrey and Reading universities, she joined King’s College London in 2005. Prof Hall has a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice and teaches on BSc Nutritional Sciences, MSc Nutrition, and MSc Dietetics courses. She is a Registered Nutritionist (Association for Nutrition) and in 2018 she was the recipient of the Faculty Supervisory Excellence award.

Prof Hall's broad research interests relate to the nutritional modulation of lipid metabolism, postprandial glycaemia and lipaemia, inflammation, and vascular function. Specific interests include investigating effects of dietary fatty acids (omega-3 fatty acids, saturated fatty acids), polyphenols, whole dietary patterns, and sleep/diet quality interactions on cardio-metabolic risk markers, and the role of diet in management of skin disorders such as psoriasis and acne, funded through a number of sources including BBSRC, Innovate UK, Almond Board of California, Psoriasis Association and the British Skin Foundation.

She is Deputy Editor for the British Journal of Nutrition, Section Editor for European Journal of Nutrition, and a member of the editorial board of the Nutrition Bulletin. In 2016, Prof Hall received the Nutrition Society’s Silver Medal for her contribution to nutritional science. In 2018 she was appointed to the role of the Nutrition Society’s Theme Leader in Whole Body Metabolism, later Nutrition & Optimum Life Course, and in 2023 she became Honorary Programmes Officer and Trustee of the Nutrition Society