Andrew P Hills BEd, PhD, FASMF, AEP

Andrew is a prominent educator, exercise physiologist and international expert on physical activity and obesity. Until 2011, he was Professor of Energy Metabolism at QUT then Professor of Allied Health Research, Mater Research Institute – UQ. In 2016, he returned to the University of Tasmania as Director – Research Development, Faculty of Health. He has completed numerous projects with the World Health Organisation (WHO), International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was the first non-medical President of the Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS). In addition to his broader contributions to the field of physical activity and health plus exercise and obesity, Andrew has a passion for work with mothers and young children. This includes the challenge of improving the health status of young women prior to conception and during pregnancy for better maternal and child health outcomes.