Geoff Ball PhD, RD

Geoff Ball completed his BSc in Dietetics at the University of British Columbia in 1995. He then went on to complete a dietetic internship in Capital Health in Edmonton, AB in 1996. After receiving a PhD in Nutrition and Metabolism from University of Alberta in 2002, he completed post-doctoral training in Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 2004.

Geoff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science at the University of Alberta, and the Director of the Pediatric Centre for Weight and Health at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, AB. Currently, his research is supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions, and the Public Health Agency of Canada.