James O. Hill PhD

James O. Hill, Ph.D., an internationally recognized expert in weight management, has been named the chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Nutrition Sciences and director of the UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center. Hill comes to UAB from the University of Colorado, where he was the director of the Colorado Nutrition Obesity Research Center. He was also the Founding Executive Director of the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center. As a researcher for more than 30 years, Hill has published more than 600 scientific articles and delivered lectures around the world about weight management.