Geoff Ball PhD, RD

PROFILE: 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 Assistant 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. He is also a Population Health Investigator with the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) and a New Investigator with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Currently, his research is supported by grants from AHFMR, CIHR, the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation and the Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community-Based Research.

Geoff's research interests include the study of body composition and body fat distribution and their influence on risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in pediatrics with a specific focus on the role of puberty in disease risk. His clinical research involves the design, delivery and evaluation of pediatric weight management programs for overweight children, youth and their families.

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