Andrew J. Hill finished his undergraduate degree in Psychology in 1979 and went on to complete a PhD at Leeds working with Professor John Blundell.  He joined what was the Department of Psychiatry at Leeds University in 1988 as a Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences. In this role, he developed and coordinated the teaching of psychology and sociology to medical students. He was awarded a personal Chair in 2006 and was Head of the Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences from 2008 to 2017.  Between 1999 and 2005, he was Chair and then past Chair of the UK Association for the Study of Obesity. He is currently an Honorary Professor at The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition Exercise & Eating Disorders, Sydney University School of Medicine. He is also a board member of a number of academic journals and a core member of English and Welsh research funding committees.