Dr Oliver Witard

Dr. Oliver Witard is a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition at King’s College London. He is also a board member of the Nutrition Society and a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland. Oliver’s research focus is protein nutrition for maximising muscle adaptation to exercise training. His publications focus on establishing the optimal dose, source and timing of dietary protein for muscle recovery and performance in athletes. Other nutrients of interest to Oliver in the context of muscle recovery include omega 3 fatty acids. Recently, Oliver has delivered several invited talks on protein/omega 3 nutrition at international industry events, including the International Whey Protein Conference in Chicago, Bioingredia Health and Nutrition Forum’s on sports nutrition (2017) and healthy ageing (2018) in G’Staad, Bridge to Food in Amsterdam, and Food Matter’s Live in London. Recent invited presentations at academic conferences include FC Barcelona’s inaugural conference for Nutrition in Football, American College of Sports Medicine in Boston, the Royal Society of Medicine conference in London and the International Sport and Exercise Nutrition Conference in Newcastle, all with the theme of protein or omega 3 nutrition for muscle recovery.