Long Li

Long joined the University of Surrey in October 2021 as a Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, focusing on teaching and scholarship. He is involved in teaching nutrition and dietetic modules across level 4 to level 7.

Before his role at the University of Surrey, Long worked in the National Health Service (NHS) as a Highly Specialist Dietitian with significant experience in acute dietetics. He has worked across many specialities, but particularly in head and neck oncology and acute medicine. He has significant experience in complex nutrition support, including enteral and parenteral feeding. During the pandemic, he provided dietetic care to Covid-19 patients in the critical care unit.

Long also held leadership responsibilities within his NHS role. He led the oncology team and co-led the medical team of the dietetic department in one of the hospitals in London, providing clinical and professional supervision to dietitians. He was the Pre-registration Clinical Training Lead and Enteral Feeding Lead for Nutrition and Dietetics in the hospital, responsible for clinical governance related to enteral feeding and dietetic student training, such as auditing services, service improvement, and development of clinical guidelines and dietitian competencies. 

Long is actively involved in professional networks and has sat on a few British Dietetic Association (BDA) Specialist Groups Committees, including the BDA Gastroenterology Specialist Group, the BDA Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Specialist Group and the BDA Oncology Group.  He is currently the Treasurer of the BDA Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Specialist Group, and the Education, Training and Research Officer of the BDA Oncology Group Head and Neck Sub-group.

Long has a particular pedagogic research interest in the professional development of students and how higher education could contribute to such development.