Associate Professor & Interim Chair
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois, United States
Henna Muzaffar earned her doctorate in Nutrition Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012), where she also received post-doctoral training (August 2013 - December 2014). She worked as a Research Coordinator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from January 2015 to May 2018, leading a healthy lifestyle program in 4 schools in Urbana-Champaign. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Nutrition Science from the University of Cincinnati (2002-2005). She completed her dietetic internship at Loyola University (2007) and has been a registered dietitian since January 2008. Currently, she is an Associate Professor and Eating Disorders & Obesity Certificate Facilitator in the School of Health Studies at Northern Illinois University.
Henna Muzaffar specializes in community nutrition and public health research. She has worked with populations of various ages, diverse health and nutrition issues, and in different research settings. She has discovered a niche in conducting obesity related interventions in schools and health disparities research in the community. She is proficient in conducting both qualitative and quantitative research studies. Her health promotion programs are framed within behavioral change theories. She has also been engaged in developing, instructing, and co-teaching community nutrition, research methods, nutrition seminars, and health disparities research courses.
For professional service, she serves as the Chair of the Awards Committee of the Nutrition Education & Behavioral Sciences Research Interest Section of the American Society for Nutrition, Communications Committee Chair for the Nutrition Education for Public Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Nominating Committee chair-elect for the Research Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and Program Committee Member of the West-Suburban Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in Illinois. For community service, she has served as the Outreach Coordinator for a food pantry, Friends of Champaign County Food Pantry since 2016, and on the Board of Directors for Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry since 2019. She is also passionate about community service in her home country, Pakistan, and serves as on the Board of Directors for Human Development Foundation (HDF). HDF is a non-profit organization supporting education, human development, and poverty eradication in Pakistan.
Henna Muzaffar is the recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Friends of Champaign County Food Pantry in March 2018, Early Career Award from the Nutrition Education & Behavioral Science Research Interest Section of the American Society for Nutrition in June 2019, Award of Excellence in Research from Nutrition Education for Public Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in July 2021, and Fisher’s Award for Excellence in Service from Northern Illinois University in August 2022.
Exploring Key Contributors to Behavior Change (Poster Theater Flash Session 4)
Sunday, June 30, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.