UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

Faculty Profile

Afifa Tanweer

Acting Chairperson Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Assistant Professor

School of Health Sciences

Department of Nutrition and Dietetics

 : [email protected]     : 7032   

A nutritionist by profession, Dr. Afifa Tanweer has been serving in the fields of academics, research, and health care since 7+ years. She has completed her Doctorate in Food and Nutrition from Govt. College of Home Economics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan in 2022. Her area of research was dietary assessment tool validation. In addition to academic activities, she has an experience of handling several departmental administrative tasks. Her major roles in the current position include academic batch advisor, curriculum design and delivery, assessment planning, conduction and evaluation, research projects supervision, official documentation and departmental enhancement. She is a part of committees (groups) dealing in examination, journal publication, grants and proposal writing, and newsletter publication. She is a research track faculty member and has significant academic and research contribution as a young researcher in her field of expertise.

  • Dietary assessment tools
  • Nutritional epidemiology
  • Nutrition education
  • Qualitative research
  • Tool validation
  • Public health nutrition
  • Systematic review
  • Pedagogy
Name of Organization Designation Start Date End Date
University of Management and Technology, Lahore Teaching fellow (Nutrition & Dietetics) 01-06-2016 01-01-2017
University of Management and Technology, Lahore Lecturer (Nutrition & Dietetics) 02-01-2017 15-11-2022
University of Management and Technology, Lahore Assistant professor (Nutrition & Dietetics) 15-11-2022 Present
Degree Name & Area Year University City,Country
PhD (Food and Nutrition) 2022 College of Home Economics, University of the Punjab Pakistan
MPhil - Food & Nutrition 2016 College of Home Economics, University of the Punjab Pakistan
MSc - Food & Nutrition 2014 College of Home Economics, University of the Punjab Pakistan
Position Start Date End Date
Examination committee member 01-01-2018 Present
Research committee member 01-01-2017 Present
Associate Editor, International Health Review Journal 05-09-2023 Present
Position Start Date End Date
School Newsletter committee member 01-09-2022 Present
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