Rima H. Mashal is an Associate Professor of Experimental Nutrition & Dietetics and a coordinator of Human Nutrition and Dietetics Training Program at the University of Jordan (UJ). She is a faculty member in the Department of Nutrition and Food Technology since 2004-present. She is a member of Institutional Review Board Committee at UJ. She is a former member of the Jordanian Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) Technical Committee for “Dietary Supplements” and “Guidelines for the use of trans fats and partially hydrogenated oils in the food manufacturing”. Dr. Mashal is a member of Jordan Obesity and Metabolomics Study Group (JOMSG), Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research (HMCSR), The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Dr. Rima Mashal earned her B.Sc. in Clinical Nutrition at King Saud 

University, Riyadh, KSA. She completed a one-year Internship in Clinical Nutrition. She graduated summa cum laude with a Ph.D. and MSc. in Experimental Nutrition from Howard University, Washington DC, USA from 1998- 2002. Rima Mashal received the Highest Academic Achievement Award during her graduate studies. 

Dr. Mashal has published over 20 different papers on peer-reviewed international journals, a book entitled “Eating and body image disturbances among adolescent girls in Jordan and a book chapter entitled” Negative Body Image Perception and Associated Attitudes in Females. Supervised and co-supervised over 30 Ph.D. and Master Candidates for their final dissertation and thesis.

Much of her work was focused in the field of clinical nutrition. Dr. Rima is currently working on macronutrient intake and the metabolic and hormonal response and its role in obesity and related complications. She has been working on analyzing trans fatty acids and acrylamide contents of locally produced foods in Jordan and exploring the association of their dietary and serum levels to obesity and associated chronic diseases among children and adults. Much of her work was focused on Homocysteine and BVitamins status and their associations with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cognitive function. Her other interests lie in different subjects in nutritional epidemiology and nutrition and exercise. Part of her work has been in identifying the prevalence and risk factors of eating disorders and body image disturbances among adolescent girls and athletes in Jordan. ​