Henna Budhwani (PhD 2012) is a Professor in the Florida State University (FSU) College of Nursing.

She holds adjunct appointments in the UAB School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Organization and UAB School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine

At FSU, Dr. Budhwani leads the Intervention Research and Implementation Science (IRIS) lab. As an Implementation Scientist and sociobehavioral interventionist, Dr. Budhwani conducts studies to address the causes and consequences of disparities among stigmatized populations that experience adverse health outcomes in resource-constrained settings. Dr. Budhwani's research is informed by sociological constructs, guided by human rights frameworks, and adopts a multidimensional view of how to address public health and clinical care inequities. As a community-engaged health equity scholar, she has conducted studies with a range of underserved populations, such as adolescents and emerging adults, pregnant women, sexual minority men, transgender women, and minoritized racial and ethnic populations in the United States and abroad across Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa.

Her scientific area of interest include: mHealth and sociobehavioral intervention research, implementation science, pragmatic and innovative clinical trial design, stigma reduction, and promotion of preventive health.

Dr. Budhwani was awarded her PhD from the UAB Medical Sociology program in December 2012. Her departmental committee members were Drs. Shelia Cotten (Committee Chair, as of 01/2023 is Associate Vice President for Research Development, Clemson University), William Cockerham (Member, now Emeritus Professor, UAB), and Belinda Needham (Member, as of 01/2023 is Chair and Associate Professor, University of Michigan).