Sofiya Alhassan (born July 6, 1974) is a Ghanaian-American kinesiologist and academic administrator who researches community family-based physical activity interventions. She has worked as a professor and graduate program director of the kinesiology department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences since 2007.^[1] In 2023, she became the associate dean for inclusion and engagement of the graduate school.^[2] Alhassan was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology in 2023.^[1] She is an editor of the Journal of Physical Activity and Health.^[1]

Alhassan was born July 6, 1974 to Fawzia and Abdul Alhassan in Accra, Ghana.^[3] She graduated from Springbrook High School in 1992.^[3] She earned a B.S. in psychology and exercise science from Stetson University in 1996.^[4][3] Alhassan received a M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. in exercise physiology (2004) from Auburn University.^[4] Her dissertation was titled, The Independent and Combined Effects of Dietary Plant Stanol Ester Margarine Supplementation and Aerobic Exercise Training on Markers of Blood Lipid Metabolism in Middle-Aged Men and Women.^[3] Peter W. Grandjean was Alhassan's doctoral advisor.^[3] She was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine.^[4]