Dr. Garney is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University and the Principal Investigator of the CHESS Lab. Her expertise is in community-based research and evaluation, emphasizing ecological and systems approaches to public health problems. Since 2013, she has secured approximately $10 million in external funding and been PI/Co-PI on approximately $7 million in projects. She is/has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Office Population Affairs, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the American Heart Association, and the Texas Department of State Health Services.