Dr. Umstattd Meyer is the Senior Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education in the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences and a Professor in the Department of Public Health at Baylor University (Waco, TX, USA). Her research focuses on promoting health and access to health through an active living lens; as well as fostering better understanding, measuring, and promoting of physical activity across the lifespan, while acknowledging the importance of interrelationships among behavioral, environmental, and policy factors. She partners with communities using mixed methods to understand cultural context and advance approaches and policies to foster healthy and active opportunities and lifestyles for all people. She focuses much of her work partnering with rural communities. To date, she has led or co-authored 130+ peer-reviewed articles, 275+ refereed presentations, and multiple invited publications. In addition, she has authored or co-authored numerous practice reports, demonstrating her commitment to and engagement with community and practice.