Dr. Meg Patterson, PhD, MPH, is an associate professor in the Department of Health Behavior in the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on how social connections, positions, and networks impact the health and well-being of individuals and communities. As such, most of her research uses social network analysis (SNA) as a methodology and theoretical framework to determine the importance of social networks and social network properties relative to health and behavioral outcomes. Along with incorporating it into her research, Meg loves to mentor and teach on SNA. She has created and taught multiple graduate-level SNA courses at Texas A&M, delivered SNA workshops at conferences and meetings (e.g., American Public Health Association; National Institutes of Health), and advised/mentored several undergraduate, master's, and doctoral-level students in learning and using SNA. Meg received her BA in Psychology and MPH in Community Health from Baylor University and earned her PhD in Health Education from Texas A&M University.