Whitney Garney

Education and Training

• Texas A&M University, PhD, Kinesiology - Health Education, 2015
• Texas A&M Health Science Center, MPH, Social & Behavioral Health, 2012
• Texas A&M University, BS, Health, 2010

Research Interests

• Systems Approaches to Public Health Prevention and Evaluation
• Telehealth
• Health Across the Lifespan
• Social Ecology
• Healthcare Access

Teaching Interests

• Systems Thinking for Public Health
• Complexity Science

Awards, Recognition and Service

• Policy and Systems Efforts for Advancing Health Education and Promotion Award - The Foundation for Advancement of Health Education. 2023
• Reconstruct Challenge - University of Louisville. 2023
• Special Issue Editor - Journal of Family and Community Health. 2023
• Associate Editor - Journal of Family and Community Health. 2019 - 2023
• Workplace Steering Committee - American Heart Association. 2018 - 2022
• Grant reviewer - United Way of the Brazos Valley. 2013, 2018, 2021
• Early Career Research Excellence Award - Texas A&M University. 2021
• The Heart Challenge - American Heart Association. 2021
• Interdisciplinary Research Leader Fellow - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2018-2021
• Fellow of the American Heart Association - American Heart Association, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention. 2020
• Policy Implementation and Evaluation Advisory Committee - American Heart Association. 2019 - 2020