M. Renee Umstattd Meyer
Associate Professor
Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences
Baylor University
United States of America
Biography
M. Renee Umstattd Meyer is currently working as an Associate Professor in Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences at Baylor University. Dr. Umstattd Meyer’s research interests lie in promoting health through increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviors. She is interested in the application, measurement, and evaluation of how theoretical constructs promote, explain, and predict physical activity and sedentary behaviors; the translation of these applications and relationships into community-based settings; and subsequently, how physical activity and sedentary behaviors impact chronic disease, functionality, and quality of life across the lifespan and specifically within underserved communities. Dr. Umstattd Meyer is particularly interested in better understanding the roles of environmental and policy support for physical activity and sedentary behaviors, measurement of this support, and implications for behavior change. She had publications in many national and international journals.
Research Interest
application, measurement, and evaluation of how theoretical constructs promote, explain, and predict physical activity and sedentary behaviors
Publications
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*Umstattd M. R., Baller S. L., Hennessy E., Hartley D., Economos C. D., Hyatt R. R., Yousefian A., & Hallam J. S. (2012). Development of the Rural Active-Living Perceived Environmental Support Scale (RALPESS). Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 9(5): 724-730.
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Umstattd Meyer M. R., Janke M. C., & Beaujean A. A. (2014). Predictors of older adults’ personal and community mobility: Using a comprehensive theoretical mobility framework. The Gerontologist, 54: 398-408.
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* Umstattd Meyer M. R., Walsh S. M., Sharkey J. R., Morgan G. B., & Nalty C. C. (2014). Physical and social environmental characteristics of physical activity for Mexican-origin children: Examining differences between school year and summer perceptions. BioMed Central Public Health, 14: 958.
