WHO WE ARE
Our Vision
StrongPeople envisions a diverse community of individuals who are fit, strong, and healthy; in turn these empowered individuals become agents of change for their families, communities, and beyond.
Together with our partners, StrongPeople will accomplish this by:
- Creating, evaluating, and sustaining transformative community-based nutrition, physical activity, and obesity prevention programs and civic engagement initiatives that include relevant policy, system, and environmental (PSE) changes, with the goal of promoting a culture of health and supporting health equity.
- Conducting innovative, translational research including community-based interventions and dissemination research with at-risk populations and in underserved settings.
Our Director
Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler,
PhD, RDN, LD, CSCS
Dr. Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler co-wrote the StrongPeople Strength Training curriculum and has directed StrongPeople since 2003. She is currently the Associate Director for Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Chief Scientific Officer for the Healthy Texas Institute; and Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She also serves as Director of the Healthy Living pillar at the Texas A&M AgriLife Dallas Center.
Dr. Seguin-Fowler’s research is grounded in clinical and community-based intervention development and evaluation as well as dissemination research, curriculum development and adaptation, and training allied health professionals.