Highlights

Michele Marenus Metzler, PhD, has over seven years of experience in health psychology and kinesiology research. Her doctoral dissertation examined workplace culture of health and employee wellbeing.

She has authored 19 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 7 as lead author, published in journals including the Journal of American College Health, the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and BioMed Research International.

She currently serves as Senior Manager of Wellbeing Analytics & Reporting at Personify Health, where she leads a team of data scientists developing analytics and reporting for client delivery and strategic initiatives. She previously served as Adjunct Faculty at George Mason University, teaching undergraduate Research Methods.

Publications

• Marenus, M. W., Marzec, M., & Chen, W. (2023). A scoping review of workplace culture of health measures. American Journal of Health Promotion, 37(6), 854-873. https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171231179160
• Marenus, M. W., Marzec, M., & Chen, W. (2022). Association of Workplace Culture of Health and Employee Emotional Wellbeing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12318. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912318
• Marenus, M. W., Murray, A., Friedman, K., Sanowski, J., Ottensoser, H., Cahuas, A., … & Chen, W. (2021). Feasibility and Effectiveness of the Web-Based WeActive and WeMindful Interventions on Physical Activity and Psychological Well-Being. BioMed Research International, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8400241
• Marenus, M. W., Friedman, K., Sanowski, J., Murray, A., Ottensoser, H., Cahuas, A., … & Chen, W. (2022). Psychological predictors of physical activity intensity among college students. Journal of American College Health, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2037614

Professional Experience

• Senior Manager, Wellbeing Analytics & Reporting, Personify Health (Apr 2025 – present)
• Manager, Analytic Development, Personify Health (Apr 2025 – Apr 2026)
• Research Scientist, Personify Health / Virgin Pulse (Oct 2022 – Apr 2025)
• Adjunct Faculty, George Mason University (Jan 2024 – May 2025)
• PhD Student & Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan (Aug 2020 – Dec 2023)
• Research Assistant, Ecological Approaches to Social and Emotional Learning (EASEL) Lab, Harvard Graduate School of Education (Aug 2019 – Aug 2020)

Education

• Ph.D., Kinesiology, University of Michigan (2020 – 2023). Dissertation: Workplace Culture of Health and Employee Wellbeing
• Ed.M., Human Development and Psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education (2018 – 2019)
• B.A., Psychology, University of Miami (2018)
• B.S.Ed., Sports Administration, University of Miami (2018)

Publications