Dr. Royster’s career has spanned clinical medicine, environmental epidemiology, community health, health policy, health equity and racial justice. He is currently the Senior Vice President for the Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI), a member of the National Network of Public Health Institutes. Prior to IPHI, he served in various public health positions: Director of the VDH Office of Health Equity, Director of the Crater Health District, President of the Virginia Public Health Association, epidemiologist for the Environmental Protection Agency, and post-doctoral fellow in the W.K. Kellogg Community Health Scholars Program at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. He completed undergraduate training at the University of Virginia, medical school at Duke University, public health training and residency at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and he is a fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine.