Ann Lindsay Chestercurriculum Vitae%

Ann Lindsay ChesterCurriculum Vitae%, "

CURRICULUM

VITAE

ANN L. CHESTER, PH.D.

PERSONAL DATA

BUSINESS ADDRESS:

Assistant Vice President for Health Sciences for Education Partnerships

P.O. Box 9026

HealthSciencesCenter

West VirginiaUniversity

Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

(304)-293-1651

EDUCATION:

B. S. 1977.Virginia Polytechnic and StateUniversity

Blacksburg, Virginia

M. S. 1979.San DiegoStateUniversity

San Diego, California

Ph.D. 1984.DukeUniversity

Durham, North Carolina

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

1974-1975:Student trainee in ecology branch of Army Corps of Engineers, CoastalEngineeringResearchCenter, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

1977-1980:Research Assistant. Systems Ecology Research Group. San DiegoStateUniversity.

1981:Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany, DukeUniversity.

1980-1984:Research Assistant. Department of Botany, DukeUniversity.

1984-1985:Part-time Lecturer. Department of Biology, West VirginiaUniversity.

1985:Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of Biology, West VirginiaUniversity.

1985-93:Instructor of Biology for the Health Careers Opportunity Program. West VirginiaUniversity.

1986-2000:Adjunct Assistant Professor. Department of Biology. West Virginia University.

1986-1987:Assistant Coordinator of the Health Careers Opportunity Program, West Virginia University.

1987-1997:Project Manager, Health Careers Opportunity Program, West Virginia University.

1992-1996Assistant to the Vice President for Health Sciences, West Virginia University

1994-2012Adjunct Assistant Professor. Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University

1998-2012Coordinator, Health Careers Opportunity Program, West Virginia University

2004-PresentDeputy Director, West Virginia National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, West Virginia University

2013-PresentAdjunct Professor. Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, West Virginia University.

2012-PresentAdjunct Professor. School of Public Health, West Virginia University

2012-PresentDirector, Health Careers Opportunity Program, West Virginia University.

1996-PresentAssistant Vice President for Health Sciences, West Virginia University

1994-PresentDirector, Health Sciences and Technology Academy, West Virginia University

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Sigma Xi. @1977 - 1980

Ecological Society of America. @1984 -1986

American Association for the Advancement of Science. @1982 - 1993. (reviewer through 2014)

West Virginia Science Teacher’s Association. 1990-92.

Study Section Chair, National Institutes of Health, Science Education Partnership Awards. 2004-2005

New England Rural Health Roundtable. 2006-2007

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 1997-2007

National Association for Health Science Education Partnerships. 1999 – 2012. Past President.

Alaska BioPREP Biomedical Partnership for Research Education Pipeline in Alaska. External advisory committee member. 2009 – 2013.

Study Section Co-Chair, National Institutes of Health, Science Education Partnership Awards. 2014

Natural Rural Health Association 1998-2015

NRHA Minority and Multicultural Council. 1999 -2011 and 2012-2015.

NRHA Minority and Multicultural Council Policy Papers and Briefs Working Group Chair. 2011-2015.

American Association of Medical Colleges member and/or conference presentation proposal reviewer. 1994-Present

Study Section Chair, National Institutes of HealthFunding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) RFA-MD-15-002, NIMHD/NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15). April 13-14, 2015.

Study Section Chair, National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) ZRG1 CBJ56R Science Education Partnership Awards. October 6, 2015.

Study Section Participant, National Institutes of Health, PAR-15-101 “Institutional Training for a Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research Workforce (T90/R90)” ( and PAR-15-102 “Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training for a Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research Workforce (T32)” ( January 11, 2017

Conference Planning Committee, National Institutes of Health, Science Education Partnership Awards. 2010-2011, and 2014-2015, 2017.

PUBLICATIONS:

Meyer, A. L., & Chester, A. L. (1977). The stabilization of Clatsop Plains, Oregon. Shore and Beach. 45(4), 34-41.

Chester, A. L. (1979). Reproductive effort and seedling establishment of some tussock tundra plants in relation to revegetation of disturbed areas (MS). San Diego State University, San Diego CA.

Buikema, A. L., Chester, A. L., & Steeves, H. R. (1980). Intersexuality in Gammarus minus say. Crustaceana.Supplement, (6), 112-117. Retrieved from

Chester, A. L. (1982). Foliar application of N-15 to detect nitrogen distribution patterns from evergreen and deciduous leaves. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 63(2), 101.

Chester, A. L., & Shaver, G. R. (1982). Seedling dynamics of some cotton grass tussock tundra species during the natural revegetation of small disturbed areas. Holarctic Ecology, 5(2), 207-211. Retrieved from

McGraw, J. B., Chester, A. L., & Stuart, L. (1983). A note on July senescence in tundra plants at Eagle Creek, Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic and Alpine Research, 15(2), 267-269. Retrieved from

Chester, A. L., & Oechel, W. C. (1983). The effect of nitrogen availability and leaf position on patterns of nitrogen distribution from leaves of evergreen and deciduous shrubs. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 64(2), 175.

Chester, A. L., & McGraw, J. B. (1983). The effect of nitrogen addition on the growth of Vaccinium uliginosum and Vaccinium vitis-idaea. Canadian Journal of Botany, 61(9), 2316-2322.

Chester, A. L. (1984). Effects of nitrogen availability on nitrogen allocation and plant growth in evergreen and deciduous species of Vaccinium. Ph.D. Dissertation. Duke University. Durham, North Carolina.

Chester, A. L., & Oechel, W. C. (1986). Effects of leaf nitrogen availability and leaf position on nitrogen allocation patterns in Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Vaccinium uliginosum. Oecologia, 69(1), 121-125. doi:10.1007/BF00399047

McGraw, J. B., Gottschalk, M., Vavrek, W., & and Chester, A. L. (1990). Interactive effects of resource levels and defoliation on photosynthesis, growth, and mortality. Tree Physiology, 7, 247-254.

Rye, J. A., & Chester, A. L. (1999). WVU--community partnership that provides science and math enrichment for underrepresented high school students. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 74(4), 352-355.

McKendall, S. B., Simoyi, P., Chester, A. L., & Rye, J. A. (2000). The Health Sciences and Technology Academy: Utilizing pre-college enrichment programming to minimize post-secondary education barriers for underserved youth. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 75(10 Suppl), S121-3.

Bardwell, G., Mujuru, P., Fitch, C., Seidel, G., Hu, W., Sogodogo, K., & Chester, A. (2007). Engaging youth to examine lifestyle behaviors through authentic research with university partnerships. International Electronic Journal of Health Education, Retrieved from

Bardwell, G., Morton, C., Chester, A., Pancoska, P., Buch, S., Cecchetti, A., . . . Branch, R. A. (2009). Feasibility of adolescents to conduct community-based participatory research on obesity and diabetes in rural Appalachia. Clinical and Translational Science, 2(5), 340-349. doi:10.1111/j.1752-8062.2009.00155.x

Branch, R., & Chester, A. (2009). Community-based participatory clinical research in obesity by adolescents: Pipeline for researchers of the future. Clinical and Translational Science, 2(5), 350-354. doi:10.1111/j.1752-8062.2009.00149.x

Pancoska, P., Buch, S., Cecchetti, A., Parmanto, B., Vecchio, M., Groark, S., . . . Branch, R. (2009). Family networks of obesity and type 2 diabetes in rural Appalachia. Clinical and Translational Science, 2(6), 413-421. doi:10.1111/j.1752-8062.2009.00162.x

Chester, A. L., & Dooley, E. (2011). West Virginia University’s Health Sciences and Technology Academy. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 15(3), 87-99.

Branch Robert, A., Chester Ann, Morton-McSwain Cathy, Al Ayubi, S. U., Bhat, S. K., Philip, B., . . . Elaine, W. (2011). A novel approach to adolescent obesity in rural Appalachia of West Virginia: Educating adolescents as family health coaches and research investigators. Topics in the Prevention, Treatment and Complications of Type 2 Diabetes, Mark B. Zimering (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-590-7, InTech, Available from:

Chester, A. L., Bushy, A., Forti, E., Kasten, K. & McKendall, S. B. (2013). Recruitment and training of Racial/Ethnic health professionals in rural America. Retrieved from

Curtis, R., Smith, M., Moore, L., Georgieva, Z., Mathew, S., Chester, A., & McKendall, S. (2014). Rural student voices to improve educational attainment oriented programs. Journal of Behavioral and Social Sciences, 1(2), 66-73.

Branch, RA, Chester, AL, Hanks, S, Kuhn, S, McMillion, M, Morton McSwain, C, Paulsen, S, Para, U K, Cannon, Y, and Groark SJ. Obesity Management Organized by Adolescents in Rural Appalachia. Obesity Interventions in Underserved Communities: Evidence and Directions. Edited by Brennan, VM, Kumanyika, SK, and Zambrana, RE. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. 205-213

McKendall, S. B., Kasten, K., Hanks, S., & Chester, A. (2014). The Health Sciences and Technology Academy: An educational pipeline to address health care disparities in West Virginia. Academic Medicine, 89(1), 37-42. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000000047

McKendall, A., Iskander, W., McKendall, S., & Chester, A. L. (2015). An application of a generalized assignment problem: Assigning recruiters to geographical locations. International Journal of Operational Research, 22(1)

COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS:

McGraw, Ann and Jim McGraw. 1986. Fifty Hikes in West Virginia and Western Maryland. Back Country Press. Vermont.

GRANT and OTHER SUPPORT:

1978-1979: U.S. Army Research Office grant. DAAG29-76-G-0296 to the University of Alaska.

1977-1984: Department of Energy Grant EE&-5-08-1525 to San DiegoStateUniversity Foundation.

1987: Competitive Health Careers Opportunity Program grant application to the Department of Health and Human Services. Grant 5 D18 MB00924. $24,871 (Lead writer, not PI)

1988: Health Careers Opportunity Program grant renewal application to the Department of Health and Human Services. Grant 5 D18 MB00924. $169,134 (Lead writer, not PI)

1989: Health Careers Opportunity Program grant renewal application to the Department of Health and Human Services. Grant 5 D18 MB00924. $168,508 (Lead writer, not PI)

1990: Competitive Health Careers Opportunity Program grant application to the Department of Health and Human Services. Grant 5 D18 MB00924. $141,948 (Lead writer, not PI)

1991: Health Careers Opportunity Program grant renewal application to the Department of Health and Human Services. Grant 5 D18 MB00924. $160,219 (Lead writer, not PI)

1992: Health Careers Opportunity Program grant renewal application to the Department of Health and Human Services. Grant 5 D18 MB00924. $148,351 (Lead writer, not PI)

1994: Dwight D. Eisenhower Math and Science Act grant.$25,000

1994: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant. $175,000

1995: Dwight D. Eisenhower Math and Science Act grant. $19,950

1995: Kellogg Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy Grant. $1.9 million

1996: Dwight D. Eisenhower Math and Science Act grant. $19,950

1996: Health Careers Opportunity Program grant Application to the Department of Health and Human Services: Grant 1 D18 MB02712-01. $1.158 million (not PI)

1997: Coca-Cola Foundation Grant. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $300,000

1997: National Institutes of Health: Grant 1 R25 RR12329-01 for the Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $714,000. (PI, not lead writer)

1998:Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Grant. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $300,000.

1998:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $100,000.

1998:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $75,000.

1999:Howard Hughes Medical Institute. . Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $300,000.

1999:Health and Human Services:Health Careers Opportunity Program. $1,040,000 (Not PI)

1999:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $500,000.

1999:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $75,000.

2000:National Institutes of Health: Grant 2 R25 RR12329-04 for the Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $768,727. (PI, not lead writer)

2000:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $750,000.

2001:Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Grant. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $200,000.

2001:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $754,000.

2001:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $75,000.

2002:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,154,379.

2002:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $75,000.

2002:Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sub contract. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $206,704

2002Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Grant. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $150,000.

2003:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,017,341.

2003:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $65,000.

2003:Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $538,307.

2003:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $67,000.

2004:Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Grant. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $50,000.

2004:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,017,341.

2004:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $60,000.

2004:National Institutes of Health: Grant 2 R25 RR12329-07 for the Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $966,219. (PI, not lead writer)

2004: Health Careers Opportunity Program. Department of Health and Human Services: Grant 2 D18HP02920-60-00. $1,643,927. (Lead writer, not PI)

2004: Center of Excellence for Women’s Health Contract. Department of Health and Human Services. Office for Women’s Health. RFP 04T004033. $600,000. (Lead organizer, not PI)

2005:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,017,341.

2005:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $57,000.

2005:Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Grant. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $50,000.

2006:Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Frant. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. Lifestyles. $50,000.

2006:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,034,711.

2006:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $367,000.

2006:National Institutes of Health: Grant 2 R25 RR12329-07 for the Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,332,904.

2007:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,500,000

2007:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $369,207.

2007:West VirginiaState Legislature. Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. $250,000

2007:Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $696,000.

2007:Shenk Foundation. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $35,000. for Ohio and MarshallCounty.

2007:National Institutes of Health. Grant R25RR02374for the Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. Administrative Supplement. $209,357.

2008:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,521,156

2008:West VirginiaState Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $372,059.

2008:West VirginiaState Legislature. Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. $250,000

2009:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,521,156

2009:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $372,059.

2009:West Virginia State Legislature. Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. $250,000

2010:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,521,156

2010:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $363,675

2010:West Virginia State Legislature. Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. $250,000

2010National Institutes of Health. Grant 3 R25 RR023274-05S1 West Virginia HSTA Students Design Public Health Clinical Trials - Supplement. $49,937

2010National Institutes of Health. Grant 3 R25 RR023274-04S1 West Virginia HSTA Students Design Public Health Clinical Trials - Supplement. $226,568

2010National Institutes of Health. Grant 1RC4RR031433-01 (Branch) Community Appalachian Investigation and Research Network (CAIRN). Subcontract (Chester) $478,762.

2010National Institutes of Health. Oregon Health Sciences University sub-award 99001382-005_WVU.(PI Cameron) Teacher Institute for the Experience of Science.Subcontract (Chester) $13,181.

2011:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,539,068

2011:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $376,992.

2011:West Virginia State Legislature. Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. $250,000

2011: Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Grant. Health Sciences and Technology Academy. $125,000.

2012: National Institutes of Health. Grant 1 R25 OD010495-01Teaching to Learn: WV-HSTA Students take CBPR to their Communities $269,995

2012:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Sciences and TechnologyAcademy. $1,539,068

2012:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $378,192.

2012:West Virginia State Legislature. Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. $250,000

2013Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Grant. HSTA My First Patient. $143,000

2013: National Institutes of Health. Grant 1 R25 OD010495-02Teaching to Learn: WV-HSTA Students take CBPR to their Communities $240,051

2013:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Sciences and Technology Academy. $1,750,000

2013:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $344,372.

2013:West Virginia State Legislature. Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. $200,000

2014: National Institutes of Health. Grant 1 R25 OD010495-02Teaching to Learn: WV-HSTA Students take CBPR to their Communities $236,519

2014:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Sciences and Technology Academy. $1,698,273

2014:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $333,177.

2015: National Institutes of Health. Grant 1 R25 OD010495-02Teaching to Learn: WV-HSTA Students take CBPR to their Communities $235,818

2015:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Sciences and Technology Academy. $1,674,240

2015:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $328,462

2016:Annie E. Casey Foundation. West Virginia Health Sciences and Technology Academy Replication Proposal for Packaging, Evaluation, and Business Structuring. $100,000.

2016:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Sciences and Technology Academy. $1,705,198

2016:West Virginia State Legislature. Health Careers Opportunity Program. $334,296

2017:Annie E. Casey Foundation. West Virginia Health Sciences and Technology Academy Replication Proposal for Packaging, Evaluation, and Business Structuring. $100,000.

SERVICE:

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

West VirginiaUniversity Social Justice Council. Issues Committee Chair. 1991-92.

West VirginiaUniversity Social Justice Council. Sexual Harassment Policy committee member. 1991.

West VirginiaUniversity Social Justice Council. Trio Grant Sub-Committee Chair. 1991.

West VirginiaUniversity E. J. Van Lier Award Judge. 1990.

Westminster Campus Ministry 1992 - 1995.

West Virginia University Governor’s Honors Academy Committee. 1995

West VirginiaUniversityCenter for Black Culture and Research Advisory Board. 1994-97

West VirginiaUniversity Strategic Planning Committee. Executive Subcommittee. 1995

West VirginiaUniversityCenter for Black Culture and Research MLK Committee. 1995-1999

West Virginia University HSC Vice President’s Committee to develop a process for evaluation of the Dean and Associate Deans. 1998

College of Extension Human Resources Director Search Committee. 1999-2000

Sidney Banks Institute Conference Advisory Committee for Releasing the Power in Health. June 2001.

Women in Academic Medicine mentor for Grant Writing. 2001.

Mediation Training. May 16-18, 2001.

RobertC.ByrdHealthSciencesCenter and HSTA Representative at West Virginia Association of Land-Grant Institutions Extension State-wide Retreat. 2001

GovernorsHonorsAcademyHealthSciencesCenter Coordinator. 1994-2002.

Southern Africa Areas Study Group Member. 1999-2002.

West Virginia University Women’s Center Advisory Board. 1999-2002.

RobertC.ByrdHealthSciencesCenter Committee for Council for Sexual Orientation. 1999-2002.

National Institutes of Health, Secondary Education Partnerships Award Advisory Board. 1999-2003.

Kellogg Partnerships Program Advisory Board member and Proposal Reviewer, West VirginiaUniversity. 1999-2003.

Committee for Selection of the Neil S. Bucklew Award for Social Justice. 2000, 2004.

National Institutes for Health. Chair of the Science Education Partnerships Award grant review panel. NationalCenter for Research Resources (NCRR)US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Spring 2004.

West VirginiaUniversitySchool of Medicine Admissions Committee. 1992-2005.

West VirginiaUniversitySchool of Medicine Associate Deans Committee. 1993-2005.

West VirginiaUniversity Presidents Advisory Council on Drug/Alcohol Awareness. 1998-2006.

CATS Advisory Board, WV State Department of Education. 1998 - 2005.

West VirginiaUniversity Associate Vice Presidents Committee. 1993-2008.

WVEPSCOR Building Diversity in Higher Education: Strategies for Broadening Participation in the Sciences and Engineering. Oct 21-22, 2008, Conference Planning Committee. 2008.

National Association for Health Sciences Education Partnerships. Steering Committee/Board of Directors. 1999-2010. 2002 Vice President, 2003 President.

West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Strategic Planning Committee 2010-2011.

National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award Conference planning committee 2010-2011.

West Virginia Higher EducationPolicyCommissionCollege Access Steering Committee. 2007-2011.

West VirginiaUniversity Childhood Oral Health Project Advisory Team. 2006 – 2012.

West VirginiaUniversity Social Justice Council. 1990-2012.

National Institutes of Health CR4 proposal reviewer, 2010-2012

National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Conference submissions review committee 2012

National Health Services Corps. Ambassador. 2001-2012.

West Virginia Vision Shared Leadership Task Force. 2005 – 2013

National Institutes for Health. Co-chair of the Science Education Partnerships Award grant review panel. National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Fall 2014.

West Virginia University wide Strategic Planning Committee 2010-2014.

West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Women in HealthSciences Committee. 1993-Present.

National Youth Sport Program Advisory Council. 1999-Present

Association of American Medical Colleges Proposal Reviewer for presentations for National Meeting. 1999 – present.

West Virginia University Women’s Leadership Steering Committee 2011-Present

West Virginia University Mentor for Women’s Leadership Initiative 2012-Present

West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Advisory Committee– 2010-Present