Amy Chesser, PhD

Teaching Associate

Research Interests
Complete Biosketch

BA, 1988, Kansas State University
MA, 2003, Wichita State University
PhD, 2008, Regent University

Phone:   316-293-3541
Fax:        316-293-2695
E-mail:   achesser@kumc.edu

Research Interests

• Health Communication
• Communication Campaign Evaluation
• Physician/Patient Communication
• Pediatric Injury Prevention

Biosketch

Dr. Amy Chesser, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita, has a Ph.D. in Health Communication. She has worked with numerous community organizations to develop communication strategies for public health. Dr. Chesser’s current responsibilities include grant proposal writing and project management for numerous grant-funded projects. Her recent research experience includes health communication, injury prevention, and risk communication. During her training, Dr. Chesser has utilized health communication techniques, with epidemiologic principles and methods for interviews, focus groups and other qualitative data collection methods, to build understanding of public health and population issues. She has designed, implemented, and evaluated programs to promote healthier populations through health communication campaigns, and created risk communication training and exercises. She is currently interested in how health communication and media campaigns affect public health issues including the underserved.

Dr. Chesser is also Co-Director for Health of the Public, a required 4th year medical student clerkship. The course includes academic work and clinical research student projects related to current population medicine and public health issues.