Candace Ayars' Biography
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Full Name:
Candace L. Ayars
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: John Coleman; 2 Children: Cassandra Quinn, Nicholas Crowther
Birth Date:
11/22/1954
Birth Place:
Texas City, TX
Home City:
Topeka, KS
Religion:
Christian/Methodist
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Epidemiology of Insulin Sensitivity in Children, Baylor College of Medicine, 2000-2002
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Community Health Science, University of Texas School of Public Health, 1986-2000
Master of Science, Biology/Physiology, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 1983-1986
Bachelor of Science, Biology/Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, 1973-1977
Candidate, Kansas State Senate, District 20, 2024
Precinct Committee Woman, Shawnee County Democratic Party, 2015-2016
No caucus information on file.
Assistant Professor, Andrew Taylor Still University, 2012-2023
Section Director, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, 2008-2011
Associate Researcher, Geisinger Health System, 2006-2008
Senior Policy Analyst, Kansas Health Institute, 2006-2008
Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, 2002-2006
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine, 2000-2002
Former Director, Healthy Communities, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Former Director, Tobacco Use Prevention, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Executive Board Member, Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition, 2013-2017
Favorite Quote:
A demagogue would like a people half-educated, -- enough to read what he says, but not enough to know whether it is true or not."
---John Orville Taylor
Number of Grandchildren:
2