Jessica r

Jessi ca R. Meenderi n g
CONTACT INFORMATION

SIM 116 Box 2203 South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57007 Work: (605)-688-5949 ▪ Home: (605)-691-2014

EDUCATION
Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Research Area: Women’s Health/Cardiovascular Function Exercise and Movement Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Research Area: Women’s Health/Blood Pressure Regulation Health Promotion and Athletic Training, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD International Studies/Health, Manchester Metropolitan University: Manchester, UK
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2010-Present
Health and Human Performance Laboratory Director: South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Sport Science: Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD Assistant Professor of Exercise Science: Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE Exercise Physiology Laboratory Co-Director: University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE Director of Human Physiology Laboratories: Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Graduate Teaching Fellow: Human Physiology and Exercise Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Graduate Research Assistant: Human Cardiovascular Laboratory, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Student Athletic Trainer: South Dakota State University Sports Teams, Brookings, SD Personal Trainer: Dakota Wellness, Brookings, SD Wellness Center Intern: South Dakota State University Wellness Center, Brookings, SD HONORS & AWARDS
2010
American Physiological Society Women in Physiology Committee Peace Health Hospital Distinguished Clinical Research Team South Dakota State University Robinson Lecturer Nebraska Physiological Society Young Investigator Award University of Oregon 2007 Graduate Commencement Speaker University of Oregon Paul & Helen Weiser Scholarship University of Oregon College of Arts & Science Henry V. Howe Scholarship Jan Broekhoff Graduate Scholarship; UO Department of Human Physiology 2005 Center for the Study of Women in Society Travel Award 2005 University of Oregon College of Arts & Science Everett Del Monte Scholarship Northwest American College of Sports Medicine Outstanding Poster Presentation South Dakota State University Student Athletic Trainers Association Vice President South Dakota State University Gold Medal Athlete NCAA Honorable Mention All-Academic All-Conference Women’s Golf South Dakota State University Deans List of Academic Excellence
CERTIFCATIONS
2011-Present
American College of Sports Medicine Health and Fitness Specialist (HFS), Certified 08/2011 American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers Course and Certification. Current certification valid: 11/17/10 – 11/17/2012. Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC), Certification # 090202100, Certified 9/9/02 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2002-Present
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International – Society of Women Educators – Omaha Chapter Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine Northwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011-Present
Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention (NFS 750), Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University Clinical Exercise Physiology (PE 450/550), Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University Exercise Testing and Prescription (PE 400), Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University Seminar in Sport Science (HPER 690), Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University Health Promotion Program and Evaluation (HLTH 479), Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University Lab Techniques (PE 751), Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University Exercise Physiology (PE 350), Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, South Dakota State University Research Methods (HPER 8030), School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Nebraska Omaha Advanced Exercise Physiology (PE 8950), School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Nebraska Omaha Measurement and Evaluation in Exercise Science and Physical Education (PE 4930/8936), School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Nebraska Omaha Topics in Sports Medicine (PE 4960/8966), School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Nebraska Omaha
2007-2009
Physiology of Exercise (PE 4940/8946), School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Nebraska Omaha Laboratory Methods in Exercise Science (PE 4010/8016), School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Nebraska Omaha Laboratory Curriculum Director: Exercise Physiology: Exercise Physiology (HPHY 371), Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon Laboratory Curriculum Director: Human Physiology: Human Physiology I & II (HPHY 316, 317), Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon Laboratory Instructor: Human Physiology I (HPHY 316), Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon Laboratory Instructor: Human Physiology II (HPHY 317), Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon Laboratory Instructor: Exercise Physiology (HPHY 371), Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Program Educator: Exercise for your Heart
TEACHING/LEARNING – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2011-Present
Masters Teaching Certification Course, Instructional Design Services, South Dakota State University Teaching and Learning Technology Summer Academy. South Dakota State University. Faculty Development Conference: “Harvesting Faculty Ideas for Teaching and Learning with Technology: Seven Principles”. January 2010. South Dakota State University. Faculty Development Conference: “Enhancing Student Success”. August 2010. South Dakota State University. Faculty Development Program Weekly Seminars (Sample Topics: Active Learning and Technology, Perspectives on Life/Work Balance, Interpreting the IDEA Diagnostic Form Report, Improving Teaching Strategies using the Using the IDEA Surveys) New Faculty Orientation Program Weekly Seminars (Sample Topics: Best Practices in Effective College Teaching, Academic Advising Tools at SDSU, Distance Education and Hybrid Teaching, Best Practices in Classroom Management). Faculty Development Conference: The AL Cloud – Active Learning on the 21st Century Campus, South Dakota State University College of Education Book Club: Teach With Your Strengths, University of Nebraska at Omaha
2007-2009
HPER Teaching Circle: Teaching at its Best, University of Nebraska at Omaha Professional Development Seminar: Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses, University of Oregon Weekly Book Discussion Seminar: Leaving the Lectern, Teaching Effectiveness Program, University of Oregon Seminar: Teaching to Engage, Teaching Effectiveness Program, University of Oregon. Workshop: How to generate and Use Assessment Rubrics, Teaching Effectiveness Program, University of Oregon Workshop: Effective Assessment and Evaluation, Teaching Effectiveness Program, University of Oregon Seminar: Teaching College Science, Human Physiology 316, University of Oregon Weekly Book Discussion Seminar: What the Best College Teachers Do, Teaching Effectiveness Program, University of Oregon Workshop: Engaging Students in a Large Class, Teaching Effectiveness Program, University of Oregon
TEACHING/LEARNING GRANTS
Kirby, S. & Meendering, J.R. South Dakota State University Service Learning Grant Health 479: Health Promotion
Programming and Evaluation and PE 395: Practicum. Worksite Wellness Program Development for Brookings City
Employees. Brookings, South Dakota. South Dakota State University. $350
Role: Co-PI

Meendering, J.R. Health 479: Health Promotion Programming and Evaluation Service Learning Grant. Worksite
Wellness Program Development in Brookings, South Dakota. South Dakota State University. $500
Role: PI and Physical Activity Service Learning Project Supervisor

Meendering, J.R. Women and Giving Grant. Fit Minded Cardiovascular Disease Survivors Student Involvement. South
Dakota State University Foundation. $2,000
Role: PI
Meendering, J.R. PE 395: Health Promotion Practicum Service Learning Grant. Renee Oscarson – Research on Native
American Health. Active Families Fitness Challenge – Walk the Pow Wow Trail. $1,000
Role: PI and Physical Activity Service Learning Project Supervisor

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2009-Present
Director: Health and Human Performance Laboratory, South Dakota State University Co-Director: Exercise Physiology Laboratory, University of Nebraska Omaha Graduate Research Assistant: Human Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Dr. Christopher T. Minson, Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon Undergraduate Research Volunteer: Applied Physiology Laboratory, Dr. Matthew Vukovich, Department of Health, Physical Education, & Recreation, South Dakota State University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests are multifaceted. My primary line of current research is focused on better understanding the impact
of physical activity and sedentary time on childhood obesity. I am an advocate for transdisciplinary research in the field
of childhood obesity. My secondary research line is focused on current women’s health issues, particularly integrative
cardiovascular regulation in women. Specific areas of interest include: the effects of female sex hormones and exercise
on blood pressure regulation, and the effects of sex hormones, exercise, and sedentary time on macrovascular and
microvascular endothelial function in women. I started my career as a cardiovascular physiologist and still conduct this
line of research, but due to my interest in childhood obesity, I have also begun to study physical activity and sedentary
time. Thus far, I have been successful at obtaining grant funding in this area, mastering the research techniques in
physical activity assessment, and starting to prepare and submit manuscripts in this field.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Buresh R., Vincent B., Berg K., Meendering J.R., French J. Hormonal, Lactate, and Subjective Responses to Various
Resistance Training Protocols. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. In Review.
Llewellyn T., Chaffin, M., Berg, K, Meendering, J.R. The acute affects of exercise on endothelial function. Acta
Physiologica. Accepted for Publication: In Press.
Chaffin, M., Berg, K., Meendering, J.R., Llewellyn T., French J.A., Davis J.E. (2011) Interleukin-6 and delayed onset
muscle soreness do not vary during the menstrual cycle. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 82 (4), 693-701.
Brunt VE, Miner JA, Meendering JR, Kaplan PF, Minson CT. (2011) 17beta-estradoil and progesterone
independently augment cutaneous thermal hyperemia by not reactive hyperemia. Microcirculation. 18(5): 347-55.
Hanson N, Berg K, Deka P, Meendering JR, Carey R. (2011) Oxygen Cost of Running Barefoot versus Running
Shod. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 32(6): 401-6.
Torgrimson BN, Meendering JR, Kaplan PF, and Minson CT. (2011) Depot-Medroxyprogesterone acetate and
endothelial function prior to and after acute oral, vaginal, and transdermal estradiol treatment. Circulation. 57(4): 819-
24.
Meendering, J.R., Torgrimson, B.N., Miller, N.P, Kaplan, P.F., and Minson, C.T. (2010) A combined oral
contraceptive containing 30 mcg ethinyl estradiol and 3.0 mg drospirenone does not impair endothelium-dependent
vasodilation. Contraception , 82 (4), 366-372.
Huberty, J.L, Meendering, J.R., Balluff, M., Schram, S., Roberts, S., and Mason, M. (2009) Healthy weight in
young perinatal women: Exploring Beliefs. Maternal and Child Health Journal. In Press.
Parker, B.A., Trehearn, T.L., Meendering, J.R. (2009) Pick your Poiseuille: Normalizing the shear stimulus in studies
of flow-mediated dilation. Journal of Applied Physiology, 107(4): 1357-1359.
Torgrimson, B.N., Meendering, J.R., Kaplan, P.F., and Minson, C.T. (2009) Endothelial function, endothelin-1, and
fibrinogen in young women using the vaginal contraceptive ring. Fertility and Sterility, 92(2): 441-447.

Meendering, J.R., Torgrimson, B.N., Miller, N.P, Kaplan, P.F., and Minson, C.T. (2008) Ethinyl estradiol to
desogestrel ratio impacts endothelial function in young women. Contraception. 79 (1): 41-49.
White, J.L., Vener, J. Sidman, C., Meendering, J.R., Blissmer, B., Schulte, L., & Ransdell, L. (2008) Women Bound
to Be Active: A pilot study to explore the feasibility of an intervention to increase physical activity and self-worth in
women. Women and Health, 48(1): 83-101.
Meenderinging, J.R., Torgrimson, B.N., Miller, N.P, Kaplan, P.F., and Minson, C.T. (2008) Estrogen,
medroxyprogesterone acetate, endothelial function and biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in young Women. Am J
Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 294: H1630-7.
White, J.L. & Meendering, J.R. (2008) Strategies for success in the early years of higher education: perspectives from
young female faculty. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin: International Journal for Professional Educators, 74 (3): 32-34.
Torgrimson, B.N., Meendering, J.R., Kaplan, P.F., and Minson, C.T. (2007) Endothelial function across an oral
contraceptive cycle in women using levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 288: H103-
H110.
Houghton, B.L., Meendering, J.R., Wong, B.J., Minson, C.T. (2006) Nitric oxide and noradrenaline contribute to the
temperature threshold of the axon reflex response to gradual local heating in human skin. J Physiol, 572(3): 811-820.
Torgrimson, B.N., Meendering, J.R., Minson, C.T. (2006) Letter to the Editor: Endothelial function, hormones, and
vascular changes. J Appl Phys, 100(1): 362.
Minson, C.T., Kaplan, P., Meendering, J.R., Torgrimson, B.N., Miller, N.P. (2006) Letter to the Editor: Comments on
“Women, hormones, and clinical trials: a beginning, not an end”. J Appl Phys, 100(1): 373.

Meendering, J.R., Torgrimson, B.N., Houghton, B.L. Halliwill, J.R., Minson, C.T. (2005) Menstrual cycle and sex
affect hemodynamic responses to combined orthostatic and heat stress. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 289: H631-
H642.

Meendering, J.R., Torgrimson, B.N., Houghton, B.L. Halliwill, J.R., Minson, C.T. (2005) Effect of menstrual cycle on
calf venous compliance. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 288: H103-H110.

PEER REVIEWWED ABSTRACTS
Kemmer T, Koszewski W., Meendering, JR, Jensen B, Fischer JA. Paradigm Shift in Graduate Education: A
Transdisciplinary Approach to Childhood Obesity Prevention. FASEB Journal, 26:240.7, 2012.
Wimberly MC, Michimi A, Kleinsasser B, Thiex NW, Meendering JR.. New vistas for landscape ecology: The
influences of landscape structure on population health. Annual Symposium of the US chapter of the International
Association for Landscape Ecology. March, 2012.
VanDyke, NR, Huber, EC, Kemmer, TM, Jensen, B. & Meendering, JR. Comparison of physical activity in children
living within city limits and outside city limits in rural environments. Northland American College of Sports
Medicine, 2012.
Powell E & Meendering JR. The relationship between school district wellness policy strength and school district
mean Body Mass Index. Northland American College of Sports Medicine, 2012.
Huber EC, Litz AM, Meendering JR. Comparison of sedentary and physical activity time in young children at
daycare verses the home. Northland American College of Sports Medicine, 2012.
Trehearn T., Meendering, J.R., Chaffin, M., Berg, K. The acute effects of exercise on endothelial function. Med Sci
Sports Exerc, 43(5): S510, 2011.
Exley L, Huberty J, Meendering, JR. Fit minded cardiovascular disease survivors. Northland American College of
Sports Medicine Regional Meeting, 2011

Huber E., Litz A. Fountaine C., Meendering JR. Comparison of three physical activity measurement tools to assess
physical activity compliance in children. Northland American College of Sports Medicine Regional Meeting, 2011
VanDyke N, Fountaine C., Meendering JR. Comparison of physical activity in rural children and children that live
within city limits. Northland American College of Sports Medicine Regional Meeting, 2011
Chaffin, M., Trehearn T., Berg, K., Meendering, J.R., Interleukin-6 and delayed onset muscle soreness do not vary
during the menstrual cycle. FASEB Journal, 618.23, 2010.

Meendering, J.R., Torgrimson, B.N., Miller, N.P, Kaplan, P.F., Minson, C.T., Ethinyl Estradiol to progestin ratio
impacts endothelial function in young women. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 40(5): S10 (Suppl), 2008.

Meendering, J.R., Torgrimson, B.N., Miller, N.P, Kaplan, P.F., Minson, C.T., Ethinyl Estradiol to progestin ratio
impacts endothelial function in young women. Combined Meeting of the Iowa and Nebraska Physiological Societies
Conference Proceedings, p18, April 2008.
Kaplan P.F., Meendering J.R., Minson C.T. Effects of estradiol and medroxyprogesterone acetate on vascular
function in young women. The Pacific Coast Reproductive Society Annual Meeting, Rancho Mirage, California, April
18-22, 2007.

Meendering, J.R., Torgrimson, B.N., Kaplan, P.F., Stachenfeld, N.S., Minson, C.T. The effects of estradiol and
medroxyprogesterone acetate on flow mediated dilation in young women. The FASEB Journal, 20(4), A301-A301: Part
1, 2006.
Torgrimson, B.N., Meendering, J.R., Kaplan, P.F., Minson, C.T. Levonorgestrel/estradiol oral contraceptives affect
brachial artery peak response during flow-mediated dilation. The FASEB Journal, 20(4), A301-A301: Part 1, 2006.

Meendering, J.R., Torgrimson, B.N., Houghton, B.L. Halliwill, J.R., Minson, C.T. Influence of the menstrual cycle and
sex on skin blood flow response to tilting. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 36(5): 526 (Suppl), 2004.
Torgrimson, B.N., Meendering, J.R., Houghton, B.L. Halliwill, J.R., Minson, C.T. Does the menstrual cycle or sex
influence limb venous compliance? Med Sci Sports Exerc, 36(5): 525 (Suppl), 2004.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
The acute effects of exercise on endothelial function. Slide Presentation (Graduate Student: Tamra Trehearn):
Northland American College of Sports Medicine, Regional Meeting, St. Cloud, MN, 2009.

Exercise and pregnancy: before, during and after. Invited Lecture: Diabetes and Pregnancy: Before, During, and After,
Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 2009.

Ethinyl estradiol to progestin ratio determines endothelial function in young women. Slide Presentation: American
College of Sports Medicine, National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 2008.

Community Programming in Omaha/Current Research on Cardiovascular Health in Young Women. Invited Lecture:
South Dakota State University Robinson Lecture, Brookings, SD, 2008

Ethinyl estradiol to progestin ratio impacts endothelial function in young women. Slide Presentation: Combined Meeting
of the Iowa and Nebraska Physiological Societies, American Physiological Society, Nebraska City, Nebraska, September
8, 2007.

The effects of estradiol and medroxyprogesterone acetate on flow mediated dilation in young women. Poster Presentation:
Experimental Biology, National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2006.
Effects of estradiol and medroxyprogesterone acetate on flow mediated dilation in young women. Poster Presentation:
American College of Sports Medicine, Northwest Chapter Regional Meeting, Corvallis, OR, 2006.
Influence of the menstrual cycle and sex on the skin blood flow response to tilting. Slide Presentation: American College
of Sports Medicine, National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 2004.
Influence of the menstrual cycle and sex on the skin blood flow response to tilting. Poster Presentation: American
College of Sports Medicine, Northwest Chapter Regional Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2004.

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS – RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2012 Northland American College of Sports Medicine Regional Spring Meeting, St. Paul MN
2011
Northland American College of Sports Medicine Regional Fall Meeting, Fargo ND United States Department of Agriculture: Competitive Grants Workshop, Washington DC Northland American College of Sports Medicine Regional Meeting, Bemidji, MN 2009 Northland American College of Sports Medicine Regional Meeting, Wayne, NE 2008 National Science Foundation Regional Grants Conference, Omaha, NE National Institute of Health Seminar: Program Funding and Grants Administration, Chicago, IL American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN 2008 Northland American College of Sports Medicine, St. Cloud, MN 2008 Combined Meeting of the Iowa and Nebraska Physiological Societies, Nebraska City, NE Association for Size Diversity and Health International Conference, Chicago, IL. Experimental Biology National Meeting, San Francisco, CA American College of Sports Medicine Northwest Regional Meeting, Corvallis, OR Experimental Biology National Meeting, San Diego, CA American College of Sports Medicine Northwest Regional Meeting, Boise, ID American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN American College of Sports Medicine Northwest Regional Meeting, Seattle, WA American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting, San Francisco, CA
RESEASRCH SUPPORT
Completed Research Support
Meendering, J.R. Eugene and Clarissa Evonuk Research Fellowship Grant. Progestins and Vascular Function in
Young Women.
Overview: The primary aim of this research was to gain a better understanding as to how the progestin MPA used in
combination with estradiol influences vascular function of the microcirculation (endothelial function of the cutaneous
vasculature).
Funding Period: 04/01/06 - 03/01/07
Role: PI
Funding: $6,300
Meendering, J.R. Betty Foster McCue Graduate Research Fellowship. Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease in Young
Women: The Influence of Progestins.
Overview: The primary aim of this research was to gain a better understanding as to how the progestin MPA used in
combination with estradiol influences vascular function of the macrocirculation (endothelial function of the brachial
artery).
Funding Period: 03/01/06 – 03/01/07
Role: PI
Funding: $5,000
Meendering, J.R. Northwest Health Foundation Grant. Oral Contraceptives and Vascular Function in Young Women.
Overview: The primary aim of this research was (1) to evaluate the effects of combination oral contraceptives containing
the progestin desogestrel on endothelial function across an oral contraceptive pill cycle and (2) to evaluate endothelial
function under the influence of ethinyl estradiol only to compare with endothelial function with combination oral
contraceptives containing desogestrel + ethinyl estadiol. . Our secondary goal of this study was to determine the effects
of desogestrel on other markers of cardiovascular risk such as c-reactive protein, homocysteine, and fibrinogen.
Funding Period: 02/01/06 – 02/01/07
Role: PI
Funding: $2,400
Meendering, J.R. Center for the Study of Women in Society Grant. Oral Contraceptives and Markers of Vascular
Health in Young Women.
Overview: The primary aim of this study was to determine the effects of combination oral contraceptives containing the
progestin drospirenone on endothelial function across and oral contraceptive pill cycle. These data can then be compared
to cyclic fluctuations in endothelial function observed with desogestrel to determine if progestin type influences
endothelial function. Our secondary goal of this study was to determine the effects of drospirenone on other markers of
cardiovascular risk such as c-reactive protein, homocysteine, and fibrinogen.
Funding Period: 03/01/06 – 03/01/07
Role: PI
Funding: $2,400
Meendering J.R. American College of Sports Medicine Foundation Grant . Oral Contraceptives and Vascular Function
in Young Women.
Overview: The primary aim of this research was to evaluate whether the ratio of ethinyl estradiol to desogestrel used in
combination monophasic oral contraceptives influences endothelial function across the course of the oral contraceptive
cycle (active vs. placebo pill periods).
Funding Period: 05/01/06 – 05/01/07
Role: PI
Funding: $5,000
Meendering, J.R. University Committee for the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT) Travel Grant. Active
Learning Science Classrooms.
Overview: The primary aim of this grant was to secure travel funding to an educational conference to learn about
active learning in science classrooms.
Role: PI
Funding: $500

Meendering J.R., Berg, C., Stergiou, N., & Blanke, D. University of Nebraska Foundation Grant. Equipment
Needs for Vascular Biology Laboratory.
Overview: The University of Nebraska at Omaha does not provide start up laboratory funds. Therefore, I wrote this
grant along with another young investigator within my department to provide start up funds for laboratory
equipment to get our research agenda started in our new laboratories.
Funding Period: 09/01/07-09/01/08
Role: Co-PI
Funding: $118,000
Meendering, J.R. University Committee of Research and Creative Activity Grant. Effects of Tri-Phasic Oral
Contraceptives on Vascular Function in Young Women.
Overview: This study will be done in conjunction with our graduate students to provide pilot data (along with my
previous dissertation research) to apply for federal funding.
Funding Period: 03/01/08 – 06/01/08
Role: PI
Funding $ 4,500

Dodge, T., Meendering, J.R., Huberty, J.L. American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate Community Action Grant.
Keystone Gateway to Active Living and Healthy Eating.
Overview: It is clear that physical activity is key to maintaining a healthy weight and staying healthy. Therefore, the
purpose of the “The Keystone Gateway Initiative” is to provide opportunities for underserved youth to participate in
physical activity, learn about being active and eating healthy, and work towards creating environments in every
neighborhood that encourage physical activity in order to allow youth to maintain positive behaviors for a life-time.
Instilling positive health behaviors in youth is key to fighting childhood obesity and improving the current and future
cardiovascular health of the Omaha community.
Funding Period: 06/01/08-05/31/09
Role: Grant Writer/Consultant
Funding Requested: $5,000
White, J.L. and Meendering, J.R. American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate Community Action Grant. Women
Bound to be Active.
Overview: The purpose of this grant proposal is to implement Women Bound to Be Active in East North East Douglas
County, providing African American women an opportunity to attain the skills necessary to increase physical activity
participation and maintain it for a lifetime.
Funding Period: 06/01/08-05/31/09
Role: Consultant
Funding Requested: $5,000
Meendering, J.R. and White, J.L. University Committee of Research and Creative Activity Grant. Healthy Weight in
Young Women.
Overview: The purpose of this study is to promote a healthy weight in young perinatal young women by providing
social support groups to help improve their health behaviors related to physical activity and nutrition.
Funding Period: 1/1/09-6/1/10
Role: PI
Funding $ 4,500

Chen, S.J., Meendering, J.R., and Berg, C. University Committee of Research and Creative Activity Grant.
The Relationship of Gait Kinetics and Oxygen Uptake in Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients Walking With and
Without Pain.
The purpose of this proposal is to integrate both biomechanical and physiological disciplines to study the PAD
patients who have intermittent pain symptoms.
Funding Period: 1/1/09-6/1/10
Role: co-PI
Funding $ 4,500
Schroeder, R, Meendering, J.R., Landmark, S., and Kirby,S. Welmark Grant. Brookings Country Strides to a
Healthier Community.
Overview: The purpose of this proposal is to conduct a needs assessment using the South Dakota Strides to a
Healthier Community assessment tool in order to gain basic health information on our community.
Funding Period: 4/1/09-4/1-10
Role: Co-PI
Funding: $25,000
Meendering, J.R., and Exley, L. South Dakota State University Research Initiative Grant. Fit Minded
Cardiovascular Disease Survivors Pilot Study: A novel approach to increasing physical activity and reducing
cardiovascular disease risk in women taking part in cardiac rehabilitation programs.
Overview: The purpose of this study is to determine whether a novel book club intervention, which incorporates
theory-based PA and self-worth promotion strategies, can improve PA adherence in women with coronary heart
disease after completion of a supervised cardiac rehabilitation program.
Funding Period: 04/01/2010 – 04/01/2011
Role: PI
Funding: $5,000
Meendering J.R. and Fountaine, C. College of Education and Human Sciences Grant. A comparison of physical
activity and sedentary behavior between rural and urban children.
Overview: The purpose of this proposal is to determine if there are differences in the amount of physical activity and
sedentary behavior in children who live in rural vs. urban settings in South Dakota. This study will allow us to collect
the pilot data for necessary for application of external grant funding to complete this study on a larger scale.
Funding Period: 05/01/10 – 05/01/11
Role: Co-PI
Funding: $5,000
Specker, B., Theix, N. Meendering, J.R., Wimberly, M. National Children’s Study Formative Research Project
Award. Instrument and Methods Testing and Evaluation for Measurement of Physical Activity in Toddlers.
Overview: The goal of this proposal is to compare the costs and benefits of pedometers, accelerometers and a proxy-
recall instrument for measurement of physical activity in children aged 2-5 years in a rural and an urban location.
Funding Period: 09/01/10 – 09/01/11
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: $143,000
Meendering, J.R. Women and Giving Program – SDSU Foundation Grant. Fit Minded Cardiovascular Disease
Survivors Program Extension Funding: A novel approach to increasing physical activity and reducing
cardiovascular disease risk in women taking part in cardiac rehabilitation programs.
Overview: The purpose of this grant is to continue the Fit Minded program in the Brookings Community for an
additional 6 month period in a modified format. We will meet 1x month and provide educational programming for
the participants. We will continue to assess the participants physical activity, self-worth, and markers of
cardiovascular risk.
Funding Period: 12/01/2010 – 12/01/2011
Role: PI
Funding: $2,000
Meendering, J.R. Academic and Scholarly Excellence Grant (Start-up Funding. Equipment to Create a Vascular
Research Laboratory.
Overview: The purpose of this grant is to secure the funding necessary to purchase equipment for a vascular
research laboratory.
Funding Period: 10/01/2010-10/01/2011
Role: PI
Funding: $8,000
Meendering, J.R. Academic and Scholarly Excellence Grant (Travel). Professional Development Travel Grant.
Overview: The purpose of this grant is to obtain the funding necessary to travel to the American College of Sports
Medicine National Meeting to present a research abstract.
Funding Period: 10/01/2010-10/01/2011
Role: PI
Funding: $500
Ball, J., and Meendering, J.R. Bandit Industries Inc. Industry Grant. A proposal to Test Field Performance and
Safety of a New Petal Control for Wood Chippers
Overview: The objective of this project is to evaluate the field performance of a new petal control safety device on
Bandit chippers. The evaluation will include timed studies and oxygen cost of chipping on chippers with and
without the new safety petal control as well as measuring
Funding Period: 08/01/2010- 01/01/2011
Role: Consultant
Funding: $18,380
Indirects: ~$600
Ongoing Research Support

Kemmer, T.M., Koszewski, W.M, Jensen, B., Fisher, J.A., Slutka, S., Kattelmann, K., Meendering, J.R., Wey, H.,
Guzman, M., Carr, T., Takahashi, S., Anderson-Knott, M. USDA - Integrated Research, Education, and Extension
to Prevent Childhood Obesity Grant. Innovation and Collaboration: Creating a Transdisciplinary Childhood
Obesity Prevention Graduate Program (T.O.P Program).
Overview: The primary goal of the proposed T.O.P graduate program is to develop an innovative,
research‐based graduate education program that includes trans disciplinary experiential
research training in the field of childhood obesity prevention. The T.O.P program will prepare
students with the technical and functional competencies needed to conduct research on the
behavioral, social, biological, and environmental causes of childhood obesity as well as skills to
develop and implement evidence‐based transdisciplinary approaches to prevention.
Funding Period: 01/01/2011- 01/01/2016
Role: Co-Investigator – 12% effort
Funding: $ 4,125,160
Meendering JR, Kirby S. & South Dakota Department of Health. South Dakota Community Transformation Grant.
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The purpose of this grant proposal is to create environmental and policy changes across the state of South Dakota to
promote health. Brookings is charged with increasing the number of worksites that support health promotion through
policy and environmental support.
Funding Period: 10/1/11 – 09/31/16
Role: Co-PI – Brookings Sub-Award
Funding: $26,085
White, A. et al. A 4-H Program to Promote Culinary Skills and Family Meals for Obesity Prevention: iCook.
Funding Agency: USDA-NIFA-Integrated.
The purpose of this proposal is to improve nutrition and physical activity in children and their parents through an
online intervention education program. I am serving as the consultant on the grant to teach them how to evaluate
physical activity using accelerometers and writing a protocol for their data collection procedures, data analysis
procedures, etc.
Funding Period: 1/1/12 – 12/31/17
Role: Consultant
Funding: $2,491,345
Grants Submitted without Funding:
Meendering, J.R. Action Communities for Health, Innovation and EnVironmental ChangE (ACHIEVE) Grant – National
Association of Chronic Disease Directors. A community change program to improve chronic disease risk.
Overview: The purpose of this proposal is to reduce chronic disease in the Brookings community through policy,
systems, and environmental change to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and reduce tobacco use and exposure.
Submitted: December 2009
Role: PI
Funding Requested: $75,000
Huberty, J.L., and Meendering, J.R. National Institute of Health: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
(NHLBI): PA-09-244; Nutrition and Physical Activity Research to Promote Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Health
(R21). Fit Minded Heart Disease Survivors: Novel approach to increase physical activity.
Overview: The overall objective of this application is to propose a novel intervention approach to increase physical
activity (PA) participation and self-worth (SW) and reduce markers of cardiovascular risk in women with coronary
artery disease from which significant preliminary data will be generated for an R01 NIH submission.
Submitted: June 2010
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Requested: $275,000
Kattelmann, K. et al. Digestive, and Kidney Diseases. Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic
Diseases: Planning Grants for Translational Research for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes and Obesity.
Diabetes Health Tracker Enhances Self-Management of Diabetes in Frontier and Rural Populations.
Overview: The Diabetes Health Tracker is a web-based tool designed to enhance primary care and to more
effectively assist people living in frontier/rural SD with self-management of their type 2 diabetes. One innovation
of this is the utilization of virtual health coaches and a web-based platform designed with five basic elements
(coaching, surveillance in real-time, longitudinal monitoring, evaluation against standards, and best practices) that
assure accountability in care.
Submitted: October 2010
Role: Consultant
Funding Requested: $432,453

Kattelmann K et al. A Pilot Study to Determine the Effects of High Quality Protein Diets on Markers of Metabolic
Syndrome in Humans.
Funding Agency: South Dakota Beef Council
The purpose of this proposal is to determine the effects of high quality protein diets on markers of metabolic
syndrome. My role was to conduct vascular function testing in the study participants.
Role: Co-PI
Funding Requested: $131,242

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
2011-Present
South Dakota Representative of the Northland American College of Sports Medicine American Physiological Society Women in Physiology Committee Reviewer for the Journal of Applied Physiology Treasurer of the Nebraska Physiological Society Reviewer for American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology Reviewer for the Journal of Undergraduate Kinesiology Research 2007- 2008
Councilor of the Nebraska Physiological Society 2007- 2009
Nebraska Representative of the Northland American College of Sports Medicine Northwest American College of Sports Medicine Regional Student Representative
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
2012-Present
College of Education and Human Sciences Faculty Senate Representative Exercise Science Faculty Search Committee, Department of Health and Nutritional Science South Dakota State University Biomechanics Faculty Search Committee Chair, Department of Health and Nutritional Science South Dakota State University Standards Committee, Department of Health and Nutritional Science South Dakota State University Department of Health and Nutritional science Department Head Search Committee, South Dakota State University, EA Martin Nutrition Committee, South Dakota State University Practice with the Pro’s Mock Interview Day Faculty Volunteer, South Dakota State University South Dakota State University Senior/Junior Day Faculty Volunteer, South Dakota State University School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Athletic Training Program Coordinator Search Committee, University of Nebraska at Omaha School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Doctoral Program Committee, University of Nebraska at Omaha School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Graduate Program Council Committee Member, University of Nebraska Omaha College of Education Academic Standards and Policy Committee Member, University of Nebraska Omaha College of Education Student Affairs Committee Member, University of Nebraska Omaha School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Part Time/Joint Appointment Committee Member, University of Nebraska Omaha UNO Faculty Women Meeting Planning Committee, University of Nebraska Omaha UNO Common Evaluation Tool Committee Member, University of Nebraska Omaha College of Education Building a Legacy Campaign Committee Member, University of Nebraska Omaha
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
2011-Present
Faculty Advisory for the Exercise Science Club Faculty Advisor for Athletes Inspired: A nutrition and physical activity intervention for special Olympics athletes. Director of South Dakota Fit Minded Program Healthy South Dakota Task Force, State of South Dakota Safe Routes to School in Omaha Task Force, Omaha, NE Omaha Public Schools Career Fair: Introduction to Physiology and Exercise Physiology Presentation. Omaha, NE. University of Nebraska Medical Center Hypertension Educator, Omaha, NE Activate Omaha Kids Physical Activity Plank Co-Chair, Omaha, NE Healthy Weight and Women Community Collaborative, Omaha, NE American Physiological Society Phun Week, Dundee Elementary School, Omaha, NE Harry Koch Insurance Guest Lecturer: What Every Woman Should Know about Cardiovascular Health, Omaha, NE

Source: http://appsrvsp.sdstate.edu/onlinedirectory/Vita/Jessica_Meendering.pdf