Barbara Allison Chatfield

was born August 25, 1959 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France and grew up in Monument, Colorado. She attended Lewis Palmer High School, where she was captain of her basketball team and Valedictorian. She matriculated at the University of Colorado, Boulder and was inducted as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Distinction in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology in 1981.

Barb attended medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University, then received training in Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. In 1991, Barb entered active duty in the United States Air Force and served as the medical director of Pediatric Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. After honorably fulfilling her service as a Major in the Air Force, she accepted a faculty position at the Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine. She was promoted to the rank of Professor of Pediatrics in 2008.

A Family Tradition: Commitment to Education

Margery and Colonel Stanley Chatfield, Barb's parents, instilled a passion for education in their children and grandchildren. They started a scholarship fund for their grandchildren, which supported their education in diverse fields such as teaching, nursing, accounting, law, culinary arts, medicine, political science, marketing, communications, physical therapy. This commitment to education inspired us to establish the Barbara Chatfield Award for Academic Achievement.