Susan Beck, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Title: Professor
Current Position: Professor
Research Specialty: Management of symptoms in cancer patients and organizational interventions to improve care
Hartford Affiliation
Faculty member
Education
- BSN Duquesne University
- MN University of Pittsburgh
- PhD University of Utah
Research/Scholarly Activities
09/04/07 - 07/31/12 Telephone Linked Care: An IT Enabled Integrated System for Cancer Symptom Relief (NIH, NCI, (R0I)).
- 9/08-8/09 Co-investigator with S. Shaffer: Measuring Care Quality and Pain Outcomes in Hospitalized Veterans (VA HRSD).
- 06/2007 - 05/2009 Management for Prostate Cancer (NIH).
- 11/2007-10/2008 Pain & Nursing Care Quality: Does Certification Make a Difference? (ONS Foundation).
- 08/15/06-08/14/08 Nursing Care Quality (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation).
Honors
- 2008 Robert S. and Beth M. Carter Endowed Chair
- 2007 Dean's Award, University of Utah College of Nursing
- 2007 University of Utah Graduate Student Distinguished Mentor Award
- 2003 Oncology Nursing Society Distinguished Service Award
- 1999 Excellence in Scholarship Award, University of Utah College of Nursing
Related Publications
Towsley, G. T., Beck, S. L., &Watkins, J. (2007) "Learning to live with it": Coping with the transition to cancer survivorship in older adults. Journal of Aging Studies 21: 93-106. Beck, S. L. (2004). Mucositis. In C. H. Yarbro, M. M. Frogge, & M. Goodman (Eds.), Cancer Symptom Management (3rd ed., pp. 276-292). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett. Barsevick, A., Dudley, W. N., Beck, S. L., Sweeney, C., Whitmer, K., & Nail, L. (2004). A randomized clinical trial of energy conservation for patients with cancer-related fatigue. Cancer, 100(6), 1302-1310. Beck, S. L., Schwartz, A. L., Towsley, G. Dudley, W. N., & Barsevick, A. (2004). Psychometric evaluation of the Pittsburgh sleep quality index in cancer patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 27(2), 140-148. Beck, S. L. (2004). Symptom clusters: Impediments and suggestions for solutions. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs.(32), 137-138.
Academic Activities
President of Cancer Pain Relief-Utah Steering Committee of the Partnership to Improve End-of-Life Care in Utah
