Susan Beck, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Title: Professor
Current Position: Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Research Specialty: Management of symptoms in cancer patients and organizational interventions to improve care
Education/Training
- 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))
- 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
- 2003 Oncology Nursing Society Distinguished Service Award
- 1999 Excellence in Scholarship Award, University of Utah College of Nursing
- 1998 Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
Publications
- Beck SL, Dudley WN, Barsevick A. (2005). Pain, sleep disturbance, and fatigue in patients with cancer: Using a mediation model to test a symptom cluster. Oncology Nursing Forum, 32(3), 542.
- 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.
- Friese, C. R., Beck, S. L. (2004). Advancing practice and research: Creating evidence-based summaries on measuring nursing-sensitive patient outcomes. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing 8(6), 675-677.
- 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.
- Peterson, D. E., Beck, S. L., & Keefe, D. M. K. (2004). Novel therapies. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 2(1), 53-58.
- Beck, S. L. (2004). Symptom clusters: Impediments and suggestions for solutions. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs.(32), 137-138.
- Barsevick, A., Dudley, W. M., Nail, L., & Beck, S. (2003). Who benefits from energy conservation for cancer-related fatigue? [Abstract]. Oncology Nursing Forum, 30(2), 143.
- Stevenson, K., Dahl, J., Berry, P., & Beck, S. (2003). Baseline data form the practice change programs: Room for improvement. Journal of Pain, 4(2), 71.
Academic Activities
- President of Cancer Pain Relief-Utah
- Steering Committee of the Partnership to Improve End-of-Life Care in Utah
