Cornelia Beck, PhD, RN, FAAN
Phone: (501) 526-5750  Fax: (501) 526-5760  Email: BeckCornelia@uams.edu

• 2004 Annual Barry Reisberg Recognition Award, Barry Reisberg & the Hearthstone Alzheimer's Family Foundation

• 2003 National Gerontological Nursing Association Board of Directors Lifetime Achievement Award, National Gerontological Nursing Association

• 2001 Gerontological Nurse of the Year, Arkansas Nurses Association

• 1998 Distinguished Contribution to Nursing Science Award, American Nurses Foundation

• 1998 The Gerontological Society of America, 1998 Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award

• 1998 Distinguished Researcher Award, Southern Nursing Research Society

• Alzheimer's Disease International Medical and Scientific Panel
• International Geropsychiatric Association
• National Board of Directors of the Assisted Living Research Institute (ALRI)
• American Academy of Nursing
• American Nurses' Association
• Gerontological Society of America
• National Gerontological Nursing Association
• Sigma XI, The Scientific Research Society
• Southern Council on Collegiate Education in Nursing Research Committee
• Southern Nursing Research Society

• UAMS Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center. National Institute on Aging. C. Beck,  Principal Investigator.  ($4,753,364). Funded September 30, 2001 – June 30, 2006

• Problematic Vocalizations: Background & Proximal Factors. National Institute of Nursing Research. C. Beck, Principal Investigator. ($1,668,787).  Funded September 1, 1999 – May 31, 2004.

• Partnership Approach for Sustaining Best Practices.  National Institute of Nursing Research, C. Beck, Principal Investigator. ($2,690,059).  Funded June 1, 1997 - March 31, 2002.

• Snow, L.A., Weber, J.B., O’Malley, K.J., Cody, M. Beck, C., Bruera E., Ashton, C., & Kunik, M. (2004). NOPPAIN: A nursing assistant-administered pain assessment instrument for patients with dementia. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 17, 240-246.
• Souder, E., Rapp, C.G., Davis, G.V., Beck, C., Leim, P.H. (2004). Care of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease in the new millennium. Medsurg Nursing, The Journal of Adult Health, 13,(1), 22-31.

• Beck, C. & Shue, V. (2003). Surrogate decision making and related issues.  Alzheimer’s Disease and Associated Disorders, 17(2, Supplement 1), S12-S16.

• AGS/AAGP Expert Panel on Quality Mental Health Care in Nursing Homes. (2003). Consensus statement on improving the quality of mental health care in US nursing homes: Management of depression and behavioral symptoms associated with dementia.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51(9), 1287-1298.

• AGS/AAGP Expert Panel on Quality Mental Health Care in Nursing Homes. (2003). Recommendations for policies in support of quality mental health care in US nursing homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51(9), 1299-1304, 2003.

• Chumbler, N.R., Grimm, J.W., Cody, M., Beck, C. (2003).  Gender, kinship and caregiver burden: The case of community-dwelling memory impaired seniors. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18, 722-732.

• Kunik, M.E., Martinez, M., Snow, A.L., Beck, C.K., Cody, M., Rapp, C.G., Molinari, V.A., Orengo, C.A., Hamilton, J.D. (2003). Determinants of behavioral symptoms in dementia patients. Clinical Gerontologist, 26(3/4), 83-90.

• Pope, S.K., Shue, V.M. & Beck, C., (2003). Will a healthy lifestyle help prevent Alzheimer’s disease? Annual Review of Public Health, 24, 111-132.

• Kunik, M.E., Lees, E., Snow, A.L., Cody, M., Rapp, C.G., Molinari, V.A., & Beck, C.K., (2003). Disruptive behavior in dementia: A qualitative study to promote understanding and improve treatment. Alzheimers Care Quarterly, 4(2), 125-136.