Bridging the Gap - Alzheimer's Demonstration Grant

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Cornelia Beck, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Department of Geriatrics, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Professor, College of Nursing
Director, Memory Research Center
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

Dr. Beck received her Ph.D. in nursing from Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas in 1978. Dr. Beck has conducted research with cognitively impaired elderly since 1984 and has numerous publications in this area. She is the recipient of multiple grants from NIH and various foundations. Dr. Beck has served on the Mental Disorders of the Elderly Study Section at NIH, the National Advisory Council for the National Institute of Nursing Research, and the NIH Nursing Research Study Section. She currently serves on the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Association. Dr. Beck received the Distinguished Contribution to Nursing Science Award from the American Nurses Foundation, the Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award and the National Gerontological Nursing Association Lifetime Achievement Award. She has also received the Gerontological Nurse of the Year Award from the Arkansas Nurses Association.

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