Positions: 
  Professor of Geriatrics, Psychiatry, and Nursing 
  Vice-Chair of the Geriatrics Department
  Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC)

Dr. Beck has devoted her research career to clinical and services interventions aimed at improving care at the provider/patient interface. Her most recent study is attempting to isolate the triggers for problematic vocalizations in nursing home residents with dementia. Along with two related studies at the University of Michigan (on wandering and aggression), it should provide researchers and providers with a better insight on how patient needs and (stable and dynamic) environmental factors impact dementia compromised behavior. 

Dr. Beck has published more than 100 articles, served on a number of NIH study sections and councils, and lectured extensively throughout the world. In 2003 she received the National Gerontological Nursing Association Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2004 she received the Barry Reisberg Recognition Award from the Hearthstone Alzheimer's Family Foundation, and in 2005 she received the Maureen Reagan Award from the Alzheimer's Association.