Anna Beeber, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

Anna Song Beeber Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. is an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, and a Research Fellow at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Her research focuses on improving the quality of care for older adults residing in long-term care settings, in particular, examining staffing, service delivery, and resident outcomes in assisted living to guide future efforts to help assisted living communities match services with resident needs. Dr. Beeber received a BSN from Hartwick College and a MSN (Adult and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner) and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Her doctoral work was funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholars Program and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Dr. Beeber completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, funded by the NINR Healthcare Quality and Patient Outcomes T32 and the John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Fellowship program, and a while on faculty at UNC completed a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health K12 career development award. She currently teaches clinical care of older adults to MSN students.