About
Dr. Dana Beck, PhD, MSN, MS, FNP-BC, is a family nurse practitioner who specializes in women and people with the capacity for pregnancy’s sexual and reproductive health and a health services and policy researcher. Dr. Beck maintains an active clinical practice as a nurse practitioner in LA County, which informs her research and teaching. She has expertise in the process of community mobilization for maternal health in under-resourced communities and has conducted research in the US, Ethiopia, and Zambia. Dr. Beck’s current research focuses on policy and health systems solutions for individuals at the intersection of reproductive and perinatal heath and behavioral health, with the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes and healthcare for this population through co-creation of culturally relevant health services and policy solutions. This scholarship is grounded in frameworks of reproductive justice and harm reduction.
Research Expertise
- Community mobilization
- Perinatal/reproductive health and behavioral health
- Trauma informed care
Education
08/2006: Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Université de Gaston Berger, St. Louis, Sénégal
12/2013: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
04/2017: Master of Science, Nursing, Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
08/2020: Ph.D. Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
08/2021: Master of Science, Health and Healthcare Research, University of Michigan