Elizabeth Beam, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, UNMC College of Nursing
HEROES Program Director
Director of Global Health
Education Researcher,UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators, Academic Affairs
Education
- 2000, BSN, UNMC
- 2004, MSN, UNMC
- 2014, PhD, UNMC
Research Interests
- Educational technology
- Human behavior in infection control training
Grant Support (Previous 5 Years)
- July 2023-June 2025 Title: Prototyping of a ruggedized powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) for healthcare use in austere conditions , Award Amount: $71,122, Role: Beam, E (P.I.)
- July 2023-June 2024 Title: Beam Helmet: Human Factors and clinical usability testing of a head-mounted, flip-up powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) Prototype, Award Amount: $20,000, Role: Beam, E (P.I.)
- August 2021-Sep 2022 Title: Educational Strategy Assessment for Improving Respiratory Protection Equipment Use, Source: NSRI IRAD, Award Amount: $25,000, Role: Beam, E (P.I.)
- April 2018-May 2020 Title: Investigating donning and doffing behaviors of healthcare workers for N95 respirators, Source: UNMC CON Research Grant, Award Amount: $10,000, Role: Beam, E (P.I.)
- 2018 – Present Title: Healthcare and Emergency Responder Organization Education through Simulation (HEROES) project, Source: University of Nebraska Programs of Excellence, Role: Beam, E (P.I.)
Publications (Previous 5 Years)
- Beam, E.L. (2021). Letter to the Editor. Respiratory protection for health professions students must be addressed in light of lessons from the coronavirus disease (2019) COVID – 19 pandemic. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, available online 2021. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.375
- Herstein, J. J., Abdoulaye, A. A., Jelden, K. C., Le, A. B., Beam, E. L., Gibbs, S. G. et al. (2021). A pilot study of core body temperatures in healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment in a high-level isolation unit. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene, published online 12 August 2021.
- Smith, C. J., Matthias, T., Beam, E., Wampler, K., Pounds, L., Nickol, D., Shope, R.J., Carlson, K., & Michael, K. M. (2020). A mixed-methods evaluation of medical residents’ attitudes towards interprofessional learning and stereotypes following sonography student-led point-of-care ultrasound training. Journal of General Internal Medicine 35(10), 3081-3086. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06105-5
- Beam, E. L., Herstein, J. J., Kupzyk, K. K., & Gibbs, S. G. (2020). A simulation approach to measure critical safety behaviors when evaluating training methods for respirator education in healthcare workers. American Journal of Infection Control,48, 869-874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.05.005 This article was the topic of a podcast from the AJIC website. LINK: https://www.infectionpreventionspotlight.com/rbif-27 [infectionpreventionspotlight.com]
- Gibbs, S. G., Herstein, J. J., Le, A. B., Beam, E. L., Cieslak, T. J., Lawler, J. V., Santarpia, J. L., Stentz, T. L., Kopocis-Herstein, K. R., Achutan, C., Carter, G. W., & J. J. Lowe. (2019). Review of literature for air medical evacuation high-level containment transport. Air Medical Journal,38(5), 359-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2019.06.006
- Gibbs, S. G., Herstein, J. J., Le, A. B., Beam, E. L., Cieslak, T. J., Lawler, J. V., Santarpia, J. L., Stentz, T. L., Kopocis-Herstein, K. R., Achutan, C., Carter, G. W., & J. J. Lowe. (2019). Need for aeromedical evacuation high-level containment transport guidelines. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(5), 1033-1034. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181948
- Beam, E.L., Schwedhelm, M.M., Boulter, K.C., Vasa, A.M., Larson, L., Cieslak, T.J., Lowe, J.J., Herstein, J. J., Kratochvil, C.J., & Hewlett, A.L. (2019) Ebola Virus Disease: Clinical challenges, recognition, and management. Nursing Clinics of North America, 54, 169-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2019.02.001
Service
- Gamma Pi At-Large Sigma Chapter, Publicity Chair, 2011 - present.
- UNMC Incident Command Team, Planning Section, 2019 - present.
- Academies Collaborative, Steering Committee Member, 2021 – 2023 term.
Recognition (Previous 5 Years)
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America William Rutala Scholarship 2020
- UNMC Academic Affairs Interprofessional Education Scholar Award 2019
College of Nursing - Omaha Division
University of Nebraska Medical Center
985330 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5330