{"id":164847,"date":"2020-10-06T07:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&p=164847"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:41:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:41:44","slug":"nursing-professor-receives-marce-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2020\/10\/nursing-professor-receives-marce-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Professor Receives Marc\u00e9 Medal for Perinatal Mental Health Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Board of Trustees distinguished professor Cheryl Tatano Beck<\/a> has received the prestigious Marc\u00e9 Medal, becoming just the fifth American and second nurse researcher to win the award from the International Marc\u00e9 Society for Perinatal Mental Health.<\/p>\n

The Marc\u00e9 Society is dedicated to supporting research and assistance surrounding prenatal and postpartum mental health for mothers, fathers, and their babies. The mission of the Society is to sustain an international perinatal mental health community to promote research and high-quality clinical care around the world.<\/p>\n

The highest award the Society can bestow is the Marc\u00e9 Medal, which is awarded every two years to an individual in recognition of major achievements and commitment to research in the field of perinatal mental health in women.<\/p>\n

\u201cCheryl is a pioneer in the field of traumatic birth research,\u201d says School of Nursing Dean Deborah Chyun. \u201cHer work shines a light on the struggles mothers endure before, during, and after giving birth, and how those experiences affect their lives going forward. We are grateful to have Cheryl as a member of our faculty and congratulate her on receiving the Marc\u00e9 Medal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beck learned earlier this year that she would be receiving the award but was officially recognized by the Marc\u00e9 Society on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am extremely grateful to the International Marc\u00e9 Society for awarding this prestigious medal to me in recognition of my program of research,\u201d Beck says. \u201cI would not be receiving this award if it were not for the courageous women who have participated in my research studies over the years and shared their experiences with devastating mood and anxiety disorders following childbirth.\u201d<\/p>\n

A world-renowned qualitative and mixed-methods nurse researcher<\/a>, Beck has literally written the book (or more accurately books) on conducting research, as well as indispensable textbooks in multiple editions.<\/p>\n

Her research focuses on women\u2019s perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including postpartum depression; post-traumatic stress disorder due to traumatic childbirth; and secondary traumatic stress in labor and delivery nurses, certified nurse-midwives, and neonatal nurses. She has also conducted research on post-traumatic growth, which is the positive impact a traumatic experience can have on women who have had traumatic births.<\/p>\n

Not one to rest on laurels, Beck has recently turned her attention to the latest struggle a lot of new mothers are facing: giving birth during a pandemic. She is currently conducting a mixed-methods study<\/a> with Deepika Goyal, an OB\/GYN nurse practitioner and professor at San Jos\u00e9 State University, on women\u2019s experiences giving birth amid COVID-19. She is also conducting a second study on women\u2019s childbirth experiences in Brazil during the pandemic, with Erika de S\u00e1 Vieira Abuchaim of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo School of Nursing.<\/p>\n

Follow the UConn School of Nursing on\u00a0<\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Instagram<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Twitter<\/em><\/a>, or\u00a0<\/em>LinkedIn<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cheryl Beck is just the fifth American and second nurse researcher to win the award from the International Marc\u00e9 Society for Perinatal Mental Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":164851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1877],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2217],"class_list":["post-164847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nur"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 18:09:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/164851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164847"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=164847"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=164847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}