Meghan L Beier, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Background

Videos

• Meghan L Beier, M.A., Ph.D. | Rehabilitation Neuropsychologist

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Team MS: The Practitioners You Need Most | HealthCentral (September 2020)

  Cognitive Function Testing for Multiple Sclerosis: Why Do It? And When? | Everyday Health (July 2019)

  Connecting Specialties for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis | Restore (November 2017)

Research Interests

Cognitive Aging, Mental Health, Multiple Sclerosis

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KUPu4O4AAAAJ&hl=en

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=((Beier%20M%5BAuthor%5D)%20NOT%20Beier%20MS%5BAuthor%5D)%20AND%20Hopkins

Research Gate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meghan_Beier

Selected Publications

• Alschuler, K. and Beier, M. (2015). Intolerance of uncertainty: shaping an agenda for research on coping with MS. International Journal of MS Care

• Beier, M., Amtmann, D., and Ehde, D. (2015). Beyond depression: predictors of selfreported cognitive function in adults living with MS. Rehabilitation Psychology

• Hartoonian, N., Terrill, A.L., Beier, M., Turner, A.P., Day, M.A., and Alschuler, K.N. (2015). Predictors of anxiety in multiple sclerosis. Rehabilitation Psychology, 60(1), 91-8.

• Hughes, A., Beier, M., Hartoonian, N., Turner, A., Amtmann, D., and Ehde, D. (2015). Self-Efficacy as a longitudinal predictor of perceived cognitive impairment in individuals with multiple sclerosis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 96(5), 913-9.

• Terrill, A., Hartoonian, N., Beier, M., Salem, R., and Alschuler, K. (2015). The 7-item generalized anxiety disorder scale as a tool for measuring generalized anxiety in multiple sclerosis. International Journal of MS Care, 17(2), 49-56.

Courses & Syllabi

• Undergraduate Research, REHAB 499, 1/1/14
• Project ECHO, tele-didactic program for community neurologists and PCPs, 1/1/14
• UW MS Center Monthly Educational Series, 1/1/13
• Neuropsychology Seminar for Psychology Residents and Postdoctoral Fellows, 1/1/13 - 1/1/14

Honors

• ECTRIMS Travel Grant for the Quality of Scientific Contribution to the Congress, 1/1/15
• Independent Practice Division Scholar, New York State Psychological Association's ABPP Committee, 1/1/13

Memberships

• Consortium of MS Centers (CMSC),

  Mental Health Special Interest Group 

• American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM),

  Neurodegenerative Diseases Networking Group

• American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM),

  International Networking Group

• American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM),

  Early Career Networking Group

• Psychological Association,

  New Jersey State (NJPA)

• Psychological Association,

  New York State (NYSPA)

• American Psychological Association (APA),

  Division 20: The Division on Adult Development and Aging

• American Psychological Association (APA),

  Division 22: Rehabilitation Psychology

• American Psychological Association (APA),

  Division 40: Clinical Neuropsychology

Professional Activities

• APA, Membership Chair
• Can Do MS, Clinical Consultant and Presenter, 1/1/15
• Rehabilitation Psychology 2016 Conference Planning Committee, Member, 1/1/14 - 1/1/15