Ed.D., University of Alabama, 1989-1994
University of Nebraska, 1987-1989
M.S., University of Illinois, 1982
B.S., Illinois State University, 1976

Dr. Beaird joined The University of West Alabama faculty in 1994.  She earned a B.S. degree in the social sciences from Illinois State University and taught at the junior high/high school level for the next 7 years.  Dr. Beaird then earned an M.S. degree in health education from The University of Illinois and worked for the Nebraska State Health Department as a Health Educator III for the next 3 years.  In 1987 she went back to school to earn a terminal degree in Exercise Physiology.  In graduate school, she studied the effects of heat stroke on military men wearing chemical defense suits.            In the early years at UWA she wrote an Anatomy and Physiology lab manual.  She is presently involved in immunology research with graduate students.  They are examining Tramp-C Prostate Epithelial Cancer Cells.

BY 232  Human Anatomy & Physiology II
BY 431/531  Histology
BY 474/574  Human Physiology

Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society, advisor
Elementary Science Olympiad, director
College Academic Council
NSM College Review Group
Nursing College Review Group

Immunology, Prostate Cancer Cells

Laila Ghazwani, Janis Beaird and Jeffery Merida,  The University of West Alabama  “The Effects of Ganoderma Mushroom (GM) Extract on the Growth of Murine Tramp-C Prostate Epithelial Cancer Cells”  (2015)
 
Laila Alonazi, Janis Beaird, and Jeffery Merida,  The University of West Alabama “The Effects of Orange Extract (OE) on the Growth of Murine Tramp-C Prostate Epithelial Cancer Cells”  (2015)
 
Tamara Smoot, Janis Beaird, and Jeffery Merida, The University of West Alabama “The Effects of Pomegranate Extract on the Growth of Murine Tramp-C Prostate Epithelial Cancer Cells” (2015)
 
Fatimah Alhassan, Janis Beaird, Jeffery Merida,  The University of West Alabama  “The Effects of Omega-3 Fatty  Acids on the Growth of Murine Tramp-C Prostate Epithelial Cancer Cells  (2015)