Beverly S. Reigle, RN, PhD

Beverly S. Reigle is an Assistant Professor at University of Cincinnati College of Nursing. She received her PhD in Nursing from The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas; MS in Nursing from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas; BS in Nursing from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and diploma in Nursing from West Suburban Hospital School of Nursing in Oak Park, Illinois.

Dr. Reigle has served in multiple positions at the international, regional and chapter levels of Sigma Theta Tau International. Internationally, she served on the Honor Society Building Corporation, the Bylaws Task Force, and the Panel of Visitors and Consultants, was Honorary Chair of the 36^th Biennial Convention Arrangements Committee and Chair of 34^th Biennial Convention Registration Committee, and assisted in designing and presenting at Chapter Leader Academies. Regionally, she served three terms as a Regional Coordinator (Region 4 and Region 9) and earlier was Chair of the Region 4 Strategic Planning Task Force. At the chapter level, Dr. Reigle served as chapter president twice, president-elect, vice president, counselor, and was chair of several chapter committees and task forces.

Dr. Reigle has been an active leader in other professional organizations. She is the current Chair of the Ohio Nurses Association Bylaws Committee. Regionally, she served as Vice President of the Southwestern Ohio Nurses Association (SONA), Chair of the SONA Nominating and Bylaws Committees, and SONA delegate, and was a member of the former SONA Council on Practice. She served in other professional and community organizations such as the Tri-State Oncology Nursing Society and the American Cancer Society. As a volunteer for the American Cancer Society, she chaired committees at both the local and state levels that focus on the promotion of the early detection of breast cancer. For thirteen years, she was a member of the Hamilton County ACS Board of Directors and as Secretary of the BOD for four years. She has presented multiple programs on breast health awareness to both health care professionals and women in the community and currently addresses the survivorship trajectory of women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Her program of research addresses factors impacting cancer survivorship, particularly, the role of rehabilitation among breast cancer survivors. Current investigations include the impact of exercise on the functional ability and quality of life in women who have had breast cancer surgery and the rehabilitation experiences of breast cancer survivors. Previous research focused on the early detection of breast cancer particularly, breast self-examination (BSE).