Barbara A. Given | |
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Spouse | Bill Given |
Academic background | |
Education | BSN, 1964, MSN, 1865,
Ohio State University PhD, 1976, Michigan State University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Michigan State University |
Barbara A. Given is an American oncologist.
Given completed both her BSN and MSN at Ohio State University before enrolling at Michigan State University for her Ph.D. [1]
Upon completing her formal education, Given with her husband Bill joined the faculty at Michigan State University (MSU) in 1966. [2] During her early years at MSU, she created the Caregiver Burden Instrument, an instrument that has been translated into Dutch, German, Japanese, Chinese, Tai, Spanish, and Hebrew. [1] Following the 2000–01 academic year, Given was appointed to the rank of University Distinguished Professor. [3] She was later the recipient of two awards; the International Sigma Theta Tau Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award and Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Pathfinder Distinguished Researcher Award. [4]
In 2015, Given was elected Chair of the Sparrow Health System and Sparrow Hospital Board after serving as Vice Chair from 2012 to 2014. [5] She was later inducted as a Fellow in the American Psychosocial Oncology Society. [6]
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