How do I know if I'm a caregiver? You are a caregiver if you provide support or in-home care to an aging or chronically ill relative or friend. Caregivers do not get paid for their work. Caregivers can be young or old. They are mothers, fathers, sons and daughters, spouses and friends.
Caregivers may make weekly visits to a sick mother still living on her own. They may bring a frail father into their home for care. They may care for a spouse at home. Caregivers may arrange for services for a relative who lives hundreds of miles away. You may be among the growing number of people who provide such care.
Barbara Given, PhD, RN, FAAN is a professor in the College of Nursing, Associate Director for the Cancer Prevention and Control Division at the MSU Cancer Center, and senior research scientist for the Institute for Health Care Studies at MSU. For the past three decades, Barbara has systematically built a program of research in the areas of cancer and caregiver response. Presently, she has seven grants funded and in process. Her "Family Home Care for Cancer: A Community-Based Model" is in its tenth continuous year of funding. Much of her research is a collaborative effort with other researchers, faculty and students. Her research extends far beyond the realm of nursing and is recognized by many other disciplines, including medicine, psychology and public health.
She has published over 130 peer-reviewed research papers; there have been 276 citations of her publications since 1975 and her seminal landmark articles have been cited over 20 times each. Barbara has over 70 data-based publications in refereed journals and over 20 narrative publications. Additionally, she has been the first or co-author on over 20 book chapters focused on the role of caregiving, the concept of caregiver role strain, health promotion for caregivers, concept analysis of responses to caregiving and the social and economical impacts of caregiving. Barbara has a reputation of involving students in her research and mentoring them into their own independent research projects. She has chaired 154 thesis committees since 1978 and has been a member of seven doctoral committees since 1980. She has been a visiting professor 15 times since 1991. She is also a co-editor for a text on the state of the science behavioral interventions for cancer patients and their family caregivers across the cancer trajectory. The College held a reception in honor of Barbara and all of her recent accolades on Nov. 2 in the Fireplace Room at the University Club. View her Biosketch in pdf format here.
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Contact Information
Barb Given
Michigan State University
424 West Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1315
(517) 355-6526
Barb.Given@hc.msu.edu
Sherry Wilson
Michigan State University
A213 Life Science
East Lansing, MI 48824-1317
(517) 432-1187
Sherry.Wilson@hc.msu.edu
Pam Martin
Michigan State University
A217A Life Science
East Lansing, MI 48824-1317
(517) 353-8742
Pam.Martin@hc.msu.edu
