Distinguished Professor
OSU
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Diane Von Ah, PhD, RN, FAAN, Distinguished Professor Cancer Research, The Ohio State University, College of Nursing
Dr. Diane Von Ah’s program of bio-behavioral research has focused on understanding the accelerated-aging affects of cancer and cancer-related treatment on cognitive impairment, functional limitations, frailty, and quality of life of middle-aged and older cancer survivors. Dr. Von Ah’s randomized clinical trials represent the first to fully test the effects of cognitive training to improve cognitive dysfunction in breast cancer survivors and is featured on the National Cancer Institute’s Research Tested Intervention Program website. Her research has been well-funded and disseminated widely appearing in top national and international journals. She has served on study sections for the NIH and Chaired the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Grant Review Program. She was the leader of the ONS’s Putting Evidence into Practice, Cognitive Dysfunction Team and the primary author of the Society’s Research Agenda for 2019-2022. She is an invited Advisory Board Member on the NIH/NCI – Physician Data Query (PDQ ®) Supportive and Palliative Care Board and served on the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Diagnosing and Treating Adult Cancers identifying the ramifications of cognitive dysfunction on disability in cancer survivors. She has received numerous awards and distinctions in the field of oncology nursing and is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Von Ah earned her bachelor’s in Nursing and Master’s of Nursing from the University of Iowa, PhD from the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) and post-doctoral fellowship at Indiana University School of Nursing. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar from 2008-2011.
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Thursday, November 3, 2022
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Thursday, November 3, 2022
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET