Charles W. Given, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Family Practice at Michigan State University and Senior Scientist at the Walther Cancer Institute, where he received the Distinguished Faculty Award in 1997. Given is actively involved in research in home care for chronic illness including cancer, focusing on symptom clusters, health service issues, and physical function. Having received funding for 23 consecutive years from the NIH, intervention trials have been a recent focus on his research. Given is a reviewer for numerous professional journals and has served as a grant reviewer fo...