Diane Von Ah is Assistant Professor in Adult Health at the School of Nursing at Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Von Ah completed her B.S.N. and M.S.N. from the University of Iowa and her doctorate from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2003.  From 2003 to 2005, Dr. Von Ah was an Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville and served as the Program Coordinator for the Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist Track. From 2005 to 2008, Dr. Von Ah was a post-doctoral fellow on the National Institute of Nursing Research-funded training grant at Indiana University School of Nursing. Dr. Von Ah's research in cancer symptom management has been funded by the Susan G. Komen Foundation Birmingham Affiliate, Sigma Theta Tau International Nu Chapter, Oncology Nursing Society Foundation and the Indiana University General Clinical Research Center.  Dr. Von Ah has been recognized nationally for her research. She has published her work in Cancer Nursing, Research in Nursing and Health, and Journal of Advanced Nursing. She also received a first prize poster award at the 9th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research and was named the 2008 Midwest Nursing Research Society Women's Health Research Section New Investigator.