Betsy Fife, Ph.D.

Dr. Fife is a nurse scientist with a clinical background in coping with the stress of life-threatening illness. She has extensive experience, as well as many publications in this area. Her doctoral degree is in sociology and she has expertise in the sociology of emotion, coping with stress, and the role of meaning in the process of adaptation. Her dissertation was titled "Coping with the Crisis of Breast Cancer: A Process of Emotion Management." Her current research includes a study of coping and adaptation during the acute phases of bone marrow transplantation, funded by AMGEN, Inc., and a study comparing the adaptation of persons with HIV and those with cancer, funded by NINR/NIH. She also has funding to test an intervention which focuses on coping with HIV disease within the context of interpersonal relationships that is also funded by NINR/NIH.

Dr. Fife's research interests include: coping and adaptation during the acute phases of bone marrow transplantation, adaptation of persons with HIV disease and those with cancer.

Contact info:
Betsy Fife, Ph.D.
Indiana University School of Nursing 
1111 Middle Drive, NU 464
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5107
317-274-8788
bfife@iupui.edu