There’s much more to healthcare than preventing and treating diseases. Patients often deal with inadequate health insurance, untreated mental illness, family problems. Often, a social worker is the first step toward getting help.
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After ten years working in finance, Holly Roach felt something was missing. She went back to school to become a nurse, and is now an assistant nurse manager in the UVA electrophysiology lab. Read about what inspired her to make the change, and what a typical day looks like now.
What does it take to become a lung transplant researcher? Vic Laubach explains his journey to become a researcher at UVA School of Medicine.
Historical collections librarians not only maintain historical documents and expand our history of medicine collection, they help document and create systems to preserve institutional knowledge at UVA Health System.
Maureen grew up volunteering for Special Olympics. But she never thought being a volunteer would become a career. Read about Maureen's journey at UVA.
Meet Jonathan Michel, Director of Population Health IT and learn how data science is making a difference at UVA Health System.
A hospital interpreter provides a vital link between patients and doctors who don't speak the same language. Sylvana, who works at UVA, started off as a pediatrician in Uruguay. Read her story.
RN Regina Ragland has worked on UVA's heart and lung unit for almost five years. But beyond her full-time job, she’s also seeking a bachelor’s of science in nursing (BSN) degree.
Meet Heidi Flanagan, a lung transplant coordinator, who helps lung transplant patients coordinate their health care leading up to surgery.
When problems crop up in your personal life, it can impact morale and productivity on the job. Find out what it's like to address these issues as a counselor in an employee assistance program.