{"id":31224,"date":"2019-10-11T15:59:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T19:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/?p=31224"},"modified":"2019-10-11T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T19:59:42","slug":"alumna-spotlight-jennifer-swift-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/2019\/10\/alumna-spotlight-jennifer-swift-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna Spotlight: Jennifer Swift \u201807"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Swift \u201907 graduated with her undergraduate degree in clinical laboratory science. As a student, she was excited to learn that this major included both of her passions of science and medicine and had multiple career opportunities available after graduation.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Swift ’07<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tell us about your job:<\/h3>\n

Swift is responsible for maintaining day-to-day workflow, training, competency, result verification, updating procedures, process improvement and being a technical expert for several areas around the lab.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the gratification I feel in helping patients improve their lives,\u201d Swift said. \u201cI also enjoy the critical thinking and problem solving required working in a complex clinical laboratory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swift loves the gratification she feels in helping patients improve their lives. \u201cThe gratification I receive when we work up and transplant a solid organ or bone marrow patient is undeniable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swift also enjoyed the critical thinking and problem solving that is required to work in a complex clinical laboratory.<\/p>\n

How did your education with the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science benefit you?<\/h3>\n

\u201cI am thankful to the UNC program for teaching and preparing me for the real-world clinical laboratories,\u201d Swift said. \u201cThe critical thinking skills and best practices learned through this program truly set MLS technologists apart from others in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recognition and achievements:<\/h3>\n