In 2020, even before COVID-19 increased many people’s anxiety and depression, nearly one third of University of Vermont Medical Center primary care patients reported mental health or substance use concerns. “We knew a mental health crisis was coming…

Sandra Belton spent nearly 20 years working as a nurse in her native South Carolina. Then, after working for a couple of years as a travel nurse, first in Southeast and then in Vermont, she decided to join the neurology team full time at the Univers…

For Sarah Yeager, a personal health experience led to a profession centered on caring for people. Sarah Yeager, BSN, RN, was on her way to getting her bachelor’s degree in art history when her mother was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Withi…

“I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives – especially during one of their most vulnerable periods.” While still a student at UVM College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Lefebvre discovered her interest in working on the general medicine flo…