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Several employees share their stories of when and why they decided to make a change that impacted their careers at B. Braun and their personal lives. Some were motivated by a desire to continue their education, others by the prospect of opening new pathways to success. Their stories may differ but they share the experience of having benefited from being at a company that supports their goals and ambitions.
Internships and apprenticeships can be excellent ways to get a foot in the door in today’s world. At B. Braun and Aesculap, several of our employees took advantage of those opportunities to not only learn about our business, but about our people. Their stories reveal that while they may have come to us for a career head start, they’re staying because of our employees and our culture.
As a second-generation Indian American, motivational speaker Swapna Kakani knows firsthand “how important it is to empower, but also increase, the patient voice.” Swapna speaks of inequities in race, gender and geography which can all impact “how healthcare is delivered to the patient and family.” She says, “I think a big core part of the problem is that people who are experiencing inequities are not being asked, are not being listened to, so let’s start asking the questions because I think a lot will be unearthed.”
With her commitment to deliver safe and consistent care for vascular access, Executive Director of Nursing Excellence Karen Lindell, DNP, RN says partnering with B. Braun on the Peripheral Advantage® Program was the right call. Lindell says her facility saw improvements in PIVC first-stick success, patient satisfaction, access knowledge and dwell times. She credits the program’s inclusion of data, analytics and support.
Professor James Gilchrist runs The Laboratory for Particle Mixing and Self-Organization. The lab explores making materials from particle based processes.
In early August, 23 Global Social Impact Fellows arrived in Sierra Leone to conduct field work on projects designed to fight hunger and disease and increase global awareness of health crises. While their research and projects varied, the Lehigh students had a shared goal—sustainable impact.
The wrestlers of Lehigh University have stood toe-to-toe with some of the richest and largest athletic departments in the nation. With decades of success and proud legacy dating back more than 100 years, Lehigh enjoys a much-deserved reputation as one of the finest programs in the history of the sport.
Lehigh University professor, Amber Rice, researches hybridization and its consequences in her lab with the Department of Biological Sciences. Dr. Rice is studying black-capped and Carolina Chickadees.
With a network of galleries and outdoor sculptures, the Lehigh University Art Galleries is often described as a museum without walls. The LUAG offers advance knowledge, research and experiential learning for the Lehigh community and beyond. Director of the LUAG, William Crow, and his team have a passion for teaching through art beyond what's hanging on the walls. They believe that art can help us see and think about the world differently.
The Lehigh University Baja team is a student run organization that designs, manufactures, and races a single seat off-road vehicle. Members’ commitment to the team verges on addiction, spending countless hours in the lab working on the vehicle. This year, the team competed in Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) sponsored events in Kansas and Illinois. During the events, universities from around the world compete against one another.
Lehigh University professor Arindam Banerjee developed an experiment with his students that studies two-fluid mixing to mimic inertial confinement fusion. The lab, known as the Turbulent Mixing Laboratory, took Lehigh students five years to build from scratch.
Lehigh University, its partners in the community and the City of Bethlehem join forces to foster South Bethlehem’s resurgence. In the two decades since local steelmaking operations ended at the Bethlehem Steel Corp., the South Side of Bethlehem is having its moment. New buildings, new restaurants and new public art have sported in a section of the city rich in diversity.