In this episode of Conversations on Social Work Careers, Jennifer Luna interviews Donna Shanor, LCSW-S, LCDC.. Donna is a leader in health care and uses a relational, strategic, mission-driven approach. Donna serves as the Inaugural Associate Chair of Clinical Integration for the Department of Health Social Work at Dell Medical School and Director of the Integrated Behavioral Health Program at UT Health Austin. Donna considers herself and her team agents of healthcare transformation.
Donna is a builder and trailblazer as she leads her team in the first medical school in the country to create a Department of Health Social Work. Donna supports the clinical social workers, dietitians, and PharmD in the Integrated Behavioral Health Program.
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Resources:
Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care
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