致力于支持临床试验的科文斯员工认识到，他们正在帮助推动医学向前发展，改善医疗保健，但有时这种影响离家更近。
“我们的一个客户正在测试一种新的麻疹、腮腺炎、风疹和水痘（MMRV）疫苗配方，需要确保最终产品在儿科人群中是安全的，”Joshua解释说。四期研究进展顺利，但需要临床研究助理（CRA）。约书亚很高兴接受了这项研究，并在他的经验基础上进一步发展。
A few days later, Joshua was on a plane and visiting a pediatric clinic to monitor the site, the study and its resulting data. He worked closely with the clinic to anticipate and resolve issues and after several months of traveling between the clinic and his home base, the study wrapped up.
“关闭一间书房的感觉真好，”约书亚说。“从头到尾的学习是一种满足感。而且，这是一项运行良好的研究，因此新疫苗获得了FDA的批准。”
但最大的满足感还没有实现。大约一年后，约书亚的妻子带着他们的一个孩子做例行体检，包括接种疫苗。
“I was glancing at the info sheet that the pediatrician sent home and I realized my daughter received the MMRV vaccine that I supported. When I told my daughter, she couldn’t believe that she got ‘the shot that Daddy made,’ as she called it,” he laughed.
“Sometimes in this role we may feel disconnected from the whole process,” admitted Joshua, “but this coincidence gave me a direct connection to the important work that we do as CRAs. It just shows that what we do at Covance really makes a difference in people’s lives.”
Learn more about our employees’ impact and life at文斯, and exploreCRA职业机会.
