Student Advisory Board (SAB)

Student Advisory Board (SAB) members provide feedback to enhance the career advising experience for all students. Members serve as liaisons to their cohorts on career planning initiatives.

2024-25 SAB Position Description

Role: Provide perspective to Career Advising related to enhancing the career advising experience for UWSOM students. Serve as a liaison to your cohort regarding career planning related items.

2024-25 Focus: The board will provide perspective as Career Advising develops new advising resources. This will be project-based work. Potential projects include:

  • creating an online “roadmap for choosing a medical specialty,” similar to this version at Stanford
  • helping to launch a First Generation speaker series in partnership with other Student Affairs units
  • refreshing and updating specific aspects of the Career Advising website

Time Commitment: This is an annual commitment, with the option of continued Board membership. Many members decide to remain on the board all 4 years. The role is flexible, especially around the prioritization of academic pursuits.

  • Attend two to three 90-minute meetings per year: 1 meeting each in Autumn and Spring, with a possible 3rd meeting in Winter; other working group meetings will be arranged as needed
    • The Autumn Meeting will occur in later October, and run 6-7:30pm PT via Zoom
  • Respond to emails seeking input on career planning topics

Structure: The Board is composed of 20-25 student members, representing MS1s, MS2s, MS3s, and MS4s across each of the six WWAMI sites. The Board strives to amplify BIPOC voices.

2024-2025 SAB Representation

Members are selected across class years and foundation sites.

If you have a suggestion or comment for Career Advising, please discuss with your SAB foundations rep, who will bring your feedback to Career Advising.
Alaska Foundations SiteIdaho Foundations SiteMontana Foundations SiteSeattle Foundations SiteSpokane Foundations SiteWyoming Foundations Site
Grace Gannon, MS1Tiana Lee, MS1Barla Beaudoin, MS1Emaad Lala, MS1Michelle Lu, MS1Kaden Moore, MS2
Kelly FitzGerald, MS2Olivia Peterson, MS2Sarah Michels, MS1Jaylend Amistad, MS2Deepika Kamineni, MS2Franklin Powell, MS3
Cara Chapman, MS3Grace Coughlin, MS3Ryan Schlehuber, MS3Abigail Melton, MS3Aidan Lopez, MS3Bailey Stuart, MS4
Hannah Lukes, MS3Caleb Allred, MS4Haley Pang, MS3Samuel Black, MS4
Nianiella Dorvall, MS4Olesya Mironchuk, MS4Rene Caro, MS4
Christina Tran, MS4Kate Tokareva, MS4
Prior Year SAB Focus Areas

2023-24: SAB provided perspective as Career Advising developed a comprehensive “Road to Residency” series for clinical students. Specifically, the Board:
• Developed content, timing and delivery formats of the new Road to Residency series
• Assisted with branding and messaging of the series

2022-23: SAB provided perspective as Career Advising continued to enhance the student experience. Specifically, the Board focused on:
• Organizing and facilitating “intro to specialties” physician panels aligned with Foundation Blocks, offered during autumn, winter and spring Foundation Integration Weeks
• Continuing to enhance Career Advising resources and supports for URiM and BIPOC students

2021-22: SAB continued to provide perspective as Career Advising enhanced the student experience. Specifically, the Board focused on:
• Alignment of career advising to the curriculum; included working with Student Interest Groups to explore if it is possible to align the timing of panel offerings with the 2022 Foundation Blocks
• Enhancing Career Advising Resources and Supports for URiM and BIPOC students
• Partnering with Student Interest Groups to develop “career exploration best practices” that are incorporated into career-focused interest group sessions

2020-21: SAB provided perspective on how WWAMI Career Advising could enhance the student experience through integration of AAMC Careers in Medicine career planning model and resources.