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.


Join the Career Advising Student Advisory Board!

Career Advising invites MS1s to join the Student Advisory Board and help enhance the career advising experience for all UWSOM students. As an SAB member, you’ll serve as a liaison for your class, sharing feedback and ideas on career planning initiatives.

Apply Now: Applications close October 5, 2025. Notifications will be sent by October 15, 2025 and the Fall SAB meeting will be held October 23, 7:00–8:30 pm MST.

Complete the Application Form (takes ~4 minutes)

About the SAB:
  • 20–25 members total, including MS1s–MS4s from all six WWAMI sites
  • This year’s focus: project-based work supporting new Career Advising resources
Potential projects include:
  • Launching an online “roadmap for choosing a medical specialty,” inspired by this version from the Stanford School of Medicine
  • Helping develop a First-Generation speaker series in partnership with Student Affairs
  • Creating a new quarterly MS3 Career Advising newsletter
  • Serving as Student & Communications liaison to promote Career Advising events and services via Microsoft Teams

2025–2026 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
Kyana Iida, MS1Anna Gussner, MS1Ruby Gawarkiewicz, MS1Catherine Chia, MS1Evan Busch, MS1Rachel Harrower, MS1
Grace Gannon, MS2Tiana Lee, MS2Barla Beaudoin, MS2Fathima Rashad, MS1Michelle Lu, MS2Kaden Moore, MS3
Kelly FitzGerald, MS3Olivia Peterson, MS3Sarah Michels, MS2Emaad Lala, MS2Deepika Kamineni, MS3Franklin Powell, MS4
Cara Chapman, MS4Grace Coughlin, MS4Olivia Reid, MS3Jaylend Amistad, MS3Sabrina Crooks, MS4
Hannah Lukes, MS4Ryan Schlehuber, MS4Haley Pang, MS3
Abigail Melton, MS4