Celebrating International Education Week

By: Mitchell Furumoto

This year Sanford Burnham Prebys joined educational institutions across the country in celebrating International Education Week (IEW), a joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of State and Education, which is held in November to celebrate our international diversity and global ties.

Our inaugural IEW Alumni Success Stories panel featured four former Sanford Burnham Prebys postdoctoral researchers who have gone into successful careers in their home countries: two who moved on to faculty positions in academia and two who moved into industry. We greatly appreciate our alumni speakers, Dr. Chandan Singh, Dr. Caroline Stienne, Dr. Julia Westman, and Dr. Marcin Poreba, who joined us at different hours of the day and night via Zoom to generously share their experiences transitioning from a postdoc position into their current roles, provide insights into the academic and private sectors, and answer questions from current postdocs and graduate students. They talked about how their postdoctoral training experiences at the Institute helped prepare them and the professional development opportunities they leveraged to move on in their

International Education Week

DEI Lunch & Learn

Fishman Fund Award Ceremony

STEM Shadow Day

GSBS Holiday Luncheon

Trainee Accomplishments

Postdoc & Graduate Student Counts careers. Dr. Westman emphasized how she believed the Torrey Pines Leadership Development Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys prepared her for eventually leading her scientific team.

We look forward to growing our International Education Week lineup with your participation; we welcome ideas for next year’s programming. See next page for a look at our Alumni Panel and see where they are now!