Edgardo Sanabria-Valentín

Higher Education Officer, Associate Director, Health Careers Advisor & Assistant Adjunct Professor @John Jay College Cuny

New York, NY, US

The Program for Research Initiatives in Science and Math (PRISM) at John Jay College provides opportunities for our undergrads to participate in research projects with faculty advisors at John Jay. In the last five years, PRISM has increased the number of students going on to graduate and professional schools after John Jay by five-fold.• Secured ~$3M in grants from NYSED-CSTEP to increase support to our undergraduate research program. • Evaluated and selected students to participate in our Research Training Workshops, the first step to gain admission into our Undergraduate Research Program. Coordinated the 3-day long workshops, offered twice a year, and designed and implemented new training activities.• Monitor program participants’ research projects and experiences and coach participants to present research at national meetings. Collaborate in program assessment and grant and progress report writing. • Assist students in preparing to apply to graduate programs, develop professional development activities, and coordinate seminars and professional school visits.• Coach students interested in the health professions through their time at John Jay, providing both targeted academic advising and preparing them for the admission process.• Ad hoc member of the “John Jay 2020” Strategic Planning and Implementation Committees, the 2014 JJC Graduate School Fair Organizing Committee, and Chair of the Health Professions Advisory Committee. • Lead a staff of one full-time Assistant Coordinator, a part-time Outreach Coordinator, and two Federal Work Study Undergraduate Assistants.

University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Microbiology

New York University

MS, Microbiology

John Innes-Rudjer Bošković Summer School in Applied Molecular Microbiology

Schools, Applied Molecular Microbiology

New York University

Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences