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HOW DID YOUR MEDICAL EDUCATION CAREER
F IV E MIN U TE S W I TH PREPARE YOU FOR BEING DEAN OF THE
Sarah Peyre After working at USC and earning a master’s in medical
WARNER SCHOOL?

Dean and Professor education and a doctorate in educational psychology
Warner School of Education and Human Development there, my career took me to places such as the
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard in Boston
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST PROFESSION and, for nearly 10 years, at the University of Rochester
AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE? Medical Center. When the Warner opportunity came
After earning my bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley up, I knew that—as an educator, researcher, and
and while getting my teaching credentials at night, I curriculum purist at heart—I could learn, grow, and
taught 35 fourth graders inside a small trailer in north transfer my skill set in a meaningful way.
Long Beach Unified School District. It was hard—I didn’t
know if I was making a difference and I didn’t have the WHAT’S YOUR VISION FOR WARNER DURING
kind of support structure that we offer today to students THE NEXT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS?
at Warner. I ended up leaving that position and taking a We’re just finishing our strategic plan, Warner 2030,
job as an administrator within the University of Southern which aligns well with the University’s Boundless
California’s surgery department, which launched my Possibility strategic plan, especially as it relates
20-year career in medical education. to building a just and equitable society. Warner
is—and will continue to be—a research-based

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