An introduction to the ISBT Mentorship programme

Aim of the webinar:

1.   to introduce the audience to the new ISBT mentorship programme and platform
2.   to give instructions about how to use the platform and its resources
3.   to share best practices about mentoring

Level of education required:

All levels of education are welcome

What prior knowledge is required?

Anyone who is interested in becoming a mentor or mentee should attend

Target audience

Everyone is welcome

The Speakers

Judith Chapman

ISBT Award Winner 2020, Past Executive Director of ISBT (2008-2020), Retired

Syeldy Langi Sasongko

ISBT mentorship programme coordinator, former ISBT YPC member

Syeldy obtained her Research Master’s in Global Health at Vrije University, Amsterdam in 2017 and began working at Sanquin, the Dutch national blood bank, shortly thereafter. Syeldy is a qualitative and mixed-methods researcher and completed her PhD at Sanquin studying how blood banks change during times of uncertainty. She has participated in a BEST collaborative project on immunoglobulins and worked for the European Hematology Association in the SUPPLY project Work Package 6. She was the former European representative of the ISBT Young Professionals Council (YPC), chairwoman from 2022-2023, and loves helping the young professionals community.