Dear Colleagues:

I have previously written about our upcoming 40th anniversary celebrations throughout 2016. The theme for the anniversary is Four Decades Forward: BUSPH’s 40th Anniversary, reflecting the excellence and achievement of our School community, and seeing that as a foundational building block for our work over the next 40 years. To celebrate this milestone year we have set ambitious goals for connecting with our entire community of faculty, students, staff, and alumni across the country and globe. We will be communicating about every event closer to the dates, but in the spirit of “saving the date,” I wanted to update the School community on these events.

Save These Launch and Gala Dates in Boston

We will launch our 40th anniversary celebration on Thursday, February 4, at 6 p.m. at the Algonquin Club of Boston, and we will cap off our celebrations with a 40th anniversary gala dinner on Thursday, November 17, at 6 p.m. at The State Room.

Four Symposia

Four symposia throughout the year will highlight and strengthen our scholarship. All members of our community are invited attend these symposia, which are scheduled to take place in Hiebert Lounge. All symposia will be live-streamed as well so that members of our community can participate from anywhere.

February 3, 2016: “Beyond Ferguson: Social Injustice & the Health of the Public”

April 6, 2016: “Health and Human Rights”

September 15, 2016: “The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health: Access to Essential Medicines as a Key Determinant to Universal Health Coverage”

December 1, 2016: “How Does Where You Live Affect Your Health”

Forty for Forty Celebrations around the World

We have created several events that aim to knit ever tighter our community, creating opportunities for alumni to interact with one another, with me, and with all other members of our community.

Dean in the World: These events are charted wherever I travel beyond Boston in 2016. I have set a goal to host 40 consultations over food and drink with alumni from Zambia to Atlanta.

Alumni in the World: We will provide SPH alumni the tools to self-organize “Alumni in the World” events in the communities where they live.

Dean’s Regional Receptions and Conversations with Faculty: In addition to our monthly seminars and fora on the Medical Campus, we are bringing faculty beyond Boston to our alumni regional groups in 2016.

BUSPH 40th Anniversary Regional Celebration, Miami, FL

Michael D. McClean, Associate Dean for Research
February 22, 2016, TBD

BUSPH 40th Anniversary Regional Celebration, Washington, DC

Harold Cox, Associate Dean of Public Health Practice
March 21, 2016, Army and Navy Club

BUSPH 40th Anniversary Regional Celebration, San Francisco, CA

George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights
March 28, 2016, Marines’ Memorial Club

BUSPH 40th Anniversary Regional Celebration, New York, NY

Michael Siegel, Professor of Community Health Sciences
May 3, 2016, The Union League Club of New York

Forty Photos from Our Community

We invite all members of our community to submit a photograph, taken throughout 2016, that you think best illuminates the work of public health alumni, students, staff, and faculty. The 40 best submissions will be printed in our annual SPH This Year publication, and all photographs will become part of our photograph repository to illustrate the work of the School. Photographs can be submitted to sph@bu.edu.

More details and directions for how to participate in all our 40th anniversary events will be forthcoming. 

I hope everyone is having a terrific Thanksgiving weekend. 

Warm regards,

Sandro

Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH
Dean, Professor
sgalea@bu.edu

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