School of Public Health Announcements
Spring Community Day for Faculty & Staff
Dear Colleagues, I hope this message finds you well. I have been reflecting on the long semester of new challenges and unceasing uncertainties we have faced. I want to recognize the resilience and collaborative spirit of our community despite these hardships. I think it is important, now more than ever, to come together to mark […]
Applications Open for Staff Mentorship Program
Dear Colleagues: The Boston University School of Public Health is excited to announce the launch of the 2025 Mentorship Program for Staff. The goal of this program is to support and enhance our staff’s leadership and professional development, providing a confidential space for discussion around topics related to career growth, institutional knowledge and development, upward […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of May 5
Dear Colleagues, Commencement is in two weeks—hurrah. Thank you for all that you do to support our students. They are getting jobs in a tough labor market because of the skills they’ve acquired at BUSPH and the work of our terrific career services staff. Our research teams remain busier than ever as the study sections […]
Update on Research and Faculty Advancement
Dear Colleagues, It was great to see so many of you in person at last month’s School Assembly. I will not recap my entire presentation here, as the slides are available for anyone who was not able to attend. However, I will highlight some key points: Federal Funding We are continuing to monitor the status […]
2025 Annual SPH Awards
Dear Colleagues, Later this month, we will celebrate members of our community who have made extraordinary contributions to the life of our School through our Annual SPH Awards. We will celebrate our award winners during our annual Friday afternoon awards ceremony and at Saturday’s Convocation ceremony. In case you missed it, our 2025 SPH Awards […]
Weekly Update on Federal Updates – Week of April 28
Dear colleagues, I hope this message finds you well as we move toward the close of the semester. Thank you for all that you do to support our students, research, and community during this busy time. Before diving into this week’s updates, I encourage you all to join this Thursday’s Public Health Conversation on the […]
Faculty Development Seminars – May 2025
Dear colleagues, Faculty at SPH have access to a wide variety of opportunities for faculty development. The portfolio of programs and resources, which are described in the Faculty Handbook, includes our Faculty Development Seminar Series (FDSS). The FDSS is updated each semester to include seminars and workshops from three different sectors: SPH department-level events, SPH […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of April 21
Dear colleagues, Below, please find updates on federal politics and lawsuits that bear on research grants and publications. As always, please feel free to reach out to me with any questions. National Institutes of Health may hold off awarding new grants to Columbia, Harvard, Brown, Northwestern, Cornell, and its affiliated medical school, Cornell-Weill Medicine according […]
Guidance on Foundation Funding
Foundation Relations at Boston University. Private philanthropic foundations are an important source of research funding. Identifying the foundations that will be most receptive to BU funding requests and helping faculty to apply for grants is the mission of BU’s Foundation Relations office. The FR team members who work with SPH faculty are: David Gillerman, Senior […]
Reminder: Grant Writing Workshop Application
Dear Faculty, As a reminder, we are excited to once again be able to offer a grant writing workshop for SPH faculty members interested in developing a new application for external funding. The workshop is designed so that by the end of the 12-session program, each participant will have completed all scientific sections of the […]