January 2025 School Assembly Notes Now Available

Thank you to all who attended the January School Assembly. The notes from the December School Assembly are posted online. The agendas and notes from all previous School Assemblies can be found here.

Welcome Back, Spring 2025

Dear colleagues, I hope you had a nice holiday break! As we prepare to start the spring semester, a few updates and reminders as you prepare for teaching at SPH. Below, please find links to important resources for setting up and managing your courses, SPH policies on attendance, class participation, and class recordings, as well […]

Annual Faculty Review: 2024 Salary Coverage Data Now Available

Dear Faculty Colleagues, Happy new year – I hope you all had a wonderful break. The 2024 actual salary coverage data have now been uploaded to the Looking Back section of the Annual Faculty Review (AFR) system. These data reflect the salary distributions recorded in SAP as of January 2, 2025; however, we understand that […]

Apply for the Dean’s Innovation Challenge – Deadline February 18, 2025

Dear Colleagues, All members of our community at the Boston University School of Public Health contribute in different ways toward advancing our core purpose to Think. Teach. Do. for the Health of All. The projects led by our faculty, staff, and students are inspiring, and we want others to share in our excitement. We want […]

Faculty Development Seminars – January 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 […]

A Transition in Development and Alumni Relations

Dear BUSPH Community, I am writing to announce that our Assistant Dean of Development and Alumni Relations, Jacoba van Heugten will be leaving BUSPH, with her last day January 10, 2025. Jacoba will be relocating to assume an exciting philanthropic role with a global think tank. Jacoba has been a remarkable leader of our DAR […]

An Introduction, and a Challenge

Dear BUSPH, Welcome back to school, and to the start of 2025. I have the honor, as your new interim Dean, of leading BUSPH into a new year and a new era. Let me introduce myself. I am a convert to public health. My scientific life began in the world of medicine where I trained […]

Thank you

Dear Colleagues, As we approach the end of 2024, and as I approach the end of my time as Dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, I wanted to send my last note with a very simple message: thank you. I want to thank this community for affording me the extraordinary opportunity of […]

2024 Annual Faculty Review is Now Open

Dear Faculty Colleagues, The Annual Faculty Review (AFR) reflects the School and University’s commitment to faculty development through first recognizing work during the past year and then prospectively creating a plan for the coming year. Though not due until January 15, 2025, the form is now available so that faculty may begin filling in their […]