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 […]
December 2024 School Assembly Notes Now Available Online
Thank you to all who attended the December 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.
Annual Update to Faculty Handbook 2024
Dear Colleagues, Each year we make revisions to the Faculty Handbook. The latest version has been approved by Governing Council and is now available. Here I will highlight the key edits that were made this year, providing a brief description with hyperlinks to the relevant sections in case you would like additional details: Updated the […]
Faculty Development Seminars – December 2024
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 […]
Menstrual Product Donation Drive
Give back to menstruators in need! The Period Project is once again running a donation drive to provide menstrual products to those in need. All donations will go to Dignity Matters, a nonprofit organization in Massachusetts that will distribute the products. Donate through Amazon Wishlist here!
Faculty Development Session: Building and managing research teams (Part 2)
Dear Colleagues, We will be holding another faculty development session on Building and Managing Research teams on Tuesday, December 10 at 1pm via zoom. At our November session, there was great interest and participation such that we were not able to cover all of the topics. In this second session, I will share strategies related […]