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 […]
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 […]
A Note About Emerging Federal Appointments That May Affect Health
Dear Colleagues: We realize that we have all been watching the post-election evolving news, keeping an open mind, and hoping that wisdom will prevail on all sides as the country moves forward positively. At the same time there is no denying that some recent actions have been concerning for anyone interested in health. In particular, the recent […]
The Election and What Comes After
Dear colleagues, On the morning of the 2016 election, after it had become clear Donald Trump had won, I wrote a note to the school community expressing concern about what his election would mean for the country, for the world, and for the health of populations. I concluded the note with the hope that he […]
Annual School Survey Opens This Weekend
Dear colleagues, Each year, Boston University School of Public Health conducts an Annual School Survey which is designed to take the pulse of the BUSPH community, gather feedback about programming and resources, and identify areas of both strength and improvement for the School. The School is committed to the success of all members of our […]
A New Center for Health Data Science, and Leadership in BEDAC
Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce the launch of a new Center for Health Data Science here at the Boston University School of Public Health that will grow the work of, and subsume, the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (BEDAC) and the Population Health Data Science Program (PHDS). I am delighted that […]
What to Do if Something Bad Happens
Dear Colleagues, This is the fourth in a series of notes offering a shared grounding in the operations of the School. The goal of these notes is to make sure all community members are aware of the resources available to help us all succeed and thrive. This is the final note from me in this […]