- Faculty & Staff
- January 31, 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 school-wide events, and University-wide events.
Here we highlight the events offered in February:
Department Events:
Community Health Sciences
- Diet Disparities and Climate Change: The use of Community-Participatory Mixed Methods and Systems Science Approaches to Address their Interconnections; Wednesday, February 5; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- CHS Think. Teach. Do. Seminar Series – Following Youth’s Lead: Meaningfully Engaging LGBT Adolescents in Sexual Health and HIV Prevention Research; Wednesday, February 26, 1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
Environmental Health
- Urban environmental exposures and child health in African cities; Monday, February 3, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Gijs Van Seventer Seminar Series: Environmental Health Emerging Scholars; Wednesday, February 5, 1:00 pm- 1:50 pm
Epidemiology
- Epi Seminar Series: Generalized Form of Front-Door Formula as a New Tool in Epidemiological Research; Tuesday, February 4, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Global Health
- Global Health Research Seminar Series; Monday, February 10, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Global Health Research Seminar Series; Monday, February 24, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
School-wide Events:
- Public Health Conversation: Building Trust Through Action: Black History Month Reflections with Community Leaders; Wednesday, February 5, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
- SPH Faculty and Staff Writing Community; Friday, February 7, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
- Conflict Resolution Training for Faculty and Staff; Tuesday, February 11, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- Faculty Breakfast with Dean Stein; Wednesday, February 12, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- D&I Office Hours with Dean Cozier; Thursday, February 13, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- School Assembly; Tuesday, February 25, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- SPH Teaching and Learning; Wednesday, February 26, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Reflections on Rejections with Sarah Lipson; Thursday, February 27. 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
University-Wide Events:
- Public Health Response in Displacement Crises; Wednesday, February 5, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Faculty and Staff of Color Luncheon @ BUMC; Tuesday, February 11, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- Meet the Donaghue Foundation for Health Services Research; Wednesday, February 12, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Scholars and Scones; Wednesday, February 19, 8:30 am – 10:00 am
- On the Record: Effective Strategies for Elevating Your Expertise Through Successful Media Interviews; Thursday, February 27, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- MAP Alliance Monthly Social Luncheon; Friday, February 21, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
- LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Luncheon @ BUMC; Wednesday, February 26, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Please reach out to sphfro@bu.edu with any questions or if you would like to add any professional development seminars/workshops to the calendar.
Sincerely,
Mike McClean, ScD
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Advancement
mmcclean@bu.edu