- Faculty & Staff
- January 7, 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 January:
Department Events:
Epidemiology
- Epi Seminar Series: What is Epidemiology and how should we teach it? Some notes from the didactic hinterlands; Thursday, January 9, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Global Health
- Global Health Research Seminar Series; Monday, January 13, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
School-wide Events:
- Faculty Breakfast with Dean Stein; Thursday, January 9, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Faculty and Staff Open House with Dean Stein; Tuesday, January 14, and Tuesday, January 28, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- SPH Faculty and Staff Writing Community; Friday, January 17, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
- School Assembly; Tuesday, January 21, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Health Data Science Seminar: Dr. Nina Cesare; Wednesday, January 22, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- SPH Teaching and Learning; Thursday, January 30, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
University-Wide Events:
- Public Webinar on Climate and Development: New Research from the Journal of Globalization and Development; Wednesday, January 8, 9:30 am – 11:00 am
- Meet the LUNGevity Foundation; Thursday, January 9, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Scholars and Scones; Wednesday, January 15, 8:30 am – 10:00 am
- Research on tap: How Social Policies Shape Our Lives from Birth to Old Age; Wednesday, January 19, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
- Faculty & Staff Community Networks Spring Open House; Wednesday, January 15, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Diversifying the Faculty: Best Practices for Inclusive Hiring; Friday, January 24, 9:00 am – 12:00 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