- Faculty & Staff
- February 29, 2024
Dear colleagues,
Faculty at SPH have access to a wide variety of opportunities for faculty development. The broad 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 March:
Department Events:
Biostatistics
- Health Data Science Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Jessica Hullman, Data Visualization for Inference: Opportunities & Challenges; Thursday, March 7, 12pm – 1pm
Global Health
- GH Seminar Series: Dr. Mika Hamer – Conscience-Based Barriers to Physician Participation in Medical Aid in Dying; Monday, March 4, 1pm – 2pm
- GH Seminar Series: Drs. Elaine Nsoesie and Warren Kaplan; Monday, March 18, 1pm – 2pm
- GH Seminar Series: Dr. Lisa Iezzoni – Physicians’ Experiences with and Perceptions of Caring for Patients with Disability: Ableism; Monday, March 25, 1pm – 2pm
Health Law, Policy, and Management
- HLPM Quantitative Methods Seminar: Conjoint Experimental Designs & Analysis; Tuesday, March 5, 1pm – 1:50pm
- HLPM Qualitative Methods Seminar: Understanding Sexual Health and Substance Use Education for Young Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease (Qualitative Interviews & Content Analysis Approach); Thursday, March 21, 1pm – 1:50pm
School-wide Events:
- Faculty and Staff Writing Community; Friday, March 1, 11am – 12:15pm
- Talking Circle with Dean Cozier, On the State of the World; Tuesday, March 5, 9am – 10am
- Public Health Conversation: The Future of Reproductive Care in the U.S; Wednesday, March 6, 1pm – 2:30pm
- NEPHTC Webinar: Groups Recover Together: Providing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Justice Involved Individuals; Thursday, March 7, 12pm – 1pm
- Grant Writing Workshop: Zoom Information Session; Monday, March 18, 1pm – 2pm
- School Assembly for Faculty and Staff; Tuesday, March 19, 10am – 12pm
- SPH Reads: Disability Visibility – A Discussion on Disability; Wednesday, March 20, 1pm – 2pm
- Teaching and Learning at SPH; Wednesday, March 27, 1pm – 2pm
- Public Health Conversation: The Future of PEPFAR; Thursday, March 28, 1pm – 2:30pm
University-Wide Events:
- Together for Hope: Boston Addiction Conference 2024; Friday, March 15 – Saturday, March 16; 8:30am – 5pm
- Public Health + Law: A Conversation with Deans; Monday, March 18, 5:30pm – 7:30pm (rescheduled from February 13)
- The Signal and The Response: US Readiness for New Infectious Diseases Threats; Wednesday, March 20, 1:30pm – 6:30pm
- Data and Cities Speaker Panel; Friday, March 22, 5pm – 6:30pm
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