- Faculty & Staff
- March 2, 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 March:
Department Events:
Biostatistics
- Biostatistics Seminar Series: Dynamic Prediction of Milestones for Survival Endpoints in Metastatic Solid Tumor Cancer Clinical Trials; Thursday, March 13, 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Epidemiology
- Epi Seminar Series – Dr. Marilyn Thomas; Tuesday, March 4, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Global Health
- Global Health Research Seminar Series: Cost and Effectiveness of HIV Treatment Re-engagement in Malawi; Monday, March 3, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Global Health Research Seminar Series: The economic impact of the global HIV response: How do we know if it’s been worth it?; Monday, March 17, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Global Health Research Seminar Series: Izzy Silber and Nancy Scott; Monday, March 24, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Global Health Research Seminar Series: Beyond 2030—sustaining HIV epidemic control; Monday, March 31, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Health Law, Policy, and Management
- Quantitative Methods Seminar; Monday, March 3, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Qualitative Methods Seminar; Monday, March 20, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
School-wide Events:
- Coffee Hour with the Center for Trauma and Mental Health; Tuesday, March 4, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Conflict Resolution Training for Faculty and Staff; Tuesday, March 4, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- SPH Faculty and Staff Writing Community; Friday, March 7, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
- Assistant Professor Engagement with Dean Stein; Wednesday, March 12, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Get to Know the Politics and Health Lab at SPH; Wednesday, March 12, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Faculty Grant Writing Workshop Information Session; Tuesday, March 18, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- School Assembly; Tuesday, March 25, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- SPH Teaching and Learning; Wednesday, March 26, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Assistant Professor Engagement with Dean Stein; Wednesday, March 26, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
University-Wide Events:
- Chai & Conversations; Tuesday, March 4, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
- Health Data Science Distinguished Speaker Series with Dr. Bhramar Mukherjee, Yale SPH; Tuesday, March 11, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Learn More Grants Information Session; Monday, March 17, 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
- BU CTSI Symposium: Advancing Translational Science Through Cutting-Edge Technology; Wednesday, March 19, 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
- 2025 Meredith E. Drench Lecture: Variations on the Problem of Goodness, Tracy Kidder; Wednesday, March 26, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- A Conversation with Two Spirit Creatives; Wednesday, March 26, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
- Why population heterogeneity matters for modelling infectious diseases; Monday, March 31, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Opportunities from the National Council on Faculty Development and Diversity:
- Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed: Strategies for Faculty; Tuesday, March 11, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- How to Develop a Daily Writing Practice; Thursday, March 13, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
- Virtual Writing Session; Tuesday, March 18, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- Mentoring Up for Faculty; Tuesday, March 25, 2:00 pm – 3:00 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