- Faculty & Staff
- March 3, 2026
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). Here we highlight the events offered in March:
Department Events:
Biostatistics
- Statistical Genetics & Genomics Seminar: Using molecular data to find and understand gene-environment interactions; Friday, March 6, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- Biostatistics Monthly Seminar; Monday, March 12, 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
- Statistical Genetics & Genomics Seminar: Deep learning improves interpretability and cross-platform reproducibility in proteomics; Friday, March 27, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Epidemiology
- Epi Seminar Series – Simone Schaner, Monday, March 3, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Global Health
- How has Operational Research shaped policies within the context of the National TB Program in India; Monday, March 2, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- GH Research Seminar Series; Monday, March 16, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- GH Research Seminar Series; Monday, March 23, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- GH Research Seminar Series; Monday, March 30, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
School-wide Events:
- Faculty Breakfast; Wednesday, March 4, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- In-Studio AI Jam; Wednesday, March 4, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
- SPH Faculty & Staff Writing Community; Thursday, March 5, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
- School Assembly; Tuesday, March 24, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
- Annual Shine Lecture: The Stop Shackling Project: Making an Impact for Patients’ Rights; Thursday, March 26, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
- SPH Teaching & Learning: Integrating AI in the Classroom; Monday, March 30, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Social Media and Public Health: Matthew Motta; Monday, March 30, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
University-Wide Events:
- Faculty & Staff Community Lunch: Hosted by the LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff and BU Diversity & Inclusion; Monday, March 2, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- Global Health Politics Workshop: A Political Economy of Inequality and Pandemics; Thursday, March 5, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
- Strategic Communications: Promoting a Book; Thursday, March 12, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- Dana-Farber Accelerator Scientific Symposium; Thursday, March 19, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Convergent Conversations: Scaling Nature-Based Solutions for Economic Development; Thursday, March 19, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- North: The Future of Post-Climate America; Thursday, March 19, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
- Precarity & Inequality Lab Workshop: Luisa Fernanda Delgado Mejía; Tuesday, March 24, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
- AI and the Future of Education; Wednesday, March 26, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Urban Inequalities Workshop: Moving Under Pressure? Household Shocks, Constraints, and Residential Immobility; Monday, March 12, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Opportunities from the National Council on Faculty Development and Diversity:
- How to Develop a Daily Writing Practice; Thursday, March 12, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Virtual Writing Session; Monday, March 23, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Rewriting the Retention Equation: Strategies to Reward, Recognize, and Retain Faculty; Thursday, March 26, 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