- Faculty & Staff
- October 28, 2024
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 November:
Department Events:
Biostatistics
- Biostatistics Seminar Series: How (Over-)Confident is GPT? Employing output token probabilities to assess LLM calibration in health research; Thursday, November 14, 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
- 2024 Biostatistics Distinguished Alumni Award; Friday, November 15, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Community Health Sciences
- Intentional Teaching Session; Tuesday, November 5, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- CHS Think. Teach. Do. Seminar Series – Global Trafficking of Youth: Public Health and Human Rights Perspectives; Tuesday, November 12, 1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
Epidemiology
- Epidemiology Seminar Series; Tuesday, November 5, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Global Health
- Global Health Seminar Series: Sickle-cell Screening and Violence Prevention in India; Monday, November 4th, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Public Health Communication in Media; Thursday, November 14, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Global Health Seminar Series: Medically Tailored Meals to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in South Africa: Malaria research in Malawi; Monday, November 18, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Global Health Research Seminar Series; November 25, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
School-wide Events:
- SPH Faculty and Staff Writing Community; Friday, November 1, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
- Communicating Your Work: A Workshop with SPH Marketing and Communications; Monday, November 4, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- School Assembly; Tuesday, November 5, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Teaching and Learning at SPH: Evaluating Student Learning; Wednesday, November 6, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Post-Election Debrief with Dean Galea; Wednesday, November 6, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
- SPH Dean’s Search: Listening Sessions for Faculty; Thursday, November 7, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Webinar: Heat and The Health of Mothers and Children: Impacts and Resilience in Action; Wednesday, November 13, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Building Research Teams Information Session for Faculty; Wednesday, November 13, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- SPH Dean’s Search: Listening Sessions for Faculty; Friday, November 15, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- After the Election: What’s Next for Health?; Wednesday, November 20, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
University-Wide Events:
- Research on Tap: Women’s Health and Cultivating a Research Community at BU; Wednesday, November 6, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Feminism in Public Debt: A Human Rights Approach; Thursday, November 7, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- Global Equity in Access to Pandemic Response Tools; Thursday, November 7, 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm
- From Ideas to Impact: Identifying and Effectively Conveying Your Core Messages; Thursday, November 14, 1 pm – 2:30 pm
- Asian American is Not A Color: A Fireside Chat; Tuesday, November 15, 12:45 pm – 2pm
- Scholars and Scones; Wednesday, November 20, 8:30 am – 10:00 am
- Learn More Series: Conducting Research with Tribal Communities; Wednesday, November 20, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- MAP Alliance Monthly Social Luncheon; Friday, November 22, 11:00 am – 1:00 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