Faculty Development Seminars – October 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 October:

Department Events:

Biostatistics

• Biostatistics Seminar Series: Learning from Similar Linear Representations: Adaptivity, Minimaxity, and Robustness; Thursday, October 10, 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm

Epidemiology

• Epidemiology Seminar Series; Tuesday, October 29, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Global Health

• Global Health Seminar Series: Preliminary effects of Service Delivery Redesign for Maternal and Newborn Health in Kakamega County, Kenya; Monday, October 7, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Global Health Seminar Series: Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects in public health research; Monday, October 21, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Global Health Seminar Series: Jeff Eaton; Monday, October 28, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

School-wide Events:

• Intentional Teaching Session; Tuesday, October 1, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Health Data Science Distinguished Speaker Series: Anita Raj; Thursday, October 3^rd, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• All-School Retreat; Friday, October 3^rd, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm
• Teaching and Learning at SPH: Advising and Registration Prep; Monday, October 7, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• A Vote for Health: Medicaid; Tuesday, October 8, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
• SPH Faculty and Staff Writing Community; Friday, October 11, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
• School Assembly; Tuesday, October 15, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
• A Vote for Health: Migration (Bicknell Lecture); Wednesday, October 16, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
• The Charles L. Donahue Annual Lecture featuring Dr. Jim O’Connell; Wednesday, October 16, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
• Faculty Breakfast with the Dean; Thursday, October 17, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• AI Tools in Administrative Roles Workshop; Monday, October 21, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• BUSPH APHA Alumni and Friends Reception; Monday, October 28, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• How mentors can advocate for you, Lunch time talk with Dean Galea; Thursday, October 31, 1:00 pm- 2:00 pm

University-Wide Events:

• International & Immigrant Faculty Welcome Reception; Tuesday, October 1, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Meet the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience; Wednesday, October 2^nd, 12:00pm – 1:00 pm
• Scholars and Scones; Wednesday, October 16, 8:30 am – 10:00 am
• Instagram Insights: Exploring Strategy, Timing, and Creative Success for Researchers; Thursday, October 17, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
• Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian Alliance (MAPA) Monthly Social Luncheon; Friday, October 18, 12:00 pm – 2:00pm
• Meet the American Parkinson Disease Foundation; Monday, October 21, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
• National Academies of Medicine: Potential Research Priorities to Inform Readiness and Response to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1): A Workshop; Tuesday, October 22, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Meet the Russell Sage Foundation; Wednesday, October 23, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Luncheon; Thursday October 24, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
• Research on Tap: Health Inequity Meets Health Economics; Tuesday, October 29, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• AI for Drug Discovery Open Innovation Forum; Wednesday, October 30, 8:00 am – 6:30 pm
• Faculty and Staff of Color Luncheon; Wednesday, October 30, 12:00 pm – 1:30 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