- Faculty & Staff
- September 1, 2026
Dear colleagues,
I hope you had a wonderful Summer.
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 September:
Department Events:
- When Survival Bias is not truly a bias, but rather the correct answer to the wrong question. EPI Think. Teach. Do. Seminar Series; Tuesday, September 22, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Extreme Temperatures and the Health of People Incarcerated in the U.S (Dr. Jackie Jahn, Drexel University). CHS Think. Teach. Do. Seminar Series; Wednesday, September 23, 1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
School-wide Events:
- SPH Faculty & Staff Writing Community; Friday, September 4, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
- Health Data Science & AI Showcase; Tuesday, September 15, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program Seminar; Tuesday, September 15, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Faculty Breakfast; Wednesday, September 16, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- School Assembly; Tuesday, September 22, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Faculty Senate Meeting; Tuesday, September 22, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
- SPH Reads: Everything is Tuberculosis; Wednesday, September 23, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- AI Teaching & Learning Collaborative; Thursday, September 24, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
University-Wide Events:
- Info Session: Convergent Research Funding Opportunities; Thursday, September 3, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Power Over Progress: How Politics Shape Development Finance in Africa; Thursday, September 3, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
- CISE Seminar: The Always-Learning Machine; Friday, September 4, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- In-Studio AI Jam: Collaboratively Discovering AI; Wednesday, September 9, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
- CISE Seminar: Agile and Collaborative System-on-Chip Design with Open-Source Hardware Platforms; Friday September 11, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Boston Globe’s Future of Medicine; Tuesday, September 15, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Global Development Policy Center – Fall 2026 Open House; Wednesday, September 16, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- In-Studio AI Jam: Collaboratively Discovering AI; Tuesday, September 22, 9:30 am – 11:00 am
- Journal Publishing Workshop (Part 1); Thursday, September 24, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- ARPA-H: Mission, Funding Opportunities, and Application Strategies; Thursday, September 24, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- AI in Massachusetts Workforce Development & Career Fair 2026; Tuesday, September 29, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- AI in Action: Real Use Cases Driving Business Impact; Tuesday, September 29, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Opportunities from the Nations Council for Faculty Development and Diversity:
- Overcoming Academic Perfectionism; Thursday, September 10, 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