- Faculty & Staff
- September 4, 2024
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). 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 September:
Department Events:
Biostatistics
- Biostatistics Seminar Series: Is your data alignable? A geometric view of single-cell data integration; Thursday, September 12, 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Epidemiology
- Epi Seminar Series: Dr. Lan Ðoàn, Tuesday, September 24, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Global Health
- GH Seminar Series: Population Mental Health; Monday, September 9, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- GH Seminar Series: Possibility and Peril: Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Global Health and Development Outcomes; Monday, September 16, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- GH Seminar Series: MDR-TB cohort study, and Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to improve TB treatment uptake and completion: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial; Monday, September 23, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- GH Seminar Series: Why most of what I do is BS. Behavioral science in public health; Monday, September 30, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
School-wide Events:
- SPH Faculty and Staff Writing Community; Friday, September 6, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
- A Vote for Health: SPH Reads Strangers in Their Own Land; Thursday, September 12, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Faculty Breakfast with the Dean; Tuesday, September 17, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- A Vote for Health: LGBTQ+ Rights; Tuesday, September 17, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
- Teaching and Learning at SPH: Enhancing Our Socio-Political Wellbeing; Wednesday, September 18, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- All-School Education Retreat; Monday, September 23, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
- School Assembly; Tuesday, September 24, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- A Vote for Health: Reproductive Rights; Wednesday, September 25, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
University-Wide Events:
- Center for Teaching and Learning Open Office Hours for AI; Tuesday, September 3, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Faculty and Staff of Color Alliance Mid-Autumn Festival Afternoon Gathering; Tuesday, September 17, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
- LGBTQIA+ Faculty Welcome Back Reception; Tuesday, September 17, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Scholars and Scones; Wednesday, September 18, 8:30 am – 10:00 am
- Faculty and Staff of Color Alliance Welcome Back Ice Cream Social; Wednesday, September 18, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
- Global Development Policy Center – Fall 2024 Open House; Wednesday, September 18, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian Alliance (MAPA) Monthly Social Luncheon; Friday, September 20, 12:00 pm – 2:00pm
- Faculty of Color Welcome Back Reception; Tuesday, September 24, 4:00 pm – 6:00 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