Office of Faculty Affairs

To make decisions regarding applications for admission to the school and the awarding of degrees from the school. The Committee on Admissions and Degrees was established in 1946.

Faculty members appointed by the dean for three-year terms. One student member.
 

Meredith Rosenthal, chair (2012)
Paul Catalano (2014)
Jack Dennerlein (2014)
Miguel Hernan (2012)
Marie McCormick (2014)
Joshua Salomon (2012)
Stan Hudson, ex officio

Student member:
TBA

To review current and potential Center for Continuing and Professional Education programs using the Preliminary Assessment Survey (PAS) to make decisions regarding program continuation and offerings toward the Center's mission of "educating public health and physician leaders to improve their competence and performance and positively impact health outcomes".

Appointed by the dean.

Steven Gortmaker, chair
David Christiani
Brent Coull
Jack Dennerlein
Susan Duty
Robert Herrick
Howard King
James Shine
Marcia Testa

From the administration:
David Shore
Donald Simonson

To advise on budgetary and financial matters for the Center; interpretation and compliance with school and university policies.

Appointed by the dean.

Arnold Epstein, chair
David Christiani

From the administration:
David Shore
Paul Tumolo
Angela Miron

To address issues of concern to women faculty at the school: to promote the career advancement of women by addressing such issues as recruitment, promotion, retention, and tenure; to promote equity in salary, space, and resources; to promote a positive professional work environment; to address issues related to the perception of women in the sciences; to address issues related to parenting; to serve as a liaison with the HSPH Faculty Council and other groups within the Longwood area and university on concerns of mutual interest; and to serve in an advisory capacity by reviewing policies and recommending changes, if warranted, to the deans and administration of the school. The Committee on the Concerns of Women Faculty was established in 1992; the charge was revised in 2006.

Members are appointed for three-year terms. The chair and vice-chair serve two-year terms.

Barbara Burleigh, chair (2012)
Theresa Betancourt (2013)
Rebecca Betensky (2013)

Douglas Dockery (2014)
Francesca Dominici (2013)

Michael Grusby (2014)

Phyllis Kanki (2013)
Laura Kubzansky (2012)
Marc Lipsitch (2013)
Donna Spiegelman (2012)

From the administration:
Bernita Anderson, ex officio
Nina Dickerman, ex officio
Elizabeth Jones, ex officio
Dale Trevino, ex officio

To serve as an agent of the faculty to promote the quality of education at the school; including overseeing the coordination and integration of the school's educational activities of the departments and administration, (including coordinating the implementation of curricular policies established by the school's accrediting agency);overseeing the quality of teaching; developing policies that enhance the quality of education, including policies on advising and mentoring of students and fellows; establishing procedures for the implementation of educational policies, and communicating policies and procedures to the departments. The committee will also conduct periodic reviews of the educational programs at the school and recommend appropriate changes to the faculty. The committee receives recommendations from faculty, students, and staff; identifies strengths and weaknesses in the school's educational activities; and develops policies for faculty review and decision. The focus of the committee will be policy rather than administration; implementation of educational policies adopted by the committee will be accomplished via the appropriate departmental or administrative unit within the school. The Committee on Educational Policy was established in 1969; its charge was revised in 1997.

One faculty member from each department appointed by the department chair for three-year terms and the associate deans for educational programs.  Representatives will be members of departmental curriculum committees or active in curriculum planning activities. Two student members. The chair and vice-chair are appointed by the dean.

Russ Hauser, Environmental Health, chair (2013)
S.V. Subramanian, Society, Human Development, and Health, vice-chair (2013)
Manoj Duraisingh, Immunology and Infectious Diseases (2013)
Sonia Hernández Díaz, Epidemiology (2011)
Frank Hu, Nutrition (2012)
Nancy Kane, Health Policy and Management, (2013; sabbatical 2011-12)
Brendan Manning, Genetics and Complex Diseases (2013)
Nancy Turnbull, Office for Educational Programs
Daniel Wikler, Population and International Health (2011)
David Wypij, Biostatistics (2011)

From the administration:
Michelle Bell
Roberta Gianfortoni
Stan Hudson
Ian Lapp
Ellen Sarkisian

Student Members:
TBA

Michelle Bell, Office for Educational Programs (617-432-1778)

To expedite business and further the implementation of faculty resolutions; to provide a representative faculty group to which persons or groups can address communications to the faculty; to prepare the agenda for faculty meetings and to devise procedures for faculty action, including calling of special meetings; to speak for the faculty between regular and special faculty meetings; to call attention of the faculty to important issues and to prepare position papers and resolutions for faculty consideration and decision; to coordinate business among faculty committees; to devise and implement mechanisms for improving and maintaining communication between the Faculty Council and the faculty; and to be accountable to and report at regular intervals to the faculty. The Faculty Council selects the recipients of the Professor Emeritus Award of Merit. Membership on the council automatically confers membership on the university's Screening Committee, a disciplinary body. 

The Faculty Council was established in 1969. Elected by the faculty as a whole, the council consists of nine members, each of whom serves three years. Each rank is represented by three primary faculty members; no department may be represented by more than one person. The chair and vice-chair are elected by the council.

S. V. "Subu" Subramanian, chair (2013)
Marc Weisskopf, vice-chair (2012)
Alberto Ascherio (2012)

Theresa Betancourt (2014)

Barbara Burleigh (2013)
Chih-Hao Lee (2012)
Meredith Rosenthal (2014)

Eric Tchetgen (2013)
Paige Williams (2014)

Bernita Anderson, ex officio
Julio Frenk, ex officio
Michael Grusby, ex officio
David Hunter, ex officio
Michael Kan, ex officio
Joanna Barrett, ex officio

Office of Faculty Affairs (617-432-1047)

To review all recommendations for research scientist appointments to ensure that the position is at the appropriate research scientist level and that the nominee meets the qualifications required for appointment. (Established 1998)

One member from each of the three sciences (biological, quantitative, social/policy), appointed by the dean.

Janet Andersen
Jeffrey Fredberg, chair
Steven Gortmaker
Bernita Anderson, ex officio