Welcome to the School of Public Health! Below is a select list of resources new faculty find useful early in their employment. This list details programs and opportunities available in the school and at the university.
School of Public Health
- SPH Health Equity Work Group Peer Mentors for health equity discussions in the classroom
- Important SPH meetings to schedule:
- Rachel Smith, Director of Communications and Marketing
- Lauren Jones, Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Kathryn Tjaden Balster, Chief Advancement Officer
- Ellyn Buchanan, Director of E-Learning Services
- National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD): Membership is free! Useful live and recorded webinars and their Faculty Success Program (FSP). Financial support to cover a portion of the application fee is available from the SPH Office of Faculty Affairs and/or the UMN Provost Office. Contact SPH OFA at sph-ofa@umn.edu if interested.
University of Minnesota
- Office of the Vice President and Provost resources
- New Faculty Orientation information (presentations, resource links) from the Office of the Provost (this is an annual event held in late August)
- New Faculty Program (this is a zoom program held ~monthly through the academic year)
- Strong Start at the U: A Resource Guide for New Faculty
- Office of Public Engagement
- Public Engagement Footprint (if this is relevant to your work, add your community engaged projects to their footprint)
- Institute for Diversity, Equity and Advocacy (IDEA)
- Research & Innovation Office (funding and award opportunities, seed/pilot/travel/student funding such as Grant In Aid)
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
- funding opportunities (for students, post-docs, junior investigators, others)
- leadership development opportunities such as Parents Leading Science and Northern LITeS and the K and Beyond Club
- sign up for the CTSI newsletter to get those funding and leadership announcements!
- Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility (CGHSR)
- grants and programs specific to research and training and engagement
- Center for Women in Medicine & Science (CWIMS) – CWIMS is supported by the Medical School. All CWIMS (e.g., events, programming) is open to non-medicine faculty except for the Action Groups.
- Health Equity Leadership & Mentoring program (HELM)
- Wellness and Wellbeing
