Wellbeing & Benefits

Work life integration is critical to the well-being of those at Yale School of Medicine. The University's Work-Life and Childcare website has many resources to assist with different aspects of this. Understanding what is available can be enormously helpful.

Your wellbeing is a top priority at YSM. We are committed to supporting the health and wellness of every member of our community and have provided information and helpful resources below to help you.

Personal Wellness Consultants Available for You and Your Family

Yale’s Personal Wellness benefits program offers YSM faculty and their families access to confidential, one-on-one consultations at no-cost. Amy Sceery, PhD, and Rebecca Colasanto, LCSW, are available to support your well-being and help manage work-life balance. Consultations include a range of issues, from developing communication strategies to improve interpersonal effectiveness at work or home to addressing work-life issues, such as stress management, anxiety, burnout, and depression. You can schedule confidential appointments with either Amy or Rebecca through Optum's Employee Assistance Portal.

Additional resources include:

• Being well at Yale delineates a number of resources.
• Yale arts and culture offers many enriching opportunities.
• Yale spiritual community welcomes those who are part of a particular religious / spiritual community or not.
• Yale sports and recreation has many resources and programs that may be of interest.

Yale offers many benefits to its faculty. Those that faculty are often looking for information about include:

• Child scholarship program which helps directly reimburse a child’s accredited college or university for a portion of the tuition and eligible fees only.
• Financial wellness is never too soon to begin to plan for.
• Homebuyers program offers income benefit if faculty purchase a home to own and occupy in designated areas of New Haven.
• Retirement plan information can also be found on this site.
• Yale signature benefits provides many unique and valuable benefits and resources to faculty and their families.
• Child-rearing leave: A member of the faculty with a primary appointment at the YSM, and who are working at least half-time (percent work effort of 50% or more), who becomes a parent of a newborn child or newly adopted child under the age of six is eligible for Child-rearing leave.

New Haven offers a wealth of diverse offerings including culture, community and residential areas, and services. The University summarizes these under Living In New Haven.

• Yale discounts program offers Yale employees discounts at a number of local merchants.