Meet Our Student Affairs Team
Our team provides career guidance, academic, and personal support to students during their years of medical school and dual degrees.
Well-being Resources
Below are examples of resources available to YSM students that promote wellbeing.
Yale School of Medicine / Yale
YSM Offices That You Can Reach Out To
YSM People Who You Can Reach Out To
University DEI Resources
- Belonging at Yale
- Office of Institutional Equity and Accessibility (OIEA)
- Yale LGBTQ Center
- Student Accessibility Services (YSM Support for Students with Disabilities)
- Doxing/Online Abuse & Harassment Resources
Sexual Assault & Misconduct Resources
YSM & University Wellness, Safety, and Health Resources
- Yale Well: Eat Well, Move Well, Mind Well, Rest Well, Love Well, Seek Well, Work Well, and Save Well
- Safety
- LiveSafe App
- Student Health Services
- Student Mental Health Services
- Urgent Mental Health Services
- Group Therapy
- Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Wellness Room
- Nutrition Counseling
- Therapy Dog
- Payne Whitney Gym (There also is a YSM gym in basement of E.S. Harkness Hall)
- The Good Life Center at Yale
Financial & Family Resources
- Family Allowance
- Mothers’ Room (333 Cedar St, Room 0007; Reserve online or call 203-432-6888)
- Access to Daycare
- Yale School of Medicine Student Emergency Aid Fund
- Graduate Student Assembly Legal Aid
- Disability Insurance
University International, Religious, and Military Resources
- Office of International Students and Scholars
- Yale Chaplain's Office
- Muslim Life at Yale
- Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life
- Breathing Space
- Musalla
- Yale Center for Faith and Culture
- University Liaison for Veterans and Military Affairs: holly.hermes@yale.edu
New Haven
- Yale’s Living in New Haven website
- INFO New Haven: A great website to learn about things to do in New Haven
- Visit Connecticut: Learn about things to do in Connecticut
- Arts Calendar for Greater New Haven
- New Haven Parks
Support Services
Meet Our Student Affairs Team
Peer Advocate Program
The Peer Advocates program was created to provide students with non-threatening peer listeners who are available at any time of day or night, to confidentially discuss strategies, reality-test, brainstorm solutions when encountered with challenging personal, academic, or professional situations and point students in the direction of appropriate resources.Read MoreStudent Mental Health & Wellness Program
The Student Mental Health & Wellness Program plays an important role in supporting the mental health of students across our MD, MD-PhD, and Physician Associate programs. Students in the Physician Assistant (PA) Online Program participate in wellness programming.
Read MoreYale School of Medicine Student Emergency Aid Fund
The Yale School of Medicine (YSM) Student Emergency Aid Fund is designed to provide short-term financial assistance to students enrolled in the MD, MD/PhD, Physician Associate (PA), and Physician Assistant (PA) Online programs who are struggling with unanticipated or emergency financial situations. Unlike a loan, students are not expected to repay awards from the Student Emergency Aid Fund. A Student Emergency Fund Committee, composed of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and the Directors of the MD/PhD, Physician Associate, and Physician Assistant Online Programs, or their designees, will administer the fund.
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