Resources

Office of Collaborative Excellence : Advances equality and opportunities for all through education, training, community, and advocacy. These efforts are led by Darin Latimore, MD, Yale School of Medicine.

Inclusive Faculty Searches : A Yale guide for best practices in inclusive faculty searches, including evaluating applications, how to measure excellence, and how to recognize and combat implicit and explicit bias.

Department Vice Chairs and Advocates : As part of YSM plans to enhance excellence within each organizational unit and at every level at YSM, departments have a vice chair or advocate. They are instrumental in engaging their departmental colleagues to promote excellence efforts throughout the school.

Discrimination and Harassment Resource Coordinators : Discrimination and Harassment Resource Coordinators, appointed by the Dean of each college and school, serve as key community members who receive concerns and provide guidance related to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. They may also help facilitate informal resolution.

Title IX Coordinators : University and Deputy Title IX Coordinators are available to consult with members of the community about their concerns and questions related to sex- or gender-based discrimination, including sexual misconduct. By discussing a concern with a Deputy Title IX Coordinator, they can help you review options, identify and implement supportive measures, and connect individuals with other campus resources.

Child Study Center: Since 1911, the Child Study Center has been serving children and families from birth through adolescence. At our core is the mission to improve the lives of children and families through research, service, and training.

Lactation Rooms at Yale : An interactive map, followed by a list of current lactation rooms available for Yale faculty, staff, and students. Locations and reservation information is included.

Lactation Rooms at YSM: Rooms are available around SHM. Locations and information about reserving online included.

Lactation Rooms at YNHH: Yale New Haven Health provides private lactation rooms for employees, patients and visitors who are breastfeeding. All rooms have electrical outlets and a chair; some have hospital-grade breast pumps, which require a Symphony kit (please bring a pump if using other rooms). There are no breast milk-storing facilities.

Phyllis Bodel Childcare Center: The Phyllis Bodel Childcare Center cares for children ranging in age from six weeks through pre-kindergarten. The Center provides a warm and supportive environment in which each child can develop and grow. Parents are welcome at the Center throughout the day to feed or visit with their children.

Travel Cost Reimbursement for Nursing Mothers: Nursing parents who are traveling on Yale business may be reimbursed for the cost of shipping their milk back home for their nursing child(ren).

Yale New Haven Hospital Day Care Center: Priority is given to hospital employees and then to Medical Center affiliation. The Center, located directly across the street from the main hospital complex provided a cozy family-like setting where children can develop at their own pace nurtured by a highly professional staff. Infant formula and bottles provided.

Faculty Mentorship with Minority Organization for Retention and Expansion (MORE): Faculty interested in receiving a mentor in order to grow and expand their leadership and career opportunities can be matched through MORE. Contact: nii.addy@yale.edu

WFF Seed Grant : WFF offers these grants to identify innovative ways to support the WFF mission by investing in the diverse work of faculty and student scholars at Yale. We extend this program to support our tripartite mission of fostering gender equity throughout the University via policy initiatives and research; promoting scholarship on women and gender across the university; and promoting mentorship, collaboration, and networking.

Women’s Health Research at Yale : Women’s Health Research at Yale, one of the first academic research centers dedicated to studying the health of women, is leading discovery, translation, and dissemination to close the women’s health gap and advance the well-being of men and women alike.