Student Resources and Support

MIT

• MIT Grad Diversity team in the Office of Graduate Education (OGE)
• Sloan-MIT University Center for Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM) - HST is proud to be among the five MIT programs participating in this initiative focused on recruiting, retaining, and fostering the academic success of underrepresented minority doctoral students
• Black Graduate Student Association
• Division of Student Life: Diversity & Inclusion - LGBTQ+ services, multicultural programs, social justice programming
• Disability and Access Services - Accessibility, accommodations, assistive technologies, and more
• MIT Resources for Grad Families
• Veterans resources and connection to the MIT Student Veterans Association (SVA)
• Institute Community & Equity Office - Central MIT office for everything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion at MIT
• Graduate Students of Color Mentoring Circles for Career Advising and Faculty Job Searches

Harvard

• Office for Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs (ORMA) - Central HMS office for everything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion for HMS. Includes link to inter-society multicultural organizations
• HMS Diversity and Inclusion - HMS Diversity Statement, Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion final report, and videos from 2020-2021 events
• Office for Diversity Inclusion & Community Partnership (DICP) - to advance diversity inclusion in health, biomedical, behavioral, and STEMM fields that build individual and institutional capacity to achieve excellence, foster innovation, and ensure equity in health locally, nationally, and globally.

Programs that offer additional mentoring support, career development, and networking opportunities.

• MIT's Office of Career Advising & Professional Development provides a variety of services, with specific options for Graduate Student Professional Development 
• linQ is designed to help biomedical innovators around the world to develop their project ideas and to provide the expertise to realize them.
• IMPACT Program offers career development for advanced pre-doctoral students and post docs.
• MIT Global Education and Career Development Office

In HST: 

• Fellow students, continuing MEMP PhD students volunteer as 'buddies' for incoming students, creating relationships that often endure for years.
• All HST students are assigned an academic advisor, these faculty members assist students in planning their course of study, finding a research lab and approving students' registration each semester. Academic Advisors are also available to listen and help direct you to appropriate support services.
• The following faculty and administrators are knowledgeable about HST academic programs and are available to help you navigate the various resources at Harvard and MIT.
    > for MEMP PhD students: 
      hbesche [at] mit.edu (Henrike Besche )(MIT Graduate Officer)
       tanderso [at] Mit.edu (Traci Anderson) (MIT Academic Office, Administrator)
       laurie [at] mit.edu (Laurie Ward) (MIT Academic Office, Administrator)
    > for MD students:     
       junne_kamihara [at] dfci.harvard.edu (Dr. Junne Kamihara) (Associate Director, MD Advising) 
       rmitchell [at] rics.bwh.harvard.edu (Dr. Rick Mitchell) (Associate Director, MD Curriculum) 
       jessica_orthman [at] hms.harvard.edu (Jessica Orthman) (HMS Academic Office, Administrator) 
• Portraits of Resilience: Collection of personal stories from students, faculty and staff about depression (hard copies of book available for perusal at both HST Academic Offices) 

Elsewhere at MIT: 

• Grad Support: Office of Graduate Education (OGE) staff who can provide advice and counsel on a variety of issues including faculty/student relationships, changing your advisor, conflict negotiation, funding, academic progress, interpersonal concerns, and a student’s rights and responsibilities.
• ASK MIT: is intended for MIT students to ask questions about student support at MIT
• doingwell: A place for all MIT students – undergraduate and graduate – to access resources that prioritize wellbeing and help identify sources of support
• iREFS: Peer support "Resources for Easing Friction and Stress"
• Flipping Failure:  A collection of video stories told by MIT students about their path towards resilience when faced with challenge at MIT.
• MIT Graduate Assistance Information Network (GAIN): FREE 24/7 network of professionals who provide life management resources and referrals to help make life easier for MIT Graduate Students and families.
• MIT Ombuds Office: a confidential and independent resource for all members of the MIT community

Elsewhere at Harvard:

• Harvard University Counseling: A no-cost support service that works collaboratively across the University to support registered students who are experiencing some measure of distress in their lives.
• HMS Ombuds Office: provides its visitors with a highly confidential and informal forum in which to help them to clarify their concerns, identify their goals and consider all of their options in managing or resolving their concerns.
• HMS Student Support Resources
• Harvard GSAS Student Resources

Students are always welcome to bring any concerns to the HST faculty leadership and staff. That said, we understand that it may not be comfortable to relay certain information within HST. Harvard and MIT both offer centralized resources for students who wish to report an incident or file a complaint. 

MIT

• Reporting Options Involving Faculty & Staff:  https://idhr-mit-edu.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/reporting-options/faculty-staff
• Reporting Options Involving Students: https://idhr-mit-edu.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/reporting-options/student

Harvard

• Anonymous Reporting: https://reportinghotline.harvard.edu/
• Title IX reporting: https://titleix.harvard.edu/disclose