This list was last updated March 14, 2021 and is not exhaustive. If you know of additional resources of particular relevance to the Cell Biology community, please tell CBEI about it on our contact us page.
SUPPORT AROUND CAMPUS
Community Spaces for Affinity Groups: Hosted by the ODIB and Harvard University Health Services (HUHS), these virtual spaces were created to support members of the Harvard community experiencing heightened anxiety in response to current events (COVID-19, racial injustice, world news, the political climate, etc.). Initial meetings of each group occurred in Spring 2021, with more planned throughout the academic semester. All members of the Harvard community are welcome, including students, staff, faculty, postdocs, research fellows, and academic personnel.
Ombuds Office: Provides a confidential and informal forum in which students, faculty, staff, and trainees of Harvard Medical School can use to clarify their concerns, identify their goals and consider all of the options in managing or resolving concerns. Common concerns brought to the Ombuds Office include (but are not limited to) work/learning environment and performance, fear of retaliation, professional misconduct, authorship, sexual harassment, and discrimination. However, any issue may be brought to the Ombuds Office.
Employee Assistace Program (EAP): Open to all Harvard employees and their adult household members, this program provides free, confidential consultations on personal or work-related concerns through human resources consulting provided to Harvard by KGA, Inc.
HUHS Behavioral Health: Provides behavioral health services including individual counseling and peer groups to Harvard University Group Health Plan and Medicare members after referral from their primary care physician.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Diversity, Equity, Access, Inclusion & Belonging - Foundational Concepts & Affirming Language: A great Harvard-provided resource for learning about basic terminologies and concepts.
DICP Anti-Racism Resources: A regularly-updated collection of news articles, books, films, and other resources provided for the HMS community.
ON-CAMPUS OFFICES AND ORGANIZATIONS
HMS Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership (DICP) oversees diversity-focused activities at Harvard Medical School involving faculty, trainees, students and staff, including running programs to increase the pool of individuals from groups underrepresented in medicine (URM) at HMS through outreach and inreach programs aimed at K-12 education through the faculty level. In addition, DICP conducts evaluations of existing DICP programs and research on building a knowledge base for successful strategies that support diversity and inclusion in the biomedical sciences.
Harvard Office for Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (ODIB) works university-wide to guide Harvard’s culture towards inclusive excellence by facilitating collaboration across Schools at Harvard, by identifying metrics to advance and measure inclusion and belonging, and by creating community spaces for affinity group gathering and inclusive conversations.
ON-CAMPUS EVENTS
Harvard Office for Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging (ODIB) Calendar and the HMS Diversity Calendar highlight events happening across Harvard University by university affiliated groups, including student-run book groups, panel discussions with faculty and invited speakers, community affinity groups, and more.