Life + Career

Resources for navigating where your life and your career overlap

Balancing life+career

• Video of Dr. Joanne Kamen's tips and tricks of balancing work and personal life for PhD-trained scientists

Financial resources

• The Scientist magazine's 2014 Life Sciences Salary Summary
• UMass Chan Financial Aid Office - Resources for Graduate Students and Alumni
• Student loan deferrment

International resources

• UMass Chan Immigration Services
• Literacy Volunterers of Greater Worcester

Dual-career resources

Early career researchers with families

Traditionally underrepresented groups in the sciences

• UMass Chan Diversity and Inclusion
• Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Diversity Interest Group (Faculty advisor: Dr. Brian Lewis)
• Women
  • HerStories videos chronicle successful women in science and engineering who have completed their doctoral degrees and progressed into STEM careers, organized by the Common Concern topics (Advisor Issues, Balance, Climate, and Delays).
• Ethnic minorities
  • SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) Summer Leadership Institute (PhD degree required)
• LGBTQ
  • National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals
  • Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM)
  • Equality Maps (including employment legislation and discrimination)
  • Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index
• Individuals with disabilities
  • Accomodations at UMass Chan
  • Job Accomodation Network

Additional sources of support at UMass Chan

For students: Student counseling services & Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Office of Academic Affairs

For postdocs: Employee assistance program & Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Office of Postdoctoral Scholars