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HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Health Services
Michelle Bowdler, Director
Margaret Higham,
Medical Director
Tufts
University Health Service (TUHS) is located at 124
Professors Row, across from the field and tennis
courts on the Medford/Somerville campus. During the
academic year, the hours are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday, and 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday and holidays. TUHS is professionally
staffed by physicians, nurse practitioners, and
physician's assistants, all of whom have worked in
college health for a number of years. It has an
on-site, full-service certified laboratory staffed
with highly qualified laboratory personnel. In
addition to primary and urgent health-care and
psychiatric services, the Health Service offers
on-site appointments with specialty providers in
gynecology and orthopedics. The Health Service works
closely with local hospitals should hospitalization
be required.
Prior to
registration each student is required to submit to
the Health Service a fully completed health
questionnaire that includes a medical history,
complete physical examination results, laboratory
tests, and immunization history.
Tufts
University policy requires that each student have
medical coverage under an accident/sickness
insurance plan with benefits comparable to the
university's student plan. The university offers a
comprehensive plan at a reasonable cost for students
and, if necessary, their spouses/partners and
children.
All
fulltime students are automatically charged for the
Tufts student accident/sickness insurance plan. If
students are covered under their parents' or other
private insurance plan and they do not want the
university's student plan, it may be waived by
submitting a waiver form to the Health Service prior
to the waiver cutoff date. For a complete
explanation of the health fee, see Expenses.
For more information, visit
http://ase.tufts.edu/healthservices.
Alcohol and Drug Program
Margot E. Abels,
Director
The Alcohol and Drug Program uses an integrated,
multi-pronged approach to substance use, misuse, and
abuse on campus. Focus is placed on the personal and the
individual as well as the environmental factors that
influence alcohol and drug use in an effort to promote
wellness in our community and to optimize the academic
success of our students.
Program offerings include prevention education,
outreach and training programs, addiction counseling,
support group services, assessments by a professional
clinician, treatment referral and information, support
for family members and children of addicts, information
on policies and procedures, and opportunities for
student leadership and campus dialogue.
The Alcohol and Drug Program is located at the Tufts
Health Service, 124 Professors Row. For more
information, call 617-627-3861.
Counseling Center
The Tufts University Counseling Center is staffed by
professionally trained counselors who will discuss any
personal and academic concerns with students, faculty,
and university employees. Counselors are frequently
consulted for personal problems, family problems,
problems in relationships, sexuality and sexual
orientation, academic and study difficulties, and
decisions about choices of major or career. Students may
be seen for personal counseling or, when appropriate,
they will be referred to other qualified university or
community services.
The services of the Counseling Center are available
without charge to all undergraduate students at Tufts
and to graduate students who are covered by the
comprehensive health fee. Interviews with counselors are
confidential. Except for life-threatening emergencies,
information is released solely for purposes of further
counseling with the written consent of the individual.
The Counseling Center also provides information and
applications for graduate and professional school tests,
including the Miller Analogies Test.
The Counseling Center is located at Sawyer House, 120
Curtis Street, and is open Monday through Friday from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Appointments may be made in
person or by calling 617-627-3360. For more information,
visit the
http://ase.tufts.edu/counselingcenter.
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