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TABLE 1—

Faculty Leave Policies at Top Schools of Public Health in the United States: July 2018

	Birth Mother			Nonbirth Parent
University	Paid Childbearing	Paid Medical	Unpaid Maternity^a (Beyond FMLA^b)	Paid Parental	Unpaid Parental^a (Beyond FMLA^b)
Boston University	6 wk
Columbia University^c	13 wk			13 wk
Drexel University	6 wk⁴			6 wk^d^,^e
Emory University	1 semester^f	max 6 mo^g		1 semester^f
George Washington University	15 wk			15 wk
Harvard University^c	13 wk			13 wk
Johns Hopkins University	10 wk			4 wk
Ohio State University	6 wk		6 wk	3 wk
St Louis University	6 wk
Tulane University	6 wk		1 semester	6 wk	1 semester
University of Alabama - Birmingham	4 wk			4 wk
University of California - Berkeley	6 wk		1 y		1 y
University of California - Los Angeles	6 wk		1 y		1 y
University of Illinois - Chicago	2 wk			2 wk
University of Iowa			6 wk	1 wk^e
University of Maryland - College Park	8 wk			8 wk
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor		6–8 wk^g	1 y		1 y
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities	6 wk			6 wk
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill	15 wk			15 wk
University of Pittsburgh	4 wk	6–8 wk, max 26^g	1 y	4 wk	1 y
University of South Carolina					6 wk^e
University of South Florida	15 wk		6 mo	15 wk	6 mo
University of Texas Houston Health Sciences
University of Washington		Max 90 d^g	6 mo		6 mo
Yale University^c	8 wk		4 mo	8 wk	4 mo

Note. FMLA = Family Medical Leave Act (Pub L No. 103-3 [1993]).

^{^a}

Accrued personal time can be used to receive pay.

^{^b}

FMLA requires employers to provide 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for qualified family and medical reasons to employees.

^{^c}

School of public health–specific policy.

^{^d}

Depends on time at the university.

^{^e}

Only for new adoptive parents.

^{^f}

Only a leave from teaching duties; still expected to continue departmental services and research.

^{^g}

Length is at the discretion of the mother’s physician.