From: Craig Merlic <merlic**At_Symbol_Here**CHEM.UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Nature Comment Pregnancy in Lab
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:24:28 -0800
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
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That article is titled "Pregnancy in the lab" and has some nice personal stories.

 

At UCLA we have tried to provide some more concrete assistance, so here is the EH&S page titled "Research Safety for Pregnant Workers":

https://www.ehs.ucla.edu/pregnantworkers

 

In my own organic synthesis research lab I would not advise a researcher to work in lab all the way through pregnancy. BUT there are all sorts of legal issues here (HIPAA, Title IX, etc). For example, I cannot ask if someone is pregnant, nor can I move them onto a different project, nor can I tell them not to come to lab.

 

The UCLA Graduate Division helps by providing advice and resources to pregnant graduate students and postdocs:

https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/working-at-ucla/childbirth-accommodation-funding/

https://grad.ucla.edu/academics/graduate-study/leave-of-absence-request

 

The Pregnant Scholar has a listing of University of California policies for pregnant students:

https://thepregnantscholar.org/university-examples-university-california-policies-pregnant-parenting-students-postdocs/

 

If your university does not have readily available advice, they should consider providing it.

 

Craig

 

Craig A. Merlic

Professor of Chemistry, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Executive Director, UC Center for Laboratory Safety

http://cls.ucla.edu

Los Angeles, CA  90095-1569

 

 

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> on behalf of Neal Langerman <chemsaf**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM>
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Date: Friday, February 11, 2022 at 7:41 AM
To: <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Subject: [SPAM] [DCHAS-L] Nature Comment Pregnancy in Lab

 

This may be of interest to many of you. Does not appear to be behind a pay wall. 

 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41570-022-00362-0

 

Neal 

Neal Langerman, PhD

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