Health advice

The University Health Service (UHS) provides confidential, high quality health care services for students and other members of the University community. The University Health Service offers a wide range of primary care services, including treatment for illnesses and injuries, management of ongoing medical problems, and care and advice for health concerns.

Access to care is provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout the calendar year. All visits to UHS are confidential.

The University Health Service Health Promotion Office inspires University of Rochester students to live, grow, and thrive on campus!

Our team provides a variety of health education and wellness programs. We focus on the topics that are most meaningful to our student body, including health equity, mental well-being, mindfulness, nourishment and body image, sexual health, and sleep.

We also collaborate with the campus community and support a variety of student-led health promotion initiatives during the academic year.

Part of the Center for Student Conflict Management, the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Education Program is a multidimensional resource for students who have questions about reducing negative consequences associated with heavy, episodic drinking and other substance abuse.

The AOD education program supports undergraduate students struggling with or wanting to know more about alcohol and drugs by:

- Educating students using a harm reduction model
- Creating personalized AOD plans for students to address substance use patterns and create safer drinking or substance use strategies
- Implementing and evaluating prevention programming on campus

In order to best serve the campus community, we collaborate with students and staff across the institution to create a comprehensive substance abuse prevention program focused on the health and safety of University of Rochester students using a harm reduction model.

The University of Rochester envisions itself as a community that welcomes, encourages, and supports individuals who desire to contribute to and benefit from the institution’s mission of teaching, research, patient care, performance, and community service. In a pluralistic culture, that community includes faculty, students, and staff who represent important differences.

The University of Rochester includes gender identity and expression as a protected group in its non-discrimination policy in affirmation of the University’s philosophy that all students should be treated fairly and respectfully. As we strive to be a more diverse and inclusive campus, we recognize the importance of having policies and practices that support students who identify as transgender, gender variant, and/or gender nonconforming (GNC). This website provides information to support trans and GNC students as they navigate campus facilities, resources and systems.

Do you have a burning question about sexual health or relationships? Submit your question to our Sexpert! Questions must be submitted with a University email, but responses will be anonymously posted on our blog for others to learn from as well. This is not a medical advice line, and any emergent medical issues should be addressed by a medical provider. You can schedule an appointment at UHS by calling (585) 275-2662.

Planned Parenthood is one of the nation’s leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care, and the nation’s largest provider of sex education. With or without insurance, you can always come to us for your health care.

Planned Parenthood offers a great variety of services, including abortion, birth control, HIV services, men's health care, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing and services, primary care, STI testing and treatment, hormone therapy, and women's health care. In addition, their website contains lots of helpful educational information.

The UHS Health Promotion Office's pregnancy resource webpage has information on early signs of pregnancy, pregnancy testing options, where to buy a pregnancy test, next steps if your test is positive, choosing an Ob-Gyn or midwife, abortion, community resources, leaves of absence, and more.