Identity Guide

Welcome to Harvard Medical School’s Identity Guide, which offers guidance on branding, writing and editing, multimedia policies/resources, stationery, and the use of the HMS name and trademarks. Most of these resources are intended for use by the HMS community, except the trademark and use-of-name policy guidance, which applies to individuals and organizations with and without affiliations seeking to use the HMS name or trademarks.  

Harvard Medical School’s policies identified throughout the site are, in some cases, policy guidance based on University policy. Questions should be directed to the address identified in each section of the guidance contained on this site, but if you are unable to identify the proper recipient, you may always reach out to the Office of Communication and External Relations’ general inbox or our main phone line: (617) 432-0442.