Adolescents who enter pregnancy overweight or obese and experience excessive weight gain may be at increased risk for postpartum depressive symptoms. Health care providers should offer preventive interventions during pregnancy and the interconceptional period to support healthy weight gain and safeguard women's mental health.

One of the priorities at the Midwestern institution, where this study was conducted, was to create a more diverse faculty body. Beyond hiring, one component of addressing this priority was fostering a supportive environment in which all junior faculty have the tools to be successful. An initiative known as the New Faculty Collaborative, designed to create a climate of support for all junior faculty ultimately created a support network for junior minority faculty. This paper presents research based on the experiences of the New Faculty Collaborative participants.