Center for Work, Health, and Well-being
The Center for Work, Health, and Well-being is a multidisciplinary center advancing worker safety, health, and well-being through research and dissemination of evidence-based practices, programs, and policies.
Kresge Building, 7th floor
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Who We Are
The Center for Work, Health, & Well-being conducts groundbreaking intervention-focused research to better understand how integrating occupational safety and health protection with workplace safety and health policies, programs, and practices can advance worker health, safety, and well-being. Under the leadership of Center Director Erika Sabbath and Associate Director Susan Peters, with support from Founding Director Glorian Sorensen, the Center seeks to improve working conditions, including those in the healthcare, construction, warehouse, and food service industries, among others. The Center’s research findings identify best practices and policy recommendations to assist employers in optimizing safety and health efforts. The Center also focuses on outreach, education, and dissemination of assessment tools and resources based on our research findings for use by employers, practitioners and other researchers.
Recent news
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What is a workplace health and well-being committee – and why do you need one?
A new guide from MIT and Harvard researchers explains how a workplace health and well-being committee, a new form of participatory workplace program, can save organizations money while improving workers’ psychological well-being.
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Listening to Frontline Workers
A study led by Erin Kelly in collaboration with MIT Sloan and the Harvard Center for Work Health and Wellbeing explores the power of employee input to improve workplace conditions.
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‘Losing a future’: Harvard Chan researchers describe impact of federal cuts
Glorian Sorensen, the Center’s Founding Director, contributed to a New York Times article highlighting the widespread impact of the federal government’s cuts to research funding across Harvard University. She said the loss puts not only the Center’s research at risk, but also its partnerships with multiple employers.
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NIOSH cuts threaten worker health and safety, say experts
Cuts at NIOSH, a federal agency focused on workplace health and safety, could make workers across the U.S. less safe, slow research about how to prevent worker illness and injury, and shrink the pipeline of experts in occupational health and safety.
