Policy Working Group

The Policy Working Group examines policy implications of Total Worker Health^® research and practice, examining and sharing how the Center’s findings can inform both public and workplace policies.  

Gregory Wagner, MD, Chair
Senior Advisor to the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adjunct Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Les Boden, PhD
Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Jack Dennerlein, PhD
Professor, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Adjunct Professor of Ergonomics and Safety, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Dean Hashimoto, MD, JD
Chief, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Partners HealthCare System

James Merchant, MD, DrPH
Founding Dean, Professor and Director of the Healthier Workforce Center for Excellence (HWCE)
College of Public Health, University of Iowa

Nicolaas Pronk, PhD, FACSM
Adjunct Professor, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Vice President for Health Management and Chief Science Officer, HealthPartners

Glorian Sorensen, PhD, MPH
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Emily Spieler, JD
Edwin W. Hadley Professor of Law, Dean Emerita
Northeastern University School of Law