Our Center for Work, Health, & Well-being has been one of four NIOSH Centers for Excellence since 2005. The Centers of Excellence represent the extramural portfolio of Total Worker Health (TWH) research funded by NIOSH to further its mission of protecting and advancing the safety, health, and well-being of the diverse population of workers in our nation.
NIOSH recently announced it will be adding two Center of Excellence in Colorado and Illinois, funding a total of six Centers. The six Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health include:
- The Center for Work, Health, & Well-being in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW)
- The Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest (formerly known as the Healthier Workforce Center of Excellence)
- The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center
- The Rocky Mountain Center for Total Worker Health at the University of Colorado
- The University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) Center for Healthy Work
For more information about Total Worker Health, visit: www.cdc.gov/niosh/TWH/. For more information on the Centers, please view the NIOSH Update: www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/upd-09-13-16.html. The Funding Opportunity Announcement for the Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health can be found at: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-361.html.