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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, Policy Working Group
Project Co-Lead, Thriving Workers, Thriving Workplaces Study
Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Edward Baker Jr., MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Former Assistant Surgeon General, US Public Health Service and Former Director of CDC’s Public Health Practice Program Office

Les Boden, PhD
Investigator, Boston Hospital Workers Health Study
Professor, Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health

Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, MS
Co-Executive Director, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health

Alix Gould-Werth, PhD
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor

Cal Halvorsen, PhD, MSW
Core Lead, Outreach 
Project Lead, Older Workers’ Health and Well-being Study
Investigator, Evaluation and Planning Core; Boston Hospital Workers Health Study
Associate Professor, Boston College School of Social Work
cal.halvorsen@bc.edu

Dean Hashimoto, MD, JD
Investigator, The Boston Hospital Workers Health Study
Chief Medical Officer, Occupational Health Services, Mass General Brigham
Associate Professor of Law and 
Faculty Director, Boston College Law School

Clarion Johnson, MD
Retired Global Medical Director, ExxonMobil Corporation

Erin L. Kelly, PhD
Project Lead, Fulfillment Center Intervention Study
Professor, Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management
Co-Director, Institute for Work and Employment Research

Susan Carney Lynch, JD, DrPH 
Senior Fellow, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative 
Adjunct Professor, George Washington University Law School

David Michaels, PhD, MPH
Professor, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University

Susan Peters, PhD, BOccThy(Hons)
Project Lead, Thriving Workers, Thriving Workplaces Study
Investigator, Evaluation and Planning Core
Research Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Nico Pronk, PhD, FACSM, FAWHP
Investigator, Outreach Core
President, HealthPartners Institute
Chief Science Officer, HealthPartners

Erika L. Sabbath, ScD
Center Co-Director/Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Core Lead, Evaluation & Planning
Project Lead, The Boston Hospital Workers Health Study
Associate Professor, Boston College School of Social Work

Glorian Sorensen, PhD, MPH
Center Co-Director/Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Core Lead, Evaluation & Planning
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

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