About the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace

The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW) is an interdisciplinary and collaborative initiative among the University of Connecticut (UConn) Storrs, UConn Health, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. 

Our team includes researchers from the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at UConn Health, the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and the Department of Psychological Sciences and the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut.

CPH-NEW provides education and training, as well as research-based tools and practical resources, to help employers implement the Total Worker Health® approach and improve workplace conditions that support worker health, safety, and well-being.

Funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), CPH-NEW has been a Center of Excellence for Total Worker Health (TWH) since 2006. We conduct research and work with employers and employees to identify and address workplace challenges. 

Our work is relevant for multiple disciplines and industries:

• Corrections
• Education
• Health Care
• Human Resources
• Occupational Safety and Health
• Unions

CPH-NEW is one of the 10 NIOSH Centers of Excellence for TWH. Each Center has a unique focus for their research and training.

• Center for Health, Work, & Environment at the University of Colorado 
• Center for Work Health and Well-being at Harvard University 
• Oregon Healthy Workforce Center at Oregon University 
• Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest at the University of Iowa 
• Center for Healthy Work at University of Illinois at Chicago 
• Carolina Center for Healthy Work Design and Worker Well-Being at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
• Psychosocial, Organizational, and Environmental TWH Center at Johns Hopkins University 
• Utah Center for the Promotion of Work and Employment Research (U-POWER) at the University of Utah
• California Labor Laboratory (CALL Center) at the University of California, San Francisco 

CPH-NEW's work is made possible by strong partnerships with over 30 organizations across multiple sectors. 

• Connecticut Department of Correction
• Connecticut Department of Public Health Occupational Health Surveillance Program
• Healthy Work Campaign
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health Occupational Health Surveillance Program; Division of Prevention and Wellness
• Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health Working on Wellness Program
• Massachusetts Nurses Association
  
• Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance and Technology (OTA)
• New England Consortium
• Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA)
• University of California Center for Social Epidemiology