Research

Research is integral to all aspects of the department’s work. As a graduate department, research and teaching cannot be separated. Students work in all aspects of the department’s numerous funded research programs. All faculty members carry out their own research programs (see faculty pages for details). In addition, there are several centers, institutes, laboratories, and offices affiliated with the department and devoted to research.

Work Environment Centers:

• Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW)
• Lorin E. Kerr Ergonomics Institute for Occupational Injury Prevention (KEI)
• Lowell Center for Sustainable Production (LCSP)
• Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI)
• The New England Consortium (TNEC)

Work Environment Research Projects:

• Neonatal Neurobehavioral Impacts of Iodine Insufficiency and Pesticide Exposures
• Protección en Construcción
• Promoting Physical and Mental Health of Caregivers through Transdisciplinary Intervention (ProCare)
• Health Improvement Through Training and Employee Control (HITEC)
• Stress at Work Education, Translation, Communication and Dissemination Project
• R2P Project: Developing and Testing a Toolkit for Participatory Workplace Prevention/Health Promotion Interventions
• Project SHARRP
• Job Content Questionnaire

Work Environment Research Laboratories:

• Occupational Biomechanics Laboratory
• OEH/Industrial Hygiene Laboratory
• Aerosol Science Laboratory
• Work Environment Biomarkers Laboratory 
• TURI's Surface Solutions Laboratory