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Harvard Education and Research Center

Occupational Health Care Research & Policy

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We are pleased to announce the new graduate training in Occupational Health Services Research funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. This program prepares doctoral and post-doctoral students to conduct research about health care services for workers and to make policy recommendations about access, quality and costs of care. This program represents a collaboration between the faculty and research programs at the NIOSH Education and Research Center of the Harvard University School of Public Health, and the Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

 

Who should apply?

  • Individuals with a background in health and social-behavioral sciences who are interested in how health care rules, regulatory policy, or insurance schemes affect the working population, the delivery of care, and the cost of care.
  • Occupational health and safety specialists who want to study health and safety management in the context of health care services for workers.
  • Health care professionals who want to explore the connections between work and health in the health care management of work-related problems.
  • Health care researchers and economists who want to adapt their experiences in health services research to lay out the questions and methods for this new field of occupational health services research.
  • Administrators of occupational health services, workers' compensation, or union healthcare funds who seek answers to questions of access, quality, cost-effectiveness and efficiency.

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    Some Questions that drive this field of research:

  • What is the quality of care for worker health problems?
  • What is the workers' experience of health problems, health care, and return to work?
  • Is there a difference in health care for work-related problems and non-work-related problems?
  • Are health benefit levels for workers adequate?
  • Do barriers to care exist -who gets what, when, and how?
  • What makes for successful prevention and treatment of work-related problems?   

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    Core Faculty:

    Eileen McNeely, RNP, MS, PhD (Co-Program Director)
    Instructor in Occupational Health; Co-Director, Occupational Health Services Research Component

    Areas: occupational health care delivery, clinical service effectiveness, organizational aspects of occupational health, social determinants of health

    David Christiani, MD, MPH, MS
    Professor of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Harvard Education and Research Center; Director, Occupational Medicine Section, Massachusetts General Hospital; Director, Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Northeast Specialty Hospital; Director, Occupational Epidemiology Training Core

    Areas: occupational epidemiology, occupational respiratory conditions, delivery of occupational health services, occupational health policy

    Jay Himmelstein, MD, MPH
    Assistant Chancellor for Health Policy, University of Massachusetts Medical School

    Areas: occupational health services research and policy, general health policy and regulation, rehabilitation and disability management, quality of care and clinical services effectiveness

     

    Supporting Faculty

    Ann Lawthers, ScD
    Assistant Professor, UMass Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research

    Areas: quality of medical care, occupational medicine performance measurement, CO-developer of national CONQUEST database for clinical performance measures

    Joan Buchanan, PhD
    Lecturer, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

    Areas: general health services research, health economics, occupational health services research, health policy and impact of managed care

    Arnold Epstein, MD
    John H. Foster Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University; Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health

    Areas: general health policy and health services research, research methodology, access and quality of care, especially for disadvantaged populations

    Jeff Katz, MS, MPH
    Associate Professor of Occupational Health; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director, Multipurpose Arthritis Center Brighnam and Women's Hospital

    Areas: outcomes evaluation for occupational musculoskeletal conditions, survey methodology and functional assessment, clinical care of occupational disorders

    Ronald Kessler, PhD
    Professor of Health Care Policy, Dept. of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

    Areas: psychiatric and mental health aspects of occupational health, relationship of health on absenteeism, low productivity, and risk of industrial accidents in the workplace

    Steven Atlas, MD, MPH
    Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

    Areas: relationship between primary care and occupational health, patient/provider relationship in occupationally related medical care.

    Dean Hashimoto, MD, JD
    Medical Director, Occupational Health, Partners Healthcare System

    Areas: clinical aspects of occupational medical care, health care delivery systems, legal and ethical aspects of occupational health care

     

    Adjunct Faculty

    Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH
    Visiting Scholar in Occupational Health; Director, Center for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety

    Areas: occupational medicine outcomes evaluation, occupational health services research, clinical care of occupational musculoskeletal disorders, health services for special populations

    Richard Victor, PhD, JD
    Executive Director, Workers' Compensation Research Institute, Cambridge, Mass.

    Areas: workers' compensation research, workers' compensation administrative data analysis, economic analysis of occupational medical care under workers' compensation

     

    For further information please contact:

    Eileen McNeely, RNP, MS, PhD

    Harvard School of Public Health
    Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology
    Landmark Center East, Room 3-098
    401 Park Drive
    Boston, MA 02215
    Tel: (617) 384-8861
    Fax: (617) 384-8994
    email: emcneely@hohp.harvard.edu

    Tuition and stipend are available for program enrollees.

     

    Resource Links:

    American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
    American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
    American Public Health Association
    Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
    International Commission on Occupational Health
    John F. Kennedy School of Government
    National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
    Simmons Graduate School for Health Studies

    HSPH Department of Health Policy & Management