Jack T. Dennerlein, PhD
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor
Northeastern University
Jack Dennerlein, PhD is Dean of Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Ergonomics and Safety in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Dennerlein has spent nearly three decades as an internationally respected scholar, researcher, and innovator in the field of occupational safety and health – primarily in ergonomics, where his federally-funded research investigates interventions to improve worker safety, health, and well-being. Dr. Dennerlein has been an active leader and contributor in the development of NIOSH’s Total Worker Health® Program, which NIOSH defines as policies, programs, and practices that integrate safety protection and health promotion efforts to create safe and healthy workplace environments that advance worker well-being. He is a Senior Advisor to the Center for Work, Health, and Well-being at the Harvard Chan School, one of the ten Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health® funded by NIOSH since 2007.