{"id":6253,"date":"2026-08-31T14:18:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/?p=6253"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:18:48","slug":"dr-jenn-cavallari-awarded-funding-to-strengthen-workplace-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/2026\/08\/31\/dr-jenn-cavallari-awarded-funding-to-strengthen-workplace-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jenn Cavallari Awarded Funding to Strengthen Workplace Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2023\/11\/Jennifer-Cavallari_website-size.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2023\/11\/Jennifer-Cavallari_website-size.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Cavallari\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2023\/11\/Jennifer-Cavallari_website-size.jpg 200w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2023\/11\/Jennifer-Cavallari_website-size-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Jenn Cavallari<\/strong>, Professor in Public Health Sciences and Co-Director of the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW), a NIOSH <em>Total Worker Health<\/em>\u00ae Center of Excellence, has received a supplemental sixth year of funding for the five-year <em>\u201cCPH-NEW IV\u201d <\/em>grant. The supplemental award provides an additional to extend the Center\u2019s work in partnership with collaborators at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and the University of Connecticut on this award.<\/p>\n<p>CPH-NEW IV is a multi-project center grant focused on advancing the science, practice, and policy of <em>Total Worker Health<\/em>\u00ae (TWH), an approach that integrates protection from work-related safety and health hazards with promotion of worker well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Outreach Core: The Outreach Core advances TWH science, practice, and policy through professional and pre-professional education; communication and dissemination of TWH research findings and evidence-based tools; and capacity-building activities that support organizations in adopting, implementing, and sustaining TWH approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Total Teacher Health Core: The Total Teacher Health Core pilots and evaluates the Educator Well-being Program, a TWH approach that empowers educators to identify and address organizational conditions that affect health, well-being, and retention, while strengthening capacity for sustainable, systems-level improvements.<\/p>\n<p>SHIFT Core: The Safety and Health through Integrated, Facilitated Teams II (SHIFT II) project is a participatory TWH project that empowers healthcare workers to identify and address workplace conditions affecting safety, health, and well-being through the Healthy Workplace Participatory Program and worker leadership training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Jenn Cavallari, Professor in Public Health Sciences and Co-Director of the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW), a NIOSH Total Worker Health\u00ae Center of Excellence, has received a supplemental sixth year of funding for the five-year \u201cCPH-NEW IV\u201d grant. 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