Carolina Center for Healthy Work and Worker Well-Being
Carolina Center for Healthy Work Design and Worker Well-Being
This project builds programs and partnerships to make workplaces healthier and to support workers' physical and mental well-being, especially in North Carolina and the Southeast.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Chapel Hill, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11113772 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If I work in North Carolina, this center will bring together UNC, Duke, RTI, and community partners to study how jobs affect health and to create programs that make work safer and less stressful. They will collect information from workers, run workplace interventions, and translate successful approaches into practice and policy. The center focuses on issues highlighted by the COVID-19 reshaping of work, with special attention to mental health among essential workers. An external advisory committee will guide ongoing evaluation and quality improvement of the center's activities.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are working adults in North Carolina and the Southeast, especially essential workers or those facing job-related safety risks or high stress.
Not a fit: People who are not employed, whose health is not affected by workplace conditions, or who live well outside the region may not see direct benefits from this center.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: This could lead to safer workplaces, better mental-health supports, and programs that reduce work-related injury and stress for workers.
How similar studies have performed: Previous Total Worker Health and workplace-intervention studies have shown promising improvements in safety and mental health, though a multi-institution center combining surveillance, interventions, and policy work at this scale is less common.
Where this research is happening
Chapel Hill, United States
- Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Linnan, Laura a — Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- Study coordinator: Linnan, Laura a
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.