U-POWER is one of 10 Centers of Excellence (see Figure 1 to the right) for Total Worker Health® funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). We conduct research dedicated to understanding how power shapes working conditions and how the Total Worker Health (TWH) approach and principles can be leveraged to improve work for everyone in the United States (see Figure 2 below for our center structure).
We also conduct outreach dedicated to sharing our research findings, building partnerships with stakeholders invested in changing work for the better, and amplifying scholarship that imagines a safer, healthier, and more equitable future of work.