Profile: Michele Ochsner

Studies work organization practices and policies that support worker participation and engagement. Current research and education projects are focused on improving conditions for vulnerable workers in construction and projects with long-term care facilities that link work environment with quality of care. As the principle or co-investigator/director of more than fifteen federal, state and foundation funded projects, she has studied and developed action oriented intervention projects with a range of industries focused on occupational and environmental health and safety. Her publications include articles in the Journal of Public Health Policy, Environment Quality Management and New Solutions: Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy.