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Healthy Retirement

Long-Term Health and Healthy Retirement

Projects that address cumulative exposures, fatigue, and policies that sustain worker health and employability over time.

We reduce cumulative exposure and support healthy, dignified careers by addressing fatigue, psychosocial risk, and work design over the period of employment, including remote and hybrid work. Our evidence helps organizations align schedules, environments, and policies so workers can sustain health and performance and retire on their own terms.

 

Representative projects & contributions:

  • Paramedic Rotating Shift Schedule—1 Year Cohort. Measured daily tasks, self-reported fatigue, and actigraphy-reported sleep to determine schedule impacts on health, wellbeing, and performance, informing safer longterm rostering decisions. 

    Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

  • Rapid Guideline: Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 (Paramedics). Produced actionable guidance to prevent/manage mental health injuries during and after public crises—building resilience for future events. 

    Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

  • National Work-From Home (WFH) Survey. Generated nationwide evidence on physical and mental health impacts of remote work to inform sustainable organizational strategies for hybrid/remote workplaces.

     

  • WFH Scoping Review (Performance & Productivity). Synthesized knowledge on how WFH affects personal and organizational outcomes, aligning healthy remote work with business performance for durable adoption. 

    Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.