Harvard School of Public Health, perhaps the most well-recognized, university-based center for the advancement of public health in the world, enjoys a collaborative relationship in research, teaching, and service with the Research Institute that dates from the 1930s. In 1994, this relationship was formalized with the inauguration of the Liberty Mutual-Harvard Program in Occupational Safety and Health.
The program includes exchange of faculty, students, and technology. A number of successful research projects, symposia, and conferences marked the program’s initial years, including a fellows program for health and safety leaders from the Pacific Rim countries. More recently, the program has led to an expansion of the graduate curriculum through the introduction of new degree programs in Ergonomics, Safety Science, and Occupational Injury Prevention (Epidemiology).