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Natalie Schwatka, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the Colorado School of Public Health. She is the Research Core Director of the Center for Health, Work & Environment’s NIOSH Center of Excellence in Total Worker Health as well as the Program Director of the NIOSH Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center’s Certificate in Total Worker Health. Dr. Schwatka has over 10 years of experience in conducting research and practice to advance the science of why investing in workforce health matters and how to help businesses make this investment via leadership. Dr. Schwatka earned her PhD (2014) and MS (2011) from Colorado State University in environmental health with an occupational ergonomics specialization and a BA in psychology from the University of Portland (2008).