Eileen McNeely

Eileen McNeely, Founder and Executive Director of SHINE (Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise) at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has transformed understanding of workplace health and sustainability. As an Instructor in the Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, she combines expertise in environmental epidemiology, occupational health, and clinical practice as a nurse practitioner to pioneer innovative approaches to worker well-being. Her groundbreaking research includes founding the Harvard Flight Attendant Health Study, the largest cohort study of its kind, and leading investigations into garment factory workers' well-being. Through SHINE, she develops strategies that integrate worker health into corporate sustainability, measuring impacts through combined mental, physical, and psychosocial metrics alongside business performance indicators. Her current research portfolio includes pioneering projects on blockchain technology in supply chains, the future of work post-COVID, and creating cultures of health in business settings. McNeely's work spans multiple industries, focusing on transforming how businesses approach employee well-being through systematic rather than programmatic approaches, ultimately aiming to create sustainable, healthy workplace environments that benefit both workers and organizations.