Dr. Lili Tenney is the associate director for outreach and programs at the Center for Health, Work & Environment and an assistant professor at the Colorado School of Public Health where she teaches graduate courses in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health. Her work focuses on implementation science. She has over ten years of experience in dissemination and implementation, program planning, leadership, and strategic partnerships including directing public health programs focused on promoting worker health, safety, and well-being. Dr. Tenney is the co-founder and director of Health Links™, an initiative to helping organizations identify solutions for worker health and safety by providing them with assessment, consulting, and certification. She speaks nationally on the role employers and work environments play in creating a healthier workforce. She is passionate about integrating TWH with business sustainability, helping develop impact goals and planning for work, health, and corporate social responsibility. As a mother of two, she prioritizes finding ways to supporting working parents.
Areas of Expertise
- Implementation Science
- Total Worker Health
- Climate and Health
- Marketing
- Community and Behavioral Health
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- DrPH, Colorado School of Public Health, 2020
- MPH, Colorado School of Public Health, 2010
- BA, Marketing, University of Colorado, Leeds School of Business, 2006
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Awards
- 2015 Member, Delta Omega Honorary Society
- 2014 Outstanding Woman in Business Nominee Denver Business Journal
- 2011 Recipient, Colorado School of Public Health Outstanding Contributing by a Student
- 2010 Recipient, American Public Health Association Scholarship, Colorado School of Public Health; 2006 Phi Eta Sigma, National Honor Society
Affiliations
- President, Society for Total Worker Health
Courses
- EHOH 6628 Workplace Health Protection and Health Promotion
- EHOH 6639 Communication for Public Health Impact
Research
- CDC/NIOSH, Total Worker Health Center of Excellence, 09/01/21-08/31/26, Deputy Director, Outreach Core PI, Co-I
- WeCanWork Research Project CDC/NIOSH, Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center, 07/01/20-06/30/25, Co-Investigator
- Associate Outreach Director Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Small Employer Engagement, 07/01/18-06/30/23, PI
Publications and Presentations
- Tenney L, Huebschmann AG, Brown CE, Schwatka NV, Newman LS. Leveraging an Implementation Science Framework to Measure the Impact of Efforts to Scale Out a Total Worker Health® Intervention to Employers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(3):1372. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031372
- Tenney, Liliana DrPH; Dexter, Lynn MS; Shapiro, David C. BA; Dally, Miranda MS; Brown, Carol E. PhD; Schwatka, Natalie V. PhD; Huebschmann, Amy G. MD; McMillen, Jim MPH; Newman, Lee S. MD. Impact of Advising on Total Worker Health Implementation. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: August 2021 - Volume 63 - Issue 8 - p 657-664 doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002212
- Tenney L, Fan W, Dally M, Scott J, Haan M, Rivera K, Newman M, Newman LS. Health Links™ Assessment of Total Worker Health® Practices as Indicators of Organizational Behavior in Small Business. J Occup Environ Med. 2019 Aug;61(8):623-634. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001623. PMID: 31045750; PMCID: PMC6748381