The mission of IHPS is to bridge the gap between academia, the business community, and the healthcare policy world by bringing academic resources into policy debates and day-to-day business decisions, and bringing health and productivity management issues into academia. A collaborative established between the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Health, Behavior & Society and Truven Health Analytics, IHPS conducts empirical research on the relationship between employee health and well-being, and work-related productivity. Studies performed by IHPS help inform decision-makers in both the private and public health sectors on issues related to the health and productivity cost burden of certain health risk factors and common disease conditions, and the impact that innovative health, safety and productivity management programs have on medical, safety and productivity-related outcomes. Located in Washington, DC, IHPS brings together faculty in the Department of Health, Behavior & Society and staff at Truven Health Analytics for various collaborative research opportunities.