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Workplace safety is integral for rural hospitals
Patient-assist injuries are a significant and costly occupational health problem for healthcare organizations.
OccHealthSci
Aug 24, 20203 min read


COVID-19 Safety Climate Assessment available from the Safety Climate Lab
The Institute’s Safety Climate Lab is validating a safety climate scale created specifically for the COVID-19 pandemic.
OccHealthSci
Aug 12, 20202 min read


Dr. Huang’s Safety Climate Lab embarks on a collaboration with SAIF
New research will assess, validate, and extend SAIF’s current safety assessment model, the Ansbro Safety Culture Spectrum.
OccHealthSci
Feb 20, 20203 min read


Oregon Occupational Public Health Program shares Story Maps
Explore whether areas of Oregon with more workers in high risk industry sectors also have higher levels of workplace injuries.
OccHealthSci
Jan 27, 20202 min read


Dr. Emily Huang recognized as prolific author on safety climate
Dr. Emily Huang recognized in an upcoming systematic network analysis of the first 4 decades of safety climate research globally.
OccHealthSci
Jan 2, 20202 min read


Oregon Department of Corrections addresses well-being
After OccHealthSci study, the Oregon Department of Corrections increased its emphasis on workplace well-being for correction officers.
OccHealthSci
Nov 4, 20192 min read


Sharing messages: Health impacts safety
OccHealthSci makes Health Impacts Safety guides available to anyone interested in improving workplace safety.
OccHealthSci
Oct 29, 20192 min read


Leslie Hammer awarded grant to create military leader training
Congratulations to Dr. Leslie Hammer who received a DOD grant to address Behavioral Health and Resilience Training for Military Leaders.
OccHealthSci
Sep 12, 20192 min read


Supportive managers are the key to employee well-being
Employees who work with a supportive supervisor experience reduced work-life conflict, improved health, and increased fulfillment on the job
OccHealthSci
Aug 27, 20191 min read


New Be Super toolkit user guide
The Be Super toolkit is an evidence-based program designed to help organizations in construction improve safety, health and well-being.
OccHealthSci
Jun 18, 20191 min read


OccHealthSci welcomes Dr. Emily Huang
The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences warmly welcomes our newest faculty member, Dr. Emily (Yueng-hsiang) Huang.
OccHealthSci
Feb 1, 20192 min read


Hierarchy of Controls and Total Worker Health
While traditionally, the Hierarchy of Controls has been used as a means to help determine how to implement effective and feasible control.
OccHealthSci
Jan 18, 20191 min read


New training to help veterans reintegrate into the workforce
Each year more than 200,000 post 9/11 veterans join the workforce, after having returned from Iraq or Afghanistan. The government offers...
OccHealthSci
Nov 13, 20181 min read


Sleep podcast episode
Have you ever gone to work after a bad night of sleep? How productive were you at work that day? Did it make you eat any differently?...
OccHealthSci
Oct 29, 20182 min read


OHSU and PSU scientists win new grant to study bus operator health
Thank you labor and management partners! Dr. Ryan Olson and collaborators at OHSU and PSU were recently awarded a $3.5 million grant to...
OccHealthSci
Feb 27, 20182 min read


Real-time health surveillance in remote regions
Health and disease surveillance in many low-income countries is poor, such that disease outbreaks are recognized very slowly, sick people...
Shaun McGillis
Jan 16, 20183 min read


Collaborative research across the ocean
The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at OHSU and the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center hosted four colleagues from...
OccHealthSci
Dec 8, 20171 min read


OR-FACE posts workplace fatality reenactments
OR-FACE (Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program) was excited to participate in the 2017 Oregon Governor’s Occupational...
OccHealthSci
Mar 22, 20172 min read


Dr. Kelsey Parker awarded new grant
We congratulate Dr. Kelsey Parker on the awarding of a small grant from the Professional Training Opportunities Program (PTOP) in Occupation
Shaun McGillis
Feb 10, 20172 min read


Oregon Military Employee Sleep and Health (MESH) Study
the MESH study will train supervisors to support service members in their units around work-life stress and sleep health.
Shaun McGillis
Oct 23, 20162 min read
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