Oregon & The Workplace

OccHealthSci researcher Miranda Lim develops new device to enhance sleeping.

New research shows that the internal circadian clock is a significant cause of nocturnal worsening of asthma.

NIOSH has renewed the Oregon Healthy Workforce for another five years.

Professor Steven A Shea has received a 7-year $6.5 million “Outstanding Investigator Award” from the NIH.

The Veteran Supportive Supervisor Training program is now freely available and suited to support supervisors and Veterans in the workforce.

Though Alzheimer’s disease is mostly known for its effects on memory, patients also show a disrupted sleep patterns.

Scientists are working to understand factors at the genetic, epigenetic, cellular and organism level that help us understand human health.

New research will assess, validate, and extend SAIF’s current safety assessment model, the Ansbro Safety Culture Spectrum.

Explore whether areas of Oregon with more workers in high risk industry sectors also have higher levels of workplace injuries.

Congratulations to Dr. Leslie Hammer who received a DOD grant to address Behavioral Health and Resilience Training for Military Leaders.

Thank you labor and management partners!  Dr. Ryan Olson  and collaborators at OHSU and PSU were recently awarded a $3.5 million grant to...

Health and disease surveillance in many low-income countries is poor, such that disease outbreaks are recognized very slowly, sick people...

Cannabis (marijuana) use is on the rise. Twenty-nine US States have legalized medical cannabis and 7 (including Oregon) have approved...

The Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society has selected an article written by investigators in the  laboratory of R. Stephen...

the MESH study will train supervisors to support service members in their units around work-life stress and sleep health.

SERVe aims to improve the health and well-being of veterans and their families, and to increase retention of veterans in the workplace.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced the awards on September 14.

Saurabh S. Thosar, Ph.D, has been awarded the Early Clinical Investigator Award from the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon.

Steven A. Shea, Ph.D., Director, OccHealthSci and colleagues were awarded $2.5M from the NIH.