Oregon & The Workplace

OccHealthSci faculty receive grants from the Katherine Bisbee II Fund to study how environmental exposure can lead to genetic diseases.

In our latest podcast episode, we chat with Drs. Ryan Olson and Brad Wipfli about their Total Worker Health research on sedentary work.

We recently published a new video via YouTube, titled Synchronization of Neurons of the Circadian Clock: Why is it Important?

Dr. Leandro Brito received an Early Clinical Investigator Award from the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon.

OccHealthSci joins others in recognizing both the month of September as Suicide Prevention Month, and last week as Suicide Prevention Week.

Those concerned about the ‘world of work’ are more and more recognizing and discussing the impact worker well-being plays on our health,

In our latest podcast episode, we chat with Dr. Miranda Lim, a neurologist with board certification in Sleep Medicine.

On May 12, 2022, Oregon OSHA announced new permanent rules to protect workers from the hazards of high heat and wildfire smoke.

In our latest podcast episode, we invite Kelly Kupcak, Oregon Tradeswomen and Larry Williams, BOLI to discuss inclusion in the trades.

Dr. Saurabh Thosar, Assistant Professor at the Institute and colleagues was awarded a 5 year $2.97 million R01 grant from the NIH.

The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center tracking current rule development of workplace rules addressing wildland smoke and excessive heat.

In the latest episode of the podcast we talk with Dr. Tori Crain about supporting low-wage essential workers' nonwork life during COVID.

We are pleased to share a recording of a recent presentation given by  Peter Spencer , Ph.D., FANA, FRCPath, Professor of Neurology, OHSU...

The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center is engaged in delivering Total Worker Health to residents in the Pacific Northwest.

Social factors like racism and classism have a huge influence over where a person has the opportunity to work.

Our Fall 2021 symposium "Work-life challenges and integration in the context of COVID."

Job stress has significant impacts on the short and long-term health and well-being of the U.S. workforce.

The Active Workplace toolkit is a science-based toolkit designed to help reduce sitting time at work.

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

Oregon OSHA begins working with partners to distribute hundreds of thousands of particulate respirators to employers.