Oregon & The Workplace

Researchers at OccHealthSci and Portland State received a Department of Defense grant to develop a training program to help leaders in the National Guard support their troops' mental health and well-being.

OccHealthSci researchers receive a five-year, multi-million-dollar NIH grant to study cannabis use and sleep disruption.

Leslie Hammer, Ph.D., has been, “screaming for 30 years” that workplaces need to pay attention to the mental health of their workers.

Research finds a Total Worker Health intervention targeting sleep at the supervisor and employee level resulted in greater safety behaviors.

Read about OHWC's accomplishments in worker safety, health, and well-being research, outreach, education in FY2023.

Today, NIOSH launched Impact WellbeingTM, a national campaign to address the mental health crisis within the healthcare industry.

OccHealthSci recently held a day-long gathering of sleep scientists and industry practitioners focused on sleep and shift work.

Research suggests check-ins between healthcare workers and supervisors might be a practical and effective to reduce emotional exhaustion.

A partnership between Dr. Huang and state agencies supports the development of a tool to measure respectful climates at construction sites.

The United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, released a national strategy on social connection.

Dr. King’s multi-faceted research examines workplace resilience, identity intersectionality and authenticity, and workplace behavior.

In this episode of What's Work Got To Do With It? we discuss the Great Resignation with Dr. Berrin Erdogan.

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,

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline changes to 988.

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

In our latest podcast episode, we highlight Dr. Charlice Hurst's 2021 symposium presentation, "Designing flexible work."

Researchers demonstrated that supervisor support training interventions positively promote employee job, health and well-being outcomes.

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.