Watch this week’s COVID Convo
We thank Kim Henry of SAIF and our stakeholders and partners who tuned in this week for our second COVID Conversation. Based on the comments we have received so far, we plan to continue this series...
2021 Summer Intern applications now open
We have opened our applications for the Occupational Health Sciences’ 2021 Summer Student Research Awards. Our Summer Student Research Awards are paid summer internships designed to introduce...
COVID Convo: Bringing it all together
Hello Oregon! From a pandemic, to wildland fires and smoke, to ice and power outages: it has been a tough twelve months. We hope this weekend brings power to those still adversely affected by...
Happy 50th to NIOSH
This year is the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) 50th anniversary. Since April 28, 1971, NIOSH has funded research, education and resources in occupational safety and...
A successful first
We were pleased so many of you attended our first COVID-19 Conversation held earlier this week via WebEx. Although we did experience a few technical mishaps associated with this first pilot, we are...
Calling all new and seasoned ASSP Hispanic Safety Professionals!
The Hispanic Safety Professionals member community within the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) advances Hispanic safety professionals in the occupational safety and health (OSH)...
New COVID-19 conversations with occupational health and safety professionals
We know that you do not need more Zoom-like webinars to add to your schedule. What we suspect, though, is that you might like to learn what other occupational safety and health professionals and...
10 years at OHWC and YourWorkpath updates
The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) is celebrating 10 years of Total Worker Health® research, education and outreach efforts to help improve safety, health and well-being in the workplace....
Vaccines and workplaces
Hot off the press from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is guidance for workplaces about vaccines, including tips on messaging and facts, particularly targeted to essential worker...
O[yes] expands annual work safety contest
For more than a dozen years our Institute has joined other organizations to sponsor the Oregon Young Employee Safety (O[yes]) video contest. New for 2021 is the contest's expansion and renaming as a...