OHWC gets renewed for 5 more years!
The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) is celebrating! Led by Co-Directors Leslie Hammer, PhD and Ryan Olson, PhD, and founded in 2011 by Kent Anger, PhD, our center has been successfully...
September is Suicide Prevention Month
As the pandemic continues to challenge our health and well-being, it is even more important that we spend time this month addressing suicide prevention. Each September we formally recognize the...
Best of COVID Conversations
Many of you joined our COVID Conversations live, or watched the recordings later. Between February and June of this year, we created ten conversations between industrial hygienists, safety and health...
Join us to discuss work-life challenges, integration, COVID and beyond
Our Fall 2021 Symposium addressing Work-Life Challenges and Integration in the Context of COVID is now open for registration. This full day virtual event via WebEx is scheduled for Friday, November...
2021 Summer Intern Program podcast episode
On our latest podcast episode, we highlight our 2021 Summer Intern Program. Each summer, undergraduate interns work with faculty mentors in basic and applied research over a three-month paid...
Staff Spotlight: Nicole Chaudhary
Each month, we feature an Institute Staff member and share with the community a behind-the-scenes through a question and answer session to learn more about their research areas, career path and...
Oregon offers employer resources to address emergency wildfire smoke rule
Oregon OSHA’s new emergency rule applies to employers whose employees are – or will be – exposed to wildfire smoke where the ambient fine particulate (also known as PM2.5) air concentration is...
2021 Summer interns virtual poster presentation
We wanted to send our appreciation to each of our 2021 Summer Interns as they finish the final week of their internship. Their hard work and contributions to science have not gone unnoticed. We also...
Professors Doris Kretzschmar and Matthew Butler receive promotions
We congratulate Institute Faculty members, Doris Kretzschmar, Ph.D., and Matthew Butler, Ph.D., upon their recent promotions. Dr. Kretzschmar was promoted to Full Professor and Dr. Butler was...
Oregon adopts emergency smoke and heat workplace rules
Yesterday Oregon OSHA adopted two new emergency rules to protect workers from wildland smoke and those living in employer provided housing from excessive heat. Earlier last month Oregon OSHA adopted...