Occupational Health Sciences Reports to MLAC
The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences provides reports to Oregon's Management Labor Advisory Committee (MLAC) due to it's base funding from the Workers' Compensation System. Dr. Steven...
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Occ Health Sci tackles outreach
Basic and applied scientists, information specialists, research staff and practitioners focused today on ways to grow and improve outreach at the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences....
WestON brings news and humor
The 8th WestON (Western States Occupational Network) meeting in Denver (9/17-18) brought us important news, new ways of thinking ... and humor. NIOSH Director John Howard's (below) appointment has...
Oregon Building Trades Council is 75!
Oregon Building Trades Council celebrated it's 75th anniversary at the Portland Convention Center on August 20-21. They are the second oldest building trades council in the US, representing about...
Occupational safety and health broadens purview
Three meetings in June (2015) reveal that occupational safety and health has broadened it’s purview. Diseases or disease risk factors that are substantially affected by our lifestyle, and...
Total Worker Health at ICOH in Seoul
The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), the oldest society supporting Occupational Safety and Health in the world (formed 1906) met for the 31st time (triennial meetings) in Seoul...
Workers’ Memorial Day in Oregon
Oregon Governor Kate Brown (on the left of the panoramic picture, below) proclaimed April 28 as Workers' Memorial Day for 2015, at the Fallen Worker's Memorial in Salem, OR. The ceremony was held...
OHWC Advisory Committee Meets
Friday the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) External Advisory Committee met on the OHSU campus in the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences seminar room. The Committee considered the...
NIOSH Center Director’s Meeting foretells changes
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) held it’s now annual NIOSH Center Directors meetings in Cincinnati, Ohio (March 19-20). Dr. Eula Bingham (Director of OSHA from...
PNASH meets at Oregon Health and Science University
The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health (PNASH) Center Advisory Committee is meeting at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), pictured below. PNASH is a NIOSH-funded regional...