Posts by Kent Anger

Total Worker Health in Portland (OR) Parks and Recreation

Critical to workforce health is the safe and healthy work and home practices of the nation's youth.  An innovative program developed by the Oregon Healthy WorkForce Center, a NIOSH Center of...

Total Worker Health Conference in Iowa

The Total Worker Health conference in Iowa began this morning with a presentation by Dr. John Howard, the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),  on the...

Dr. Buck describes COHEs to Oregon’s Medical Advisory Committee (MAC)

Washington State's Centers for Occupational Health and Education (COHEs) were described to Oregon's Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) that provides advice to the state's Worker's Compensation Division...

CROET Reports on COHEs to Oregon’s MLAC

Oregon's Management-Labor Advisory Committee (MLAC) had requested, in 2011, that CROET review the State of Washington's Centers of Occupational Health and Education (COHE) program and make...

Oregon Healthy WorkForce Center External Advisory Committee

The External Advisory Committee (EAC) of the Oregon Healthy WorkForce Center met last Thursday to learn about the research, education and outreach in the Center's first year.  Pictured and attending...

Oregon Healthy WorkForce Partner’s Luncheon

The Oregon Healthy WorkForce Center held it's first annual Partner's Luncheon in Portland on Friday. Over 125 people attended to hear keynote speaker Larry Chapman of the Chapman Institute in...

Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute Begins

The Oregon Healthy WorkForce First Annual Summer Institute on Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) is beginning today. The Summer Institute was developed by Dr. Leslie Hammer of Portland State...

CROET 2012 Summer Intern Class

The CROET Summer Intern class has begun work in the faculty labs. They are shown attending presentations by Dan Austin and Dr. Kent Anger about the mid-August poster session in which all interns...

New Director greets CROET staff

Dr. Steven Shea, the new Director of CROET, held a reception at OHSU's Mac Hall cafeteria today, May 8, to meet faculty and staff at the Center in a casual setting. In the far right of the...

Altered Sleep Schedules and Disease Risk

Dr. Orfeu Buxton of Harvard University spoke at CROET (OHSU) on “Causes and Consequences of Sleep Deficiency: Clinical and Workforce Impacts“ on Tuesday, April 17 (pictured below). Dr....