What do you know about diet and chronic disease?
We are pleased to be a supporter of the upcoming Northwest Health and Nutrition Conference: Exploring the science behind plant-based nutrition. This full day conference will be held on Friday,...
Posts by Dede Montgomery
OccHealthSci.org: Help us help you
Consider how the internet has changed in the past twenty years! When we - then CROET - first established our online library twenty years ago we were about the only game in town. We were online even...
Talking about OHSU lab safety
We offer our thanks to OHSU's Environmental Health and Radiation Safety team for sponsoring last week's Lab Safety Fair. The event, which took place inside Richard Jones Hall, was a terrific...
You won’t believe the summer I’ve had!
I am climbing through trees and over snags, nowhere near a clear hiking trail, trying to keep up with a forester who knows the route like the back of their hand. I’ve almost reached them when...
Safety and craft brewing
Craft brewers have found great success in Oregon, boasting 234 brewing facilities in 72 cities, and employing over 7400 workers. In addition to providing jobs, these companies have donated...
Have you mapped your neighborhood?
Living here in the Pacific Northwest we are routinely reminded that "the big one" is heading our way. And if you happen to chat with a geologist as often as I, it isn't about if, but rather when...
Institute postdoc receives First Award Fellowship
Saurabh S. Thosar, Ph.D, a postdoctoral researcher at the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences has been awarded a First Award Fellowship from the National Space Biomedical Research...
PDX Wellness inspires
"Wellness is something we do with and for people. It isn't something we do to them," shared WELCOA's Ryan Picarella, the keynote at this week's American Heart Association's Worksite Wellness Summit....
Protecting our wildland firefighters
I heard a radio interview earlier this week about the challenges facing those fighting wildfires. A journalist covering the topic shared her belief that it is inevitable that we will lose...
See you on September 1?
Have you registered yet for the 2015 American Heart Association Worksite Wellness Summit? We are eager to attend again this year as a sponsor and exhibitor. This is a terrific opportunity to connect...