Sleep and Shift Work: Implications for Worker Health

Sleep and Shift Work: Implications for Worker Health and Safety

Let's face it; if you've worked a job, you know what it's like to feel tired at work. Simple tasks require more effort. Motivation and focus wain. Productivity declines. Time seems to stretch on like...

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US Surgeon General releases Advisory on social connection

This week, the United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, released a national strategy on social connection. Click here to learn more. Coming in the wake of the mental health crisis and the...

Increasing Construction Safety

On January 31, 2023, Rachel Madjlesi, Fatality Investigator, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OR-FACE) and Amy Spring, Outreach Manager, represented the Institute and the OR-FACE...

Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance podcast episode

In 2017, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon OSHA and SAIF Corporation signed the first state-wide Alliance to expand the knowledge and application of Total Worker Health®...

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A Total Worker Health® project beyond borders

Arline Ferrão reached out to Oregon Healthy Workforce Center a couple years ago regarding information on Total Worker Health® research. She was excited to discuss with someone on the other side of...

OHWC’s FY22 report is out!

Happy Thanksgiving Week to our readers! We at the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) are excited to announce our FY22 annual report. In this report, we highlight OHWC research, outreach,...

OccHealthSci is hiring!

We are currently hiring for several positions at OccHealthSci. New job listings include Executive Assistant, Senior Outreach Manager for Education, Training and Partnerships and a Senior...