A new five-year, $2.7M NIH grant will improve our understanding of how flipped sleeping and eating schedules impact behaviors and hormonal signaling critical to reproductive health. According to a...
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...
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...
Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a chemical compound in many consumer products, including food and beverage containers and packaging. BPA is known to leach from containers into food, which for most people is...
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...
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,...
We join others in recognizing both the month of September as Suicide Prevention Month, and last week as Suicide Prevention Week. The messages being shared throughout social media are a true sign of...
OHWC’s Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute was a success! Our day-long online event, Total Worker Health® approaches in industry and academia: Key elements and implementation, welcomed...
Oregonians and those who live near our borders are fortunate to have access to many high quality conferences providing a plethora of technical sessions addressing occupational health and safety. Here...
While many people seem even busier at work than normal, perhaps you might find a lull in the next few months that allows you to take advantage of educational opportunities. In case you find that...