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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Nicotine use and the internal body clock

OccHealthSci researcher Dr. Joshua Gonzalez leads a pilot study to investigate the effects of nicotine on the body's internal clock. Cigarettes are the leading cause of preventable disease and...

Dr. Leandro Brito receives Early Clinical Investigator Award

Dr. Leandro Brito received an Early Clinical Investigator Award from the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon, which supports medical exploration and the development of research in clinical...

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,...

Sleep technology podcast episode

In our latest podcast episode, we chat with Dr. Miranda Lim, a neurologist with board certification in Sleep Medicine. Miranda Lim, M.D., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in Neurology with secondary...

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Dr. Saurabh Thosar receives $2.97 million R01 NIH grant

Dr. Saurabh Thosar, Assistant Professor at the Institute and colleagues was awarded a 5 year $2.97 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effects of sleep and the...

What's Work Got To Do With It? Podcast Meet the Scientist in safety, health and well-being at work

Year three of our podcast

We are excited to move into the 3rd year of our podcast, What's Work Got To Do With It? Every year we publish 6 to 10 podcast episodes a year where we dig into some of the science behind the...

Dr. Miranda Lim investigates new device to enhance sleep

Note: Group photo pre-pandemic We are eager to follow recent news about Miranda Lim, MD, Ph.D., sleep scientist here at OHSU, on her work collaborating with other researchers to develop a new...