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,...
Category: Sleep
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...
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...
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...
Dr. Steven Shea receives 2021 Medical Research Foundation of Oregon mentor award
The Medical Research Foundation of Oregon has distinguished six Oregon scientists as recipients of its 2020 and 2021 Mentor, Discovery, and New Investigator awards. We are pleased to congratulate our...
Research Staff Spotlight: LaTroy Robinson
Each month, we feature an Institute staff member and share with the community a behind-the-scenes through a question and answer session to learn more about their research areas, career path and...
Sleep study finds why asthma worsens at night
In the U.S., over 20 million people report experiencing worsening asthma severity at night. Throughout the years, scientists have asked whether it was “simply because of sleep at night or whether...
OHWC gets renewed for 5 more years!
The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) is celebrating! Led by Co-Directors Leslie Hammer, PhD and Ryan Olson, PhD, and founded in 2011 by Kent Anger, PhD, our center has been successfully...
Professor Steven Shea receives Outstanding Investigator Award
We are very pleased to announce that our Institute’s Director, Professor Steven A Shea, PhD, has just received a 7-year $6.5 million “Outstanding Investigator Award” from the National Heart,...