Thanking our veterans
We wanted to send a big thank you to our military Veterans and those within our Institute that have served. We appreciate their service to this country and also their hard work in occupational health...
Category: Sleep
Alzheimer’s, sleep disruption and fruit flies
We congratulate Institute Associate Professor Doris Kretzschmar, Ph.D., upon her recently awarded National Institute of Aging R01 grant titled Connecting nuclear functions of Tau with pathology in...
Sleep and Circadian Study: Disparity in Prevalence of Hypertension Between Black and White Americans
Blog submitted by: Shelby Watkins, M.P.H, Research Associate and Latroy Robinson, B.S., Research Assistant The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that African Americans are 40%...
As the web turns
If you have a particularly good memory, you might remember when we updated you on our transition from what had been known as CROETweb to our OccHealthSci Resource Directory. Roughly four years ago we...
Using fruit flies to better understand risks associated with blue light
Here at the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences we are fortunate to have a group of scientists who research at the basic science level together with researchers working as applied...
Participate in an OccHealthSci study
The mission of the institute is to improve the lives of workers through biomedical and occupational research. OccHealthSci stands at the intersection of the workplace and well-being; with more than...
National Night Out at Woodlawn Park
My name is Martina Shannon and I’m a summer research intern in the institute's Circadian Lab with Dr. Nicole Bowles. On August 6th, my lab team members and I attended National Night Out at Woodlawn...
News from our Circadian Lab
We love sharing news from our labs here at the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences! Thanks to the team from the Shea Circadian Lab for updating us on how they've been connecting with the...
Work and sleep: how are we doing?
Last week I taught a 90-minute session on sleep and fatigue at the VPP Region X Conference held in Portland. The Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) is designed to recognize and promote effective...
OHSU Research Week
Last week, OHSU held its annual research week that showcased work by faculty, students, research staff and postdocs from across campus. The institute had several research staff members give...