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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...

Total Worker Health podcast episode: Sedentary work

In our latest podcast episode, we chat with Drs. Ryan Olson and Brad Wipfli about their Total Worker Health® research from the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center. They share insight into their...

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,...

Seat technology for commercial drivers

Commercial truck and bus drivers spend many hours sitting throughout the workday, sometimes between 8 to 10 hours per day and 40 to 60 hours per week. Low back pain is one of the most commonly...

Supportive leaders and well-being

We congratulate Leslie Hammer, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center and her team, on their recent blog shared by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)....

Healthy Work Campaign Launches Healthy Work Survey for Organizations

Organizations seeking evidence-based resources for employee safety, health, and well-being have a new free, online tool available to them. Our partners at the Center for Social Epidemiology, a...

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Active Workplace Toolkit

The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center has a new Total Worker Health® toolkit available. The Active Workplace toolkit is a science-based toolkit designed to help reduce sitting time at work and...

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...

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Latest OHWC Medium.com article

Medium.com is a crowd-sourced online publishing platform featuring a variety of trending topics and news in the media, research and more. The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) has published a...

SAIF Leadership Series

OHWC SHIP and SAIF Leadership Series partnership

The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) is excited to announce a new collaboration with Total Worker Health® Affiliate and longtime partners, SAIF Corporation. SAIF is a not-for-profit...