Healthiest Employers of Oregon Awards
Last Thursday, I was invited by a partner organization to attend the Healthiest Employers of Oregon Awards. Each year, Portland Business Journal awards 90 organizations, and hosts over 500 human...
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Insights from my summer internship
The question “So what do you plan to do with your summer?” always leads to a discussion of my previous summer jobs, many of which haven’t ever been directly tied to my future career...
Dr. Leslie Hammer’s Keynote Talk in Portugal
Oregon Healthy Workforce Center's Associate Director, Dr. Leslie Hammer is traveling to Lisbon, Portugal on September 5-7, 2018 for the 13th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology...
A summer of fun and translation
What good is great science when there are no takers for it? Here at the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC), we are determined to increase information sharing between scientists and practitioners...
Here’s to Total Worker Health and research dissemination!
Wow! What a successful Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute we just completed! Big thanks to all the impactful presenters and motivated participants! Stay tuned for a more detailed blog...
Leslie Hammer honored at Work and Family Researchers Network conference
At the biannual conference of the Work and Family Researchers Network in Washington DC, Dr. Leslie Hammer, faculty at Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, and Associate Director of the...
A farewell to my Institute family
“All good things must come to an end”. These words, attributed to Chaucer in 1374, certainly hold true as I contemplate my “semi-retirement”, beginning after next week. Yes, I’m leaving...
Join us this Summer!
Have you ever wondered: How can researchers best share their evidence-based tools with the community? How can practitioners effectively implement these tools within their organization? What are...
Understand pain: question beliefs, think differently
What a day we had yesterday, learning new ways to think about pain and sharing strategies for individuals and workplaces. Handouts and recordings will be posted mid-June. We thank our presenters,...
OR-FACE shares safety week messages
OR-FACE participated in multiple events during last week’s 5th annual National Safety Stand-down. #StandDown4Safety is part of OSHA's ongoing campaign to prevent falls in construction as falls...