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...

Synchronization of Neurons of the Circadian Clock: Why is it Important?

We recently published a new video via YouTube, titled Synchronization of Neurons of the Circadian Clock: Why is it Important? The video reviews an article published by Dr. Charles Allen, a scientist...

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...

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,...

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Research Staff Spotlight: Omar Ordaz

The "Institute's Staff Spotlight" is new for 2021. Each month, we will feature an Institute Staff member and share with the community a behind the scenes through a question and answer session to...

BA and sleep: OHSU scientist uses Orlando bubble to study effects of travel on basketball performance

Circadian rhythms and athletes’ performance

Last Friday, Institute sleep scientist, Dr. Andrew McHill, Ph.D., published a new study in Scientific Reports titled, Utilizing the National Basketball's COVID-19 restart "bubble " to uncover the...

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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...