What's work got to do with it?

Welcome to the What’s Work Got To Do with it? Podcast presented by the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences. Your source for the latest news and resources on workplace safety, health and wellbeing. We’re here today to talk about loneliness at work with OccHealthSci’s Dr. Anjali Rameshbabu and Marguerite Barton.

In this episode of the What's Work Got To Do With It? podcast, OHSU School of Nursing and OccHealthSci Assistant Professor Andrew McHill discusses findings from a recent study that looked at the impact of a high-fat diet on the body's ability to adjust to time changes like daylight saving. According to Dr. McHill, based on the study's findings, individuals who eat a high-fat dies may expect their...

In this episode of the What's Work Got to do With It podcast, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences Associate Professor Emily Huang discusses how tools she and her research team develop can be used to help organizations measure their safety, health, and respectful workplace climates, information that can be used to improve workplace safety and retention.

Learn about Ryan Olson and Brad Wipfli's Oregon Healthy Workforce Center research. They discuss how their Total Worker Health interventions have helped decrease sedentary behavior (sitting time) and increase physical activity in the workplace. Dr. Olson shares insight into studying team truck drivers in the Tech4Rest study and Dr. Wipfli shares his research studying call center workers in the Acti...

The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon OSHA and SAIF Corporation signed the first state-wide Total Worker Health® Alliance to expand the knowledge and application of Total Worker Health® principles by leveraging the strengths of three state-based organizations. This unique Alliance is forging partnerships between Oregon's state OSHA, Oregon's not-for-profit, state-chartered w...

Dr. Berrin Erdogan discusses factors leading employees to leave their jobs in large numbers, the resulting pressures and major challenges facing organizations and employees left behind and the opportunities arising from this experience to reshape the future of work. Dr. Erdogan is Professor of Management at Portland State University's School of Business. Her research focuses on the employer-employ...

In our latest podcast episode, we invite the Fishing Forward podcast team to share important research that can help improve the safety and health for commercial fishermen and their families. The Fishing Forward team brings stories of fishermen to the community. Fishing Forward is a podcast inspired by fishermen, for fishermen. Fishing Forward focuses on the well-being of the commercial fishing ind...

In our latest podcast episode, we highlight a 2021 Fall Symposium talk from Dr. Tori Crain where she addresses the topic of supporting low-wage essential workers' nonwork life during the pandemic and the numerous stressors they have faced and are still facing. Although much of the focus during the pandemic has been on the experiences of healthcare workers, essential vulnerable workers in other ind...

In this episode of our podcast, we highlight our 2022 Summer Intern Program. Each summer, undergraduate interns work with faculty mentors in basic and applied research over a three-month paid summer internship. Over the summer, interns conduct a research project in their host faculty member’s laboratory. OccHealthSci’s internship program begins in June and concludes in mid-to-late August with inte...

Dr. Miranda Lim is a neurologist with board certification in Sleep Medicine. She is an Associate Professor in Neurology with secondary appointments in Behavioral Neuroscience and Medicine in the OHSU School of Medicine, as well as an Affiliate faculty for our Institute, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences. Miranda also has a joint appointment as a Staff Physician and Research Investig...

In Part 2 of the Inclusion and Worker Well-Being in the Trades series, we interview Tiffany Thompson, former Director of Workforce Equity and Technical Assistance of Oregon Tradeswomen and Dr. Maura Kelly an Associate Professor of Sociology at Portland State University.  Both Tiffany and Maura support, engage and help workplaces gain tools and provide education for respectful workplace programs. T...

Kelly Kupcak is the Executive Director of Oregon Tradeswomen’s Executive Director. Kelly is honored to be a part of the work and mission of Oregon Tradeswomen which helps women move into dynamic careers in the skilled trades so they can take care of themselves and their families. We invite one of Oregon Tradeswomen's partners and supporters, Larry S. Williams from the Oregon Bureau of Labor and In...

Charlice Hurst, Ph. D. is an assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. Dr. Hurst teaches social entrepreneurship and social innovation. Her current research focuses on how to build an equitable workplace in the context of rapid changes to the economy and workplace. Dr. Hurst is also a co-developer of the Just Wage Framework and Tool, which consists of a set...

Román Baca is a classically trained ballet dancer and choreographer. In 2001, recognizing his desire to defend the defenseless, he took a hiatus from dance and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving as a machine-gunner and fire-team leader in Fallujah, Iraq during the Iraq War. After the war, Román returned to dance and co-founded Exit12 Dance Company, which tells veterans’ stories ch...

What's Work Got to Do With Firefighter Safety, Health, and Well-being? Cameron Homan is a Portland Firefighter and District Representative for Portland Fire Fighter Association Local 43. Cameron is a 3rd generation public safety worker, has been a firefighter for 10 years, with 5 of those years serving the Portland public and 4 years serving as a district representative for the Portland Firefighte...

On this episode of What’s Work Got To Do With It? we highlight our 2021 Summer Intern Program at the Institute and OHWC. Each summer, undergraduate interns work with faculty mentors in basic and applied research over a three-month paid summer internship designed to introduce them to biomedical and occupational health research. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had to make the tough decision to canc...

What's Work Got To Do With NIOSH'S 50th Anniversary? Speaker: John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, MBA Host: Anjali Rameshbabu, PhD Narrator: Helen Schuckers, MPH This year is the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) 50th anniversary. Since April 28, 1971, NIOSH has funded research, education and resources in occupational safety and health. “Congress passed the Occupational Saf...

What's Work Got To Do With the Impacts Of COVID19 And Wildfire Smoke On Wildland Firefighters? Speaker: Luke Montrose, PhD Speaker Intro: Nicole Bowles, PhD Narrator: Helen Schuckers, MPH Dr. Luke Montrose is an environmental toxicologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Community and Environmental Health at Boise State University, with research interests in public health, epigenetics,...

What's Work Got To Do With Farmworkers' Experiences During COVID? Speaker: Reyna Lopez, PCUN Executive Director (she/they) Narrator: Helen Schuckers, MPH Reyna Lopez's talk, "Essentially Forgotten?" was given at our Fall 2020 Spring Symposium where she addressed the impacts of COVID19 on the Latinx farm working community. Reyna Lopez is a leader and proud daughter of immigrants from Mexico, who ca...

What's Work Got To Do With Mental Health and Suicide Prevention In Construction? Guest: Steven Frost, LEED AP BD+C, CHST, ASP, CSP Host: Nichole Guilfoy The construction industry has one of the highest suicide rates compared to other industries. In 2016, the suicide rate for men in construction and extraction occupations was almost twice the total suicide rate for civilian working men (16-64 years...

What's Work Got To Do With Institute Researchers? Guests: Drs. Steven Shea, PhD, Caren Weinhouse, PhD, Andrew McHill, PhD, Charles Allen, PhD and Suzanne Mitchell, PhD Hosts: Sam Greenspan, MPH and Helen Schuckers, MPH As part of our Three Decades at the Institute Series, we wanted to highlight two special episodes where we highlight out scientist. We dive into the research of five basic scientist...

What's Work Got To Do With Institute Researchers? Guests: Drs. Leslie Hammer, PhD, David Hurtado, ScD, Emily Huang, PhD and Kent Anger PhD, Hosts: Sam Greenspan, MPH and Helen Schuckers, MPH As part of our Three Decades at the Institute Series, we wanted to highlight two special episodes where we feature our scientists. In this episode, we learn about how four Institute scientists are improving wo...

What's Work Got To Do With Safety Climate? Guests: Dr. Emily Huang Ph. D. (OccHealthSci), Dale Lindstrom (DeWitt Construction) and Demetra Star(Fortis Construction) Safety Climate is a snapshot of an organization’s perceived “state of safety,” at a point in time. Across many industries, a positive safety climate is associated with fewer accidents, higher job satisfaction, less turnover, and greate...

What's Work Got To Do With Changing a Toxic Workplace Culture? 2020 Spring Symposia Speaker: Gian Lozano, MSW, MBA Narrator and Moderator: Helen Schuckers, MPH and Nichole Guilfoy Gian Lozano's talk, "Changing a Toxic Workplace Culture" was given at our May 2020 Spring Symposium, where speakers picked up where the Spring 2019 symposium left off and continued with a deeper dive into specific lesson...

What's Work Got To Do With Three Decades at the Institute? Guests: Chuck Easterly, Michael Wood and Kathy Nishimoto Hosts: Anjali Rameshbabu, PhD, MS, MSc and Helen Schuckers, MPH On Part 2 of our Three Decades at the Institute series, we highlight stakeholders in our community that have been critical and important in the development of the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences research...