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Dr. Steven Shea, the new Director of CROET, held a reception at OHSU’s Mac Hall cafeteria today, May 8, to meet faculty and staff at the Center in a casual setting. In the far right of the picture, Steve is talking with Dr. Mike Buck on his way around the room to meet each staff member. He also spoke to the assembled group, briefly describing his background, career and family as a way of introducing … Read More

Dr. Orfeu Buxton of Harvard University spoke at CROET (OHSU) on “Causes and Consequences of Sleep Deficiency: Clinical and Workforce Impacts“ on Tuesday, April 17 (pictured below). Dr. Buxton’s research, published last week in Science Translational Medicine, showed that adults with extended sleep disruption – such as occurs in shift work – could be at an increased risk of obesity and diabetes. The picture below shows Dr. Buxton (right) speaking with Dr. Kerry Kuehl of the Oregon … Read More

Dr. Steven Shea has been appointed as the Director of CROET, the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology at OHSU in Portland, Oregon.  Dr. Shea joins OHSU from Harvard Medical School, where he is Director of the Sleep Disorders Research Program and an associate professor of medicine. Dr. Shea is President of the American Sleep Medicine Foundation, on the boards of directors for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the American Board of … Read More

The lead story in Sunday’s (April 1, 2012) Oregonian is on PTSD rates in Oregon Corrections Workers, citing 1 in 3 corrections workers have symptoms of PTSD and that 97% have reported witnessing violence, injury or death. This is based on survey research conducted by Desert Waters Correctional Outreach, a nonprofit. To read the article, click or enter: http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/03/twin_projects_to_plug_research.html Survey research on work conditions that may affect the health of corrections workers will be conducted … Read More

We’ve been anticipating adoption of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) in the U.S. for quite some time. And now, finally, OSHA’s final rule on Hazard Communication/GHS will be published on March 26, 2012 with the new regulation effective sixty days later. What this all means is that the Hazard Communication Standard, sometimes referred to as the “Employee Right to Know Law” is now aligned with GHS. The hope has been that this change will provide … Read More

One of the promises of the Oregon Healthy WorkForce Center is to use several of the same measures in all projects as we apply our interventions to change the workplace – in home care, construction, corrections, parks and recreation. The interventions are aimed at increasing safety and health and improving personal wellness in these workplaces around Oregon. Examples of measures that can be used in all interventions are injury reports, workplace stress, and nutrition and … Read More

Late last year we told you that it was the end of our discussion of hair smoothing products and formaldehyde. After 18 or so months following this issue, we had decided that enough is enough. Even last week, after California announced its settlement with the manufacturer of Brazilian Blowout we refrained from discussion on this blog. Well it’s tough to turn down an opportunity to guest blog for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and … Read More

Oh my, how the Internet has changed our lives. When CROET first designed CROETweb in 1996, most of us were just beginning to learn to search and find useful resources on the web. Can you believe that we even taught a class at the Oregon Governor’s Safety Conference on searching the web? Nowadays our kids and grandkids can’t believe our stories about how we had to actually go to the library to research a project. … Read More

Following an extensive search involving over 180 contacts, the OHSU search committee recommended two candidates for the position of CROET Director.  They are (alphabetical order): Steven A. Shea, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School Helmut Zarbl, PhD Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Robert Wood Johnson Medical School University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Both candidates will present lectures in their area of science at OHSU.  They will meet with … Read More

CROET’s summer intern program is actively engaging 12 interns in our research.  They will report of their efforts in the OHSU library at noon on August 18 in the form of science posters.  You are invited to join the CROET faculty and staff to view them.  Prizes will be given for the top two posters; snacks will be served.