ABOUT

The Oregon Healthy WorkForce Center (ORhwc), a NIOSH Center of Excellence, is a collaboration of Oregon Health & Science University's (OHSU) Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET), Portland State University's (PSU) Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) program, the Center for Health Research (CHR) and the University of Oregon's Labor Education Research Center (LERC).

The ORhwc’s theme is Intervention Effectiveness, focused on:

• team-based and technology-based interventions to promote and protect health, all crafted with attention to translating research to practice
• improved social support and reduced job stress--that will in turn produce improved lifestyle choices, safer work practices, and better psychological and physical health.

MEET THE PARTNERS

Center for Research in Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET)
CROET, a free-standing institute at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, is the lead institution for the ORhwc.

CROET, which began operations in 1988, is base-funded by Oregon's Worker's Compensation system to prevent illness and injury in the Oregon workplace, in partnership with labor, industry, government and the community. CROET's ~65 faculty and staff conduct basic and applied research, train health professionals, provide consultation, and offer the public information on occupational health and safety through our CROETweb resource directory and Toxicology Information Center.

Portland State University, Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) Program
The PSU OHP program focuses on the application of psychology to protect and promote workers’ safety, health, and well being, and to improve workers quality of worklife. The program prepares students for careers as consultants, educators, and staff for business, labor, public, academic, community, and health organizations. The OHP program has been funded by Training Program Grants from NIOSH for the past 9 years.

Division of Health Promotion and Sports Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University
The Division of Health Promotion and Sports Medicine at OHSU provides comprehensive internal medicine and non-operative sports medicine care, clinical teaching and conducts state-of-the-art health promotion research targeting potentially at-risk populations. Their physicians and scientists have pioneered award winning programs in schools, work places and medical clinics.

Labor Education and Research Center (LERC) at the University of Oregon
LERC is committed to improving the lives of working Oregonians and enhancing their ability to participate effectively in workplace and community affairs. Established in 1977 by an act of the Oregon Legislature,  LERC’s founding was promoted by an alliance of unions, legislators, university faculty, labor relations professionals, and community leaders who believed that workers and unions in Oregon needed a specific program granting them access to the resources and expertise of the state’s higher education system.

Center for Health Research
Pursuing a vigorous agenda of patient-centered, population- and practice-based research, CHR's mission is to advance knowledge and improve health.  For nearly a half-century CHR has been making key connections between lifestyle and wellness, between disease and its effect on people’s lives, between treatment and outcome through groundbreaking research in numerous areas.