• We are celebrating NIOSH's 50th anniversary by interviewing NIOSH Director, Dr. John Howard in a podcast episode. Learn about the evolution of research and contributions to workplace safety, health and wellbeing across five decades in our latest podcast episode. Listen here.
   
• Virtual Fall 2021 Symposium announced for Friday, November 19th on the topic, Work-Life Challenges and Integration in the Context of COVID. Registration will open soon. View previous symposia recordings here.
   
• Dr. Leslie Hammer was interviewed on Mashable.com on organizational change in the workplace. The article, "Companies hope new benefits will solve your mental health issues. Don't fall for it" highlights Dr. Hammer's research on supportive supervision and work-life support for employees. Mashable is a popular digital information news portal featuring areas of technology, lifestyle and health.
   
• We have launched YourWorkpath.com monthly drop-in "Toolkits and Tools Tour" during the last Tuesday of the month from 9 AM to 10 AM PST.  Learn more and sign up here. 
   
• Thank you to our Outreach and Education Manager, Dede Montgomery's for your service with CDC's NIOSH COVID IPA. Read more about Dede's appointment here.
   
• OHWC has a Medium.com page and has released a new article,  Learning from different industries to improve safety, health, and well-being at work.
   
• The SHIP toolkit: user guide, templates and leadership slides were improved to provide easier program implementation instructions, a more streamlined package and quick access to essential tools for everyday practice. 
   
• NIOSH releases a book on Total Worker Health. It is an edited volume with chapters written by NIOSH and the Centers of Excellence including OHWC.
   
• The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences (where OHWC is housed), Oregon OSHA, and SAIF Corporation signed an alliance to join efforts to expand the knowledge and efforts of Total Worker Health® .

Featured blog posts 

• September is Suicide Prevention month
• 2021 Summer Intern Program podcast episode
• CDC NIOSH IPA Appointment
• New public health resources from CDC
• COVID Conversations: What have we learned?
• Implementing Total Worker Health
• Bedrooms on 18 wheels: improving sleeping conditions for truck driving teams
• Employee well-being during a pandemic

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• Visit our resources website, YourWorkpath.com to download Total Worker Health workplace safety, health, and well-being tools and toolkits.
• What's work got to do with your health? Our Health Impacts Safety guides can tell you! Go ahead and use these easy-to-use, self-guided, and free tools at your safety huddles and wellness meetings.
• Watch recorded webinars from previous Fall and Spring Symposiums and Summer Institute events.
• Looking for information on a specific work safety or health topic? Visit the OccHealthSci Resource Directory for curated information and related research on all things work-related.
• We're improving the health, safety, and well-being of workers through effectiveness research, collaboration with partner organizations, and dissemination of evidence-based programs. Learn more about our current and past projects.

Recent publications

• Wipfli, B., Wild, S., Donovan, C., Hanson, G. C., & Thosar, S. S. (2021). Sedentary work and physiological markers of health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), 3230. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063230

• Hanson, G., Rameshbabu, A., Bodner, T., Hammer, L., Rohlman, D., Olson, R., Wipfli, B., Kuehl, K., Perrin, N., Alley, L., Schue, A., Thompson, S., Parish, M. (2021). A comparison of safety, health, and well-being risk factors across five occupational samples. Frontiers in Public Health, section Occupational Health and Safety, 9:614725. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.614725

• Wipfli, B., Wild, S., Hanson, G. C., Shea, S. A., Winters-Stone, K., & Thosar, S. S. (2021). The active workplace study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial with sedentary workers. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 103, 106311. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106311
• Olson, R., Johnson, P., Shea, S., Marino, M., Rimby, J., Womack, K., Wang, F., Springer, R., Donovan, C., & Rice, S. (2020). Advancing the safety, health, and well-being of commercial driving teams who sleep in moving semi-trucks: The Tech4rest pilot study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62 (12), 1082-1096. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002063

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• Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, a free-standing Institute at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR, is the home institution for the OHWC.
• Portland State University, Occupational Health Psychology Program
• University of Washington
• University of Florida

In this pioneering book on Total Worker Health^®, NIOSH delves into the current landscape around work and the state of affairs with regard to worker well-being. OHWC members authored two chapters in the book:

Effectiveness of Total Worker Health® Interventions - Chapter 4
Reducing Work-Life Stress - Chapter 15

• Learn more and order the book
• Read the introduction