2018 - 2019 Seminars
September 12, 2018
Jennifer Dimoff, PhD
Assistant Professor, Industrial/Organizational Psychology,
Portland State University, Portland, OR
Title: "With a little help from my boss: The role of supervisors as resource-facilitators"
Host: Leslie Hammer
September 26, 2018
Pamela J. Lein, Ph.D.,
Professor of Neurotoxicology,
Department of Molecular Biosciences,
University of California School of Veterinary Medicine,
Davis, CA
W. Kent Anger, Ph.D.,
Associate Director and Professor,
Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences;
Professor, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health;
Director, Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, OHSU
Title: "Preclinical model of chlorpyrifos exposures and effects documented in Egyptian pesticide applicators."
Host: W. Kent Anger
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Emily Huang, Ph.D.,
Occupational Safety Consultant,
Liberty Mutual, Boston, MA
Title: "Safety Climate: Definition, Importance, Interventions, and What's Next"
Host: Ryan Olson
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Jennifer A. Taylor, PhD, MPH, CPPS,
Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH),
Director, Ctr. for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends (FIRST),
Director, Fire service Injury Research, epidemiology and evaluation fellowship (FIRE),
Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA
Title: "Stress and Violence to Fire-based EMS Responders"
Host: Leslie Hammer
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Nicole Bowles, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, OHSU
Title: "Cannabis, Cannabinoids, and Sleep"
Host Steven A. Shea
November 15, 2018
Emily Huang, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist/Occupational Safety Consultant
Liberty Mutual
Boston, MA
Title: "Occupational Safety - Safety Climate as a Leading Indicator of Workplace Safety"
Host: W. Kent Anger
December 5, 2018
Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, MArch, PhD
Director, Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory
Director, BioBE Center
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture
University of Oregon
Siobhan Rockcastle, PhD, SMArchS, B.Arch
Assistant Professor of Architecture
Chair, Baker Lighting Lab University of Oregon
Title: "Designing Health in the Built Environment"
Host: Chuck Allen
January 30, 2019
Sarah Andrea, MPH
Doctoral Candidate,
Epidemiology, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
Title: “The Tipping Point: an investigation of the effects of subminimum wage on maternal and child health”
Host: David A. Hurtado
February 6, 2019
Cassandra Pattinson, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
National Institutes of Health
Division of Intramural Research (NINR)
Bethesda, MD
Title: “Fatigue following TBI in active duty military personnel and veterans”
Host: Miranda Lim
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Marjaana Sianoja, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
OHSU, Portland, OR
Title: “The virtues of rest: Recovery from work stress”
Host: Leslie B. Hammer
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Richard E. Harris, PhD
Associate Professor,
Division of Rheumatology,
Department of Internal Medicine,
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI
Title: "Functional and Neurochemical Brain Markers of Diagnosis and Treatment Prediction in Chronic Pain"
Hosts: Miranda Lim & Matt Butler
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Andrew Mashburn, PhD
Associate Chair
Department of Psychology
Portland State UniversityPortland, OR
Title: "Mindfulness in Education: Supporting the Well-being of Young Children, Teachers, and School Administrators in the Portland Area"
Host: Leslie B. Hammer
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Matthew S. Thiese, PhD, MSPH
Assistant Professor
Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT
Title: "Who's that driving next to me? Results and applications from three truck driver health and safety studies"
Host: Ryan Olson
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Kim L. Huhman, PhD
Professor
Neuroscience Institute
Department of Psychology
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Host: Charles Allen
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Katia M. Costa-Black, PhD
Consultant, BSI EHS Services and Solutions,
New York, NY
Adjunct Faculty,
New York University,
School of Medicine,
New York, NY
Title: "Key Components of Return-to-Work Interventions: a Meta-Narrative Analysis"
Host: Leslie Hammer
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Matthew N. Hill, PhD,
Associate Professor,
The Hotchkiss Brain Institute,
University of Calgary,
Calgary, Alberta
Title: "A Tale of Translation: Endocannabinoid Regulation of Stress, Anxiety and Fear from Rodents to Humans"
Host: Nichole Bowles
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
John P. Thyfault, PhD, FACSM, FTOS
Professor
Molecular and Integrative Physiology,
University of Kansas Medical Center,
Health Scientist,
Veterans Administration Kansas City VA Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas
Title: "Physical Activity, aerobic fitness, and regulation of Metabolic health"
Host: Saurabh Thosar
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Celine Vetter, PhD
Assistant Professor
Integrative Physiology
University of CO, Boulder
Boulder, CO
Title: "Sleep and Circadian Phenotypes and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk"
Host: Andrew McHill