Conferences and Symposia
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Each year, the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences hosts a spring symposium and co-hosts a fall symposium with our partners at Portland State University (PSU). These symposia address the changing nature of work and the implications of these changes for the health, safety, and well-being of workers.
Our symposia bring together scientists, practitioners, policymakers, and workers to discuss the latest in occupational health science and workplace solutions to the challenges facing worker health and well-being.
Symposia are intended to inform and educate academics, researchers, safety professionals, human resource professionals, managers, supervisors, wellness administrators, and any other individuals interested in improving the health and safety of workers. Continuing education or professional development credits are available for attendees.
Coming Soon: Protecting Oregon’s Workforce: Legal Landscape for Workers and Employers
Join us for the Oregon Total Worker Health® Alliance Spring Conference:
Protecting Oregon’s Workforce: Legal Landscape for Workers and Employers
Friday, June 28, 2024
9:00 a.m. -3:30 p.m.
In-person at the SAIF offices
400 High St SE
Salem, OR 97312
Morning coffee and lunch will be served.
Save the date! Registration opens soon.
Conference attendees will learn about the legal landscape for workers and employers in Oregon from experts from across the state. Join labor lawyers, occupational safety and health practitioners, and industry and labor leaders as they explore Oregon’s recent labor laws from a Total Worker Health® perspective, which brings a comprehensive understanding of physical and psychological safety and health at work to advance worker well-being.
Past symposia
Fall Symposium, Sponsored by OccHealthSci, the Portland State University Occupational Health Program, and the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center
Friday, October 27, 2023
Learn more about the Protecting Worker Health symposium. Watch the recording of the October 27, 2023 event.
Sleep & Shift Work: Implications for Worker Health & Safety
Spring Symposium sponsored by OccHealtSci and Oregon Health Workforce Center
Friday, June 16, 2023
Learn more about the Sleep & Shift Work symposium. Watch the video of the June 16, 2023 event.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce in the Face of Ongoing Societal Trauma
Fall Symposium, Sponsored by OccHealthSci, the Portland State University Occupational Health Program, and the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center
Friday, December 9, 2022 via WebEx
Watch recordings and view the handouts from the Supporting a Diverse Workforce symposium
From the Great Resignation to the Great Reconfiguration: Connecting research and practice
Spring Symposium sponsored by OccHealthSci and Oregon Healthy Workforce Center
Friday, June 3, 2022 via Web Ex
Watch recordings and view the handouts from the Great Resignation symposium
Work-Life Challenges and Integration in the Context of COVID
Fall Symposia sponsored by OccHealthSci, Oregon Healthy Workforce Center and PSU Occupational Health Psychology Program
November 19, 2021 via WebEx
Watch recordings and view the handouts from the Work-Life Challenges symposium
Worker Health: Work as a Social Determinant of Health
November 13, 2020
2020 Fall Symposium
Co-sponsored by the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, the Portland State University Occupational Health Psychology Program and the OHSU/PSU School of Public Health
Watch and learn from the symposium video
Archived symposia
Substance Use and the Workplace: Building safe and healthy workplaces for all employees
Friday, November 15, 2019
University Place Conference Center, Portland OR
Substance Use and the Workplace: and learn
Workplace aggression: Best practices to prevent, identify and safely mitigate aggressive behavior and violence.
Friday, June 7, 2019, 9 AM - 4 PM
Workplace aggression: watch and learn
Emergency preparedness and disaster response for the workplace: From awareness to action
Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, Portland Oregon
Emergency preparedness: watch and learn
2018 Oregon Healthy Workforce Center and Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute
Dissemination, translation, and implementation of workplace intervention research
Tuesday, July 10- Thursday, July 12, 2018
Portland State University, Portland, OR
Summer Institute 2018: watch and learn
Pain at work: How to prevent, recognize and treat
Thursday, May 31, 2018, 9 AM-4 PM
Wilsonville Holiday Inn, Wilsonville, Oregon
Pain at Work: watch and learn
Navigating mental health in the workplace: What do we know and where do we go?
Thursday, November 30, 2017
University Place Conference Center, Portland, Oregon
Navigating mental health: watch and learn
Creating a positive work environment for safety and health
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Wilsonville Holiday Inn, Wilsonville, Oregon
Creating a positive work environment: watch and learn
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace: Impact on worker health and well-being
Friday, November 18, 2016
University Place Conference Center, Portland, Oregon
DEI in the workplace: watch and learn
2016 Oregon Healthy Workforce Center and Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute
OHP innovation and creative strategies leading to Total Worker Health
July 12-14, 2016
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Summer Institute 2016:watch and learn
How to create and sustain a culture of safety
Friday, May 20, 2016
9 AM to 3:30 PM
Holiday Inn Portland South Wilsonville.
This event is sponsored by the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center and SafeBuild Alliance
Culture of Safety: watch and learn
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