What's work got to do with it?

What's Work Got To Do With Institute Researchers?

Guests: Drs. Steven Shea, PhD, Caren Weinhouse, PhD, Andrew McHill, PhD, Charles Allen, PhD and Suzanne Mitchell, PhD

Hosts: Sam Greenspan, MPH and Helen Schuckers, MPH

As part of our Three Decades at the Institute Series, we wanted to highlight two special episodes where we highlight out scientist. We dive into the research of five basic scientists within our institute that conduct studies in areas related to sleep and shift work and its' impact on safety and health, as well as their research looking at the adverse effects of occupational exposure.

Our guests include Drs. Steven Shea, PhD, Caren Weinhouse, PhD, Andrew McHill, PhD, Charles Allen, PhD and Suzanne Mitchell, PhD. Learn about their research into areas of sleep, such as circadian rhythms and cardiovascular risk, the synchronicity of circadian rhythms impact on overall health, and understanding why insufficient sleep and being awake during the night leads to poorer health and impaired cognitive function. Also, we explore the factors that influence decision making that may impact our health and safety, as well as the epigenetic responses to environmental cues or stressors.

To learn more about OccHealthSci's research areas and our Institute Scientists, visit: www.ohsu.edu/oregon-institute-o…-sciences/research

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What's Work Got To Do With Institute Researchers?

Guests: Drs. Leslie Hammer, PhD, David Hurtado, ScD, Emily Huang, PhD and Kent Anger PhD,

Hosts: Sam Greenspan, MPH and Helen Schuckers, MPH

As part of our Three Decades at the Institute Series, we wanted to highlight two special episodes where we feature our scientists. In this episode, we learn about how four Institute scientists are improving workplace safety, health and well-being. Our guests include Drs. Leslie Hammer, PhD, David Hurtado, ScD, Emily Huang, PhD, and Kent Anger PhD.

Their areas of research range from studying leadership and management supportive supervisor behaviors, peer support and injury prevention for nurses in rural hospitals around Oregon, safety climate and culture in all types of industries, as well as Total Worker Health intervention programs.

To learn more about OccHealthSci's research areas and our Institute Scientists, visit: https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-institute-occupational-health-sciences/research

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We want to hear from you on workplace topics that you would like us to learn more about. Email us at [email protected].

Visit www.ohsu.edu/occhealthsci, subscribe to our Oregon and the Workplace blog or follow-us on our social media channels at www.linkedin.com/company/occhealthsci or twitter.com/ohsuocchealth to stay updated on current research, resources, news, and community events.

What's Work Got To Do With Safety Climate?

Guests: Dr. Emily Huang Ph.D. (OccHealthSci), Dale Lindstrom (DeWitt Construction) and Demetra Star(Fortis Construction)

Safety Climate is a snapshot of an organization’s perceived “state of safety,” at a point in time. Across many industries, a positive safety climate is associated with fewer accidents, higher job satisfaction, less turnover, and greater worker well-being. By measuring safety climate, organizations can identify behaviors, beliefs, and values of workers and consider how the workplace can support positive safety and health decisions while managing productivity demands.

On today’s episode, we will hear from our Institute’s Safety Climate lab led by Dr. Emily(Yueng Hsiang)Huang, PhD. Learn about safety climate, the difference between safety climate and culture, as well as research and consulting opportunities to help assess and improve workplace safety in your workforce.

The second half of our podcast is a round table discussion with two of the Safety Climate Lab’s research partners, Dale Lindstrom from DeWitt Construction Demetra Star from Fortis Construction. Dale and Demetra share how their organizations are addressing safety climate in their workforce and their experience working with the safety climate team.

Learn more about Dr. Emily Huang's Safety Climate Lab: www.bit.ly/3f7hXat

Our blog about our safety climate partners: www.bit.ly/3jCZ1m1

Research and consultation with the safety climate lab: www.bit.ly/2BAsEVf

Tools and toolkits from OHWC: www.YourWorkpath.com

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What's Work Got To Do With Changing a Toxic Workplace Culture?

2020 Spring Symposia Speaker: Gian Lozano, MSW, MBA

Narrator and Moderator: Helen Schuckers, MPH and Nichole Guilfoy

Gian Lozano's talk, "Changing a Toxic Workplace Culture" was given at our May 2020 Spring Symposium, where speakers picked up where the Spring 2019 symposium left off and continued with a deeper dive into specific lessons and tips for effectively addressing and preventing workplace aggression in all industries and discussed practices and strategies to prevent, identify and safely mitigate aggressive behavior and violence in the workplace. The goal of the symposium was to discuss job and industry risk factors of workplace aggression and to provide guidance for workplaces.

Gian Lozano is the High Reliability Administrative Director at Veterans Affair (VA) Portland and has had a passion for developing behavioral solutions for organizations spanning over twenty years. His MBA and MSW degrees have provided the skillset and knowledge needed to help increase profitability through improved employee engagement. His work at Eli Lilly and Co. involved improving mental health treatment teams, which directly impacted over 100,000 clients. Recent projects include executive and managerial consulting for organizations affected by toxic work cultures. This has resulted in increases in employee’s morale, reductions in operational costs, as well as, reductions in bullying, incivility, turnover and absenteeism.

For additional resources and information related to workplace violence, visit the United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health's Administration Workplace Violence page at: www.osha.gov/workplace-violence

To view Gian Lozano's talk and presentation slides from the 2020 Spring Symposium, visit: https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-institute-occupational-health-sciences/workplace-aggression-preventing-relational-aggression

Learn more about our 2020 Fall Symposium, "Worker Health: Work as a Social Determinant of Health" and access previous symposium recordings by visiting: www.ohsu.edu/oregon-institute-o…ining-and-symposia. Our virtual 2020 Fall Symposium will take place on Friday, November 13, 2020.

What's Work Got To Do With Three Decades at the Institute?

Guests: Chuck Easterly, Michael Wood and Kathy Nishimoto

Hosts: Anjali Rameshbabu, PhD, MS, MSc and Helen Schuckers, MPH

On Part 2 of our Three Decades at the Institute series, we highlight stakeholders in our community that have been critical and important in the development of the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences research directions, as well as outreach and education programs through the years. These stakeholders include State of Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee (MLAC), Oregon Occupational Safety and Health (Oregon OSHA) and SAIF, Oregon’s largest workers’ compensation provider.

Each of these stakeholders have also contributed to guidance and development of Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC), a NIOSH Total Worker Health Center of Excellence that is housed at the institute.

On today’s episode, we will be interviewing Kathy Nishimoto who represents management from MLAC, Michael Wood, the administrator of Oregon OSHA, and Chuck Easterly who previously served as a Director for SAIF's Safety and Healthy Workplace Center.

Each one of these guests have also served or are serving as an active member of the institute’s and/or OHWC board, and we greatly appreciate their efforts to support the work that we do here. We look forward to sharing more information on each of these organizations.

02:15 - Chuck Easterly (Retired, Director for SAIF's Safety and Healthy Workplace Center, SAIF)

29:05 - Michael Wood (Administrator, Oregon OSHA)

42:22 - Kathy Nishimoto (Representing management, MLAC, )

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What's Work Got To Do With Three Decades at the Institute?

Guests: Drs. Peter Spencer, PhD, FANA, FRCPath, Steven Shea, PhD, Kent Anger PhD

Hosts: Sam Greenspan, MPH., Dr.Anjali Rameshbabu, PhD, MS, MSc, Helen Schuckers, MPH

We want to celebrate with our listeners three decades of research in occupational health and safety advancements here at the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences. Our newest podcast episode is a part of a three episode series. In Part 1: Three Decades at the Institute, we dig into our history, how the institute got started and how it has evolved. Our podcast guests include Drs. Peter Spencer, Ph.D, FANA, FRCPath, Steve Shea, Ph.D. and Kent Anger, Ph.D. You may even get some insight about the history of the half head statue outside of the Richard Jones Hall building at OHSU.

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What's Work Got To Do With The Nation’s Opioid Epidemic

Guest: Dr. Casey Chosewood, M.D., M.P.H.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, it is reported “Abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs is very costly to our Nation, which has led to over $700 billion annually in costs related to crime, lost work productivity and health care.” In addition to its complex and painful effects on the employee and their loved ones, addiction can affect their work experience. For example, prescription medication disorders and other substance addictions may interfere with an employee’s ability to perform their work safely and potentially increase the risk for injury and accidents, in addition to increased absenteeism, job turnover, and presenteeism. Occupational health and safety outcomes for employees with addiction are further impacted by the ability of the workplace to accommodate and appropriately address the employee’s related mental health needs. Overall, substance use disorders play an integral role on employee safety, health, and well-being.

In anticipation for our upcoming Spring Symposia, we highlight a talk from one of our 2019 Fall Symposia speakers, Dr. Casey Chosewood, the director of the Office for Total Worker Health® at the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH). Dr.Chosewood gives an update on the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic from CDC/NIOSH.

Millions of Americans have or know someone with substance use disorder, help is available. Visit NIOSH’S Opioids in the Workplace page at www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/opioids/default.html or the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration at www.SAMHSA.gov for resources to help both individuals and workplaces.

To watch more symposia recordings or to register for our upcoming virtual 2020 Spring Symposia on Friday, May 29, 2020 on the topic, "Workplace Aggression: Preventing relational aggression and bullying - a deeper dive", visit: https://bit.ly/342MIt5

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What's Work Got To Do With Summer Interns?

Guests: Rachel Cohen, Jake Gruber, and Martina Shannon

Host: Helen Schuckers, M.P.H.

On this episode, we will be highlighting OccHealthSci's Summer Intern Program. Each summer, undergraduate interns work with faculty mentors in basic and applied research over a three-month paid internship designed to introduce them to different areas of biomedical and occupational health research.

With our Summer intern applications process underway, we wanted to share experiences from past interns that worked alongside institute researchers and how their experience will help inform their future paths into research, health care and public health careers. Visit our Summer Intern page for more information on the application process: https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-institute-occupational-health-sciences/summer-internships

Show notes/transcriptions are included at this link: https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-02/Intern%20Podcast%20Episode_Feb2020.pdf

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What's Work Got To Do With Positive Culture

Guest: Dr. Alisha R. Moreland-Capuia, M.D.

Host: Anjali Rameshbabu, Ph.D., M.S., M.Sc.

Have you ever noticed that your mood and stress levels are affected by the words or conversations you have during meetings, with co-workers or your boss at work? How does it affect your work day and productivity? Do you think about those conversations on your commute home or have trouble falling asleep at night? What's work got to do with positive workplace culture and its impact on safety, health and well-being?

To dive deeper into this subject, we’ll be talking to Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia on the power of words and narrative and how they shape our perception and our underlying assumptions. She discusses how workplace narrative can influence culture and frame policies, procedures and practices. You will learn strategies to improve the narrative in the workplace that can help create efficient, sustainable and healthy systems.

Dr. Moreland-Capuia is physician, thought leader, educator, and the first African-American native Oregonian to become a licensed and board-certified psychiatrist. She brings her path-breaking approach to solving deep, systemically rooted community issues such as addiction, violence, and healthcare. She is the author of “Training for Change: Transforming Systems to be Trauma-Informed, Culturally Responsive, and Neuroscientifically Focused."

Show notes/transcriptions are included at this link:

https://bit.ly/2RVxBhn

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What's Work Got To Do With Toxicology

Guest: Fred Berman, DVM, PHD

Host: Sam Greenspan, MPH

Have you ever thought about all the elements that can impact your health when you walk outside on your way to work? Do you know what risks you can be exposed to when you go to work each day and also what unhealthy exposures or toxic substances you could back home with you? Some exposures can be prevented altogether and for others, we can reduce the risks that come with them.

Dr. Fred Berman joined us by phone to talk about Toxicology and its' impact on our work and home life. We will talk about the impact of working with toxic substances on the job, and how reducing risks can help workers live safer and healthier lives at work and at home.

Resources listed: http://npic.orst.edu

Show notes/transcriptions are included at this link: https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2019-08/Fred_Berman_Toxicology_episode9.pdf

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