OHP at PSU

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Core Faculty

Dr. Leslie Hammer - Director
Dr. Hammer's research interests include work and family issues, performance appraisal and feedback, and alternative work schedules.

Dr. Robert Sinclair - Associate Director
Dr. Sinclair's research interests include the effects of personality and motivational processes on organizational behavior, changing employee -- employer relationships, customer satisfaction assessment, union loyalty and participation, organizational survey construction, and occupational health psychology.

Dr. Keith James
Dr. James' major topics of scholarship include Creativity, Innovation, & Change, Workplace Identity, Native Community Development and Occupational Health Psychology. His scholarship in these areas addresses several integrative themes including Organizational/Social Justice, Workplace Affect, and Occupational Health Psychology.

Dr. Donald Truxillo
Dr. Truxillo's current research focuses on applicant and employee reactions to human resource processes such as affirmative action, substance abuse screening, and hiring procedures. He is also interested in job analysis issues, the validity of selection methods, and test-taking predispositions.

Dr. Mo Wang
Mr. Wang's research interest includes four broad areas of investigation: (a) expatriate management and global/cross-cultural HR practice; (b) application of advanced quantitative methodology; (c) older worker employment and retirement; and (d) social cognition and aging. His research in some of these areas also ties to the research field of Occupational Health Psychology, such as safety and health concerns for older workers.

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Participating Faculty

Dr. Talya Bauer
Dr. Bauer is interested in organizational behavior issues as well as human resource management.

Dr. Sherwin Davidson
Dr. Davidson’s research interests lie in issues relating to women in work. She also has an interest in vocational counseling psychology.

Dr. Cynthia Mohr
Dr Mohr's research interests concern the manner in which individuals influence one another’s perceptions and behaviors, particularly in terms of health behaviors, such as excessive alcohol consumption.

Dr. Kerth O’Brien
Dr. O'Brien is interested in social roles, social relations, and preventive health behavior. Her research addresses preventive health behaviors, psychological well-being, and patient involvement in health care.

Dr. Ellen Skinner
Dr. Skinner’s OHP-related research interests include life-span development, motivation, development of perceived control, and coping.

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Adjunct Faculty

W. Kent Anger
Dr. Anger is an international leader in occupational neurotoxicology specializing in Behavioral Neurotoxicology, Dr. Anger's research focuses on the design and development of computerized behavioral tests to assess neurotoxic effects in humans and animals exposed to chemical and physical agents.

Dr. Tahira Probst
Dr. Probst’s research interests include job stress, work attitudes, organizational outcomes of job insecurity, job safety, and organizational culture.

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OHP Advisory Board

The OHP advisory board is a collection of professionals with expertise in OHP-related areas ranging from occupational neurotoxicology to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These volunteers share their knowledge and expertise by contributing to the development of Portland State University’s OHP program (e.g., strategic planning and curriculum development), by identifying new OHP opportunities in the greater Portland community, and by presenting special guest lectures.

Dr. W. Kent Anger
Associate Director and Senior Scientist: Oregon Health & Science University

Dr. Jack Crossen
Clinical Psychologist/Adjunct Faculty: Portland State University

Dr. Sherwin Davidson
Adjunct Faculty: Portland State University

Lynda Enos, RN, MS, COHN-S, CPE
Nursing Practice Specialist/Ergonomist, Oregon Nurses Association
Ergonomics Consultant, HumanFit

Bill Lambert, Ph.D.,
Center for Research in Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET), Oregon Heath & Science University

Dr. Joseph Matarazzo
Professor: Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University

Dr. Linda McCauley
Professor: Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology

Helen Moss,
Labor Education and Research Center (LERC), University of Oregon

Frank Upham,
Deacon Construction

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PSU-OHP Events

Stress in the Workplace: Challenges for the 21st Century
This seminar focused on identification of occupational stress and ways to reduce that stress.
You will find a list of the speakers together with a brief summary of their talks as well as a survey summary handed out to the participants of the conference.