Full Name
Leslie Hammer
Job Title
Co-Director, Oregon Healthy Workforce Center
Company
Oregon Health & Science University
Speaker Bio
Leslie B. Hammer, PhD, specializes in the effects of workplace conditions, including supportive supervision at work and occupational stress, on workplace mental health and well-being. Dr. Hammer is the Associate Director of Applied Research and Professor in the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University and Co-Director of the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, one of 10 centers of excellence in Total Worker Health® funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. She is also Professor Emerita at Portland State University and has extensive experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating worksite supervisor training programs to improve employee mental health and well-being outcomes. She has been principal investigator of five workplace intervention randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of supervisor support training funded by the NIH, CDC/NIOSH, and the DoD. She A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, she is also the Founding President of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology, co-author of the book, “Working Couples Caring for Children and Aging Parents,” and published in outlets including the Journal of Applied Psychology and Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine.
Leslie Hammer