The next meeting of the CWHSG will be held at UCLA in Los Angeles on Friday November 17^th, 2006 from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

We have two very interesting presentations with discussions planned for the day with room for more.

Dr. Leslie Hammer , Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Director, of the Portland State University Occupational Health Psychology Program has agreed to fly down and present her current NIOSH funded work on work/family conflicts. She is also going to talk about her longitudinal study of Dual-Earner Couples in The Sandwiched Generation Project. Dr. Hammer has just published a book with her colleague Dr. Margaret Neal titled Working Couples Caring for Children and Aging Parents: Effects on Work and Well-Being.  

Our second presenter will be Dr. Haiou Yang, Research Associate at UC of Irvine, who is the first author on our recently published article Work Hours and Self-Reported Hypertension Among Working People in California Haiou Yang; Peter L. Schnall; Maritza Jauregui ; Ta-Chen Su; and Dean Baker November  Hypertension 2006. She will talk about her findings and the issue of long working hours as they impact on our mental and physical health.

We are also making great strides in finishing our book on Healthy Work. We have a contract with Baywood to publish the book in 2007.  A summary of our progress with the book and some remaining issues will be discussed.

Peter L. Schnall MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California at Irvine