Leslie B. Hammer Lab
Shalene Allen, Luke Mahoney, MacKenna Perry, Jacquelyn Brady (June 2018)
Research Interests
Dr. Hammer’s research is focused on improving the physical and mental well-being of workers through interventions designed to increase employee-supportive behaviors at all leadership levels. Her research focuses on ways in which organizations can help reduce work and family stress and improve positive spillover by facilitating both formal and informal workplace supports such as Family Supportive Supervisor Behavior training.
She has studied workplace intervention with such employee populations as grocery and service industry, health care, construction, information technology, and government, as well as many others. Her current work extends this supportive supervisor training in the military domain.
Go to Dr. Hammer's faculty page here
See Dr. Hammer's publications on Google Scholar here
Current Research Projects
Oregon MESH (Military Employee Sleep and Health) Study (2016-present)
The Oregon MESH Study, MESH.org is a Department of Defense funded intervention study which will tackle the issue of sleep-related health concerns that are increasingly the focus of research in the military domain. The adverse effects of sleep deprivation are known to cause a variety of negative health and family issues. This study will test the effects of an intervention designed to improve the sleep of full-time National Guard members.
Collaborative meeting with Major Matt LoPresti, of the US Army Medical Research
Directorate-West, and his team in Leslie’s lab. http://usamrd-w.amedd.army.mil/
SERVe (Study for Employment Retention of Veterans) (2013-present)
SERVe is a Department of Defense-funded intervention study aimed at improving the health and well-being of service members and their families by targeting the workplace experiences of Veterans and Service Members who are members of the civilian workforce. Conducted as a randomized control trial, SERVe is an ongoing investigation into the effects of an intervention which combines training and behavior tracking to improve the knowledge and skills of supervisors with service members in their employ to foster a supportive workplace environment.
The Research Team
Krista Brockwood-Senior Research Associate
Dr. Brockwood is a Senior Research Associate at OHSU since 2015, but prior to that was at Portland State University (PSU) overseeing two major federally-funded grants with Dr.LeslieHammer. Dr. Brockwood received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology & Systems Science from PSU in 2002. She was an Assistant Professor at Pacific University in the School of Professional Psychology from 2003-2008. Dr. Brockwood is a Veteran havingserved inthe U.S. Army from 1988-1992 in Military Intelligence as a Signals Specialist/Cryptologic Linguist
Phoenix Rain Bird-Full Time Research Assistant
Phoenix began working with Dr. Hammer in 2012 as an undergraduate research assistant through the Work-Family Health Network. After graduating with honors from Portland State University in 2013, she joined the SERVe project as a full-time research assistant and will continue her work as an RA on the MESH study. Phoenix is primarily responsible for managing the data collection, tracking, and incentive processes for both projects and development and graphic design of the MESH training program.
Dr. Marjaana Sianoja, Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Sianoja joined Dr. Leslie Hammer's Lab in June 2018 and works as a Postdoctoral Researcher on the Oregon MESH Study. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Tampere, Finland, in 2018. Her dissertation research focuses on occupational health psychology, and more specifically, on recovery from work stress. During her graduate studies Dr. Sianoja was awarded a Fulbright grant to conduct research for one year at MIT Sloan School of Management.
Mr. Malach-Fuller earned his bachelor of science degree in Psychology at Portland State University in Portland, OR in March 2016. He joined the Institute in November 2015 and is currently a Research Assistant II with the Oregon MESH program. He previously worked on the Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OR-FACE) program and for a Team Truck Driver Project (Tech4Rest) under the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC). His interests include work place diversity and inclusion, and will soon be pursuing his MBA in Project Management.
Shalene Allen–Research Assistant II
Shalene graduated from Portland State University in August 2014 with her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. She joined Dr. Leslie Hammer's lab in November 2017 working on the Oregon MESH study. Shalene is primarily responsible for managing recruitment activates and coordinating fieldwork. Her research goals include improving total worker health, well-being, and safety through varied occupational health interventions.
Jacquelyn Brady-Graduate Research Assistant
Jacquelyn is a graduate student and research assistant studying at Portland State University and working on an Oregon National Guard research grant under Dr. Leslie Hammer. Jacquelyn received her B.A. in Psychology at California State University San Marcos in 2013, and her M.S. is Experimental Psychology at Washington State University in 2016. Her primary research interests include the work-family interface, and the interplay between health, emotions, and social influences on well-being. Her primary goals include promoting positive health and well-being in under-served populations and individuals and their families through healthy workplaces and work-life integration.
Luke Mahoney-Graduate Research Assistant
Luke became a member of Dr. Hammer's research team in June 2016. He spent five years in the Marine Corps before beginning his undergraduate studies. He recently graduated from Portland State University with a B. S. in Psychology and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. His main tasks include assisting with SERVe data management and analysis and the development of the training for the Oregon MESH Study.