HERO Forum20 Ambassador: Olympic Champion Jessie Diggins
A full interview with Jessie Diggins and a review of her book “Brave Enough” is available open access at the American Journal of Health Promotion. Introducing our HERO Forum20 Ambassador: Olympic Champion Jessie Diggins (Interview part one) HEROForum20 is going remote in September 2020, and we have learning sessions scheduled …
The State of Disability Management Among Employers
Zaira Chaudhry, MD, MPH worked with HERO as a Research Intern from January – May 2020. She is a physician-in-training who earned her M.D. at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. She also holds an MPH from the University of New England and a B.S. in Human Biology from Cornell …
The Surprising Impact of Vaping in the Workplace: Treatment and Policy Implications
As the nation navigates the COVID-19 pandemic, protecting employee health is a top concern. However, one factor may not be on the radar for many organizations yet, though it should be: vaping in the workplace. Vaping isn’t harmless, either for e-cigarette users or for those exposed to secondhand aerosol (i.e., …
HERO July Briefs
Faith, Not Fear As working parents around the nation prepare for their children to return to school, many are facing the same circumstances under which school dismissed for the summer: virtual learning. HERO’s Committee Project Manager Emily Wolfe reflects on the impact this is having on her family. Emily has …
Faith Not Fear
Last week at bedtime, my oldest son, Harper (9 yrs.), and I disagreed about staying up late and where he would sleep (he’s afraid of the dark). The disagreement ended in tears. Soon the conversation shifted from bedtime to Harper asking why my husband and I work so much. Harper reflected …
Member Spotlight: Ezequiel Galarce, PhD; Vice President, Behavioral Insights, Rally Health
Ezequiel Galarce, PhDVice President, Behavioral Insights, Rally Health Ezequiel’s work at Rally Health is focused on leveraging data to improve the effectiveness with which their digital products facilitate better consumer decision making. He has over two decades of experience in exploring solutions to help close the gap between people’s best …
Awards
Health and Well-being Awards Submit nomination for 2025! The HERO Workplace Health and Well-Being (HWB) Awards honor dedication and commitment to the field, and acknowledge outstanding leadership, research, and practice of HWB. Honorees are asked to share their experiences in HWB with their peers at the HERO Forum. HERO pays …
HERO June Briefs
A Message from HERO’s President Health Is… “Health is not just the sense of completeness in ourselves but also is the sense of belonging to others and to our place; it is an unconscious awareness of community, of having in common.” ~ Wendell Berry On May 25, 2020, George Floyd lost …
Member Spotlight: Patty Purpur de Vries, MS; Director of Strategy, Outreach and Innovation for Stanford’s BeWell Program
Patty Purpur de Vries, MSDirector of Strategy, Outreach and Innovation for Stanford’s BeWell Program and an Ambassador for Stanford’s WellMD Center Born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Patty graduated from Stanford University in 1989 after receiving a full-athletic scholarship. She was a 9-time NCAA All-American in the Shot …
The ABCs of Change
Courtesy of The Avarna Group, www.theavarnagroup.com, 5/25/2019 June 19th, 2020 “Health is not just the sense of completeness in ourselves but also is the sense of belonging to others and to our place; it is an unconscious awareness of community, of having in common.” ~ Wendell Berry On May 25th, 2020, …