Our Lab in the Wild

The lab's principal investigator, Dr. Andrew McHill, attends The Society for Research on Biological Rhythm's (SRBR) 2026 Biennial Meeting in Amelia Island, Florida!

At OHSU's 2026 Research Week, all of the PhD Students win awards for their stellar performance on their posters and oral presentations. Congrats Katie for her Presenter Nursing Professional Excellence Award, Sophia for her Presenter Nursing Leadership and Influence Award, and Yasmine for her Poster Impact and Progressiveness in Nursing Award!

Dr. Brooke Shafer, BIRCWH K12 Scholar and Assistant Professor at OHSU Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, presents at the 2026 Northwest Women’s Health and Sex/Gender Differences Research Conference. She discusses her research on sex-specific cardiometabolic outcomes in shift working populations and the role sleep and circadian mechanisms may play.

What a WIN! The lab's School of Nursing PhD students present their posters at the 2026 Western Institute of Nursing (WIN) Conference in San Francisco, California.

The annual BBQ means games and fun! The SCH Team enjoy each other's company in the summer sun.

At the OSMI After Dark: Brain Storm event, SCH Lab Members spend the night talking to attendees about all things sleep and circadian rhythm! There, the team taught the public about sleep through games and quizzes, recruited for the lab's studies, and provided sleep resources! 

Lab members enjoying a springtime happy hour with a special guest appearance from Dr. Shafer's dachshund, Monty!

SCH Lab PhD students and research assistants attended the 2025 Northwest Women’s Health and Sex/Gender Differences Research Conference, where Dr. Brooke Shafer presented a poster on sleep timing variability and sex differences in overnight blood pressure.

PhD students presenting posters at the Western Institue of Nursing 2025 Conference.

Outstanding Poster Award winner and PhD student, Sophia, at the Pacific Northwest Sleep & Circadian Network Meeting presenting a poster on increasing pain levels associated with proportion of shiftwork.

Dr. McHill receives the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon's 2023 Richard T. Jones New Investigator Award. He was joined at the award ceremony by his wife, Madeline, PhD students, Dr. Shea, and Dr. Thosar. 

The Sleep, Chronobiology, and Health Lab presenting their posters at the 2024 Pacific Northwest Sleep & Circadian Network Meeting.