Milestones in the History of Occupational Health Psychology
1966 – U.S. Public Health Service recognizes work organization and stress as developing occupational safety and health concerns.
1970 – The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Act of 1970 charges NIOSH with the responsibility for investigating behavioral factors and stress as etiologic agents for occupational disease and injury.
1977 – A report on “Work in America ” is commissioned by Elliot Richardson, Secretary of Health Education and Welfare.
1988 – NIOSH recognizes psychological disorders as leading occupational health risk.
1990 – APA and NIOSH begin partnership to promote the new area of occupational health psychology.
1990 – APA/NIOSH international conference on Work and Well-Being is held in Washington , DC .
1991 – OHP field is formally acknowledged in the American Psychologist.
1992 – APA/NIOSH international conference on Stress in the ’90s is held in Washington , DC .
1993 – APA and NIOSH enter into a cooperative agreement to fund post/doctoral training in OHP.
1994 -1997 APA and NIOSH fund seven postdocs in occupational health psychology.
1994 – The Journal of Occupational Health Psychology is founded.
1995 – APA/NIOSH international conference on Work, Stress, and Health is held in Washington , DC .
1996 – NIOSH places work organization among its highest research priorities.
1997 – APA and NIOSH enter into a cooperative agreement to fund the development of graduate-level-curricula in OHP.
1998-2001 – APA and NIOSH fund 11 universities to develop and implement OHP graduate curricula.
1999 – APA/NIOSH international conference on Work, Stress, and Health is held in Baltimore, MD.
2000 – International Coordinating Group for Occupational Health Psychology is established.
2001 – Twenty-eight OHP stakeholders convene to discuss the future of training efforts in OHP
Source: Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association. (2002). Psychological Science Agenda, 15 (1), 5.
2003 – APA/NIOSH international conference on Work, Stress, and Health is held in Toronto, ONT.
2004 – Society for Occupational Health Psychology formed
2006 – APA/NIOSH international conference on Work, Stress, and Health is held in Miami, FL.
2006 – Irvin Schonfeld founded the SOHP Newsletter. The first issue was published in 2007.
2008 – APA/NIOSH/SOHP international conference on Work, Stress, and Health is held in Washington, DC.
2008 – Occupational Health Psychology Wikipedia entry was started.
2009 – APA/NIOSH/SOHP international conference on Work, Stress, and Health is held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2011 – APA/NIOSH/SOHP international conference on Work, Stress, and Health is held in Orlando, FL
2012 – First Summer Institute for Occupational Health Psychology is held in Portland, OR
2013 – APA/NIOSH/SOHP international conference on Work, Stress, and Health is held in Los Angeles, CA
2014 – Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute is held in Portland, OR
2015 – APA/NIOSH/SOHP international conference on Work, Stress, and Health is held in Atlanta, GA; Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute is held in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2016 – Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute is held in Portland, OR