The Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc. (ORCAS), creates mobile self-management interventions designed to improve physical and emotional well-being. The company has developed a wide range of interactive multimedia programs that blend empirically sound principles of behavior change and instructional design with state-of-the-art use of video and gaming technology. ORCAS has received over 50 awards from groups including Summit, Telly, Communicator, and Horizon Interactive, that acknowledge both the educational impact and the high production values of the company's interactive video approach. Programs address such topic areas as smoking cessation, dealing with dementia as a professional or family caregiver, bicycle safety for children K-3, and parenting at-risk adolescents. ORCAS has assembled a unique team of experts in health-behavior change, health education, instructional design, interactive multimedia technology, preventive and behavioral medicine, research methodology, biostatistics, and psychometrics.
