Charlotte Roddick received her BA Honours in Psychology from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She joined the Social Health Lab as a MA student in Health Psychology in September 2017. With her supervisor, Dr. Frances Chen, Charlotte is investigating the effects of emotional states, such as loneliness, on the autonomic nervous system. Charlotte is also conducting longitudinal research on the effects of moving to a new city on mental and physical well-being.

Research interests include the interrelationships between emotions, social connectedness, and physiology; in particular, the effects of loneliness on parasympathetic functioning (e.g., high-frequency heart rate variability), and the effects of establishing and maintaining social connections on markers of inflammation (e.g., albumin, C-reactive protein).

Gouin, J. P., Caldwell, W. C., MacNeil, S. L., & Roddick, C. M. (2018). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia reactivity moderates within-person associations of daily capitalization with positive affect and relationship quality. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

Roddick, C. & Chen, F. (2018). Heart rate variability recovery as a marker of autonomic functioning in lonely individuals. European Health Psychologist. 32nd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society.

Bolanis, D., McLaughlin, K., Seirey-Tran, S., Roddick, C., Chiovitti, S., Giannopoulos, C., & Conway, M. (2017). Extremes of gesturing speed increase perceptions of anger. Association for Psychological Science 29th Annual Convention.

Gouin, J.P., Caldwell, W., MacNeil, S. & Roddick, C. (2017). Heart rate variability reactivity moderates
the within-subject effects of capitalization on daily positive mood and relationship quality. Association for
Psychological Science 29th Annual Convention.

Chiovitti, S., Roddick, C., Leclerc, J., & Conway, M. (2016). Greater gesturing speed increases perceptions of assertiveness. Association for Psychological Science 28th Annual Convention.

• Affiliated Fellowship Master’s, The University of British Columbia (2018-2019)
• Faculty of Arts Graduate Student Research Award, The University of British Columbia (2018-2019)
• Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2017-2018)
• Rytsa Tobias Memorial Medal, Concordia University (2017)
• The Governor General’s Academic Medal, Governor General of Canada (2016)