UBC research is exploring how hormones shape teens’ emotions over time
Teenage years can be a turbulent time, thanks to a sharp increase in hormones. What’s not known is the role these hormones, along with physical and social changes, have in the maturing teenage brain. UBC’s Social Health Lab has launched a new study to explore how sex hormones shape teens’ emotions over time. If you […]
Motherhood changes the brain, possibly forever
New research from UBC Neuroscience PhD candidate Rand Eid and colleagues shows reproductive experiences may change the trajectory of women’s aging across the lifespan
Steven Barnes wins prestigious national teaching award
Steven Barnes received a 2019 3M National Teaching Fellow Award for his leadership in enhancing post-secondary teaching excellence and for superlative undergraduate teaching.
UBC Psychology’s Andrew Baron and Amori Mikami recognized as top researchers at UBC
In recognition of their outstanding research and scholarly contributions, psychology professors Andrew Baron and Amori Mikami each earned a 2018 UBC Killam Research Prize.
Health funding to support decision-making research at UBC
Stan Floresco and Catharine Winstanley, professors in UBC’s department of psychology, received funding for their research—thanks to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and their Project Grant competition.
Honouring early career and sustained contributions to psychology
Daniela Palombo named Rising Star and Jeremy Biesanz named Fellow of Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Dr. Eric Eich named Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
UBC Psychology Professor Eric Eich has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Michael Barrus receives 2018 Demetri Papageorgis Teaching Assistant Award
This award recognizes teaching assistants who make outstanding contributions to student education in the Department of Psychology.
2019 Times Higher Education: UBC Psychology is 12 in the world, 1st in Canada
The 2019 psychology rankings includes 463 universities, up from 101 in 2018.
Motivation, decision-making, and telling our stories anyway
Leili Mortazavi had hoped to present her research at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) in November 2018, but due to a travel restriction was not able to join her colleagues in the United States to present her work.