Dr. Anita DeLongis receives 2024 Dean of Arts Mentorship Award
This award celebrates the generativity of exceptional mentors within the Faculty of Arts.
Alumni spotlight: Dr. Eli Puterman’s academic journey and his impactful health research
Dr. Eli Puterman (MA ‘04, PhD ‘09) reflects on his alumni journey and how it shaped his groundbreaking research on physical activity and immune system aging.
Winter brings more than just ugly sweaters – here’s how the season can affect your mind and behavior
What comes to mind when you think about winter? Snowflakes? Mittens? Reindeer? In much of the Northern Hemisphere, winter means colder temperatures, shorter days and year-end holidays.
Research co-led by Dr. Kaitlyn Goldsmith received funding through the Convening & Collaborating (C2) Program
Join us in congratulating Dr. Kaitlyn Goldsmith and her team for being one of the eleven recipients of funding through the C2 Program!
RA Q&A with Angelina Hollihn from the Centre for Infant Cognition
Angelina Hollihn has been interested in development psychology since her early undergraduate years. During her undergrad, Angelina worked as a Research Assistant at the Center for Infant Cognition, led by Kiley Hamlin. The Center for Infant Cognition explores the origins of social and moral thought from a developmental perspective. They examine the tendency to judge […]
RA Q&A with Nicholas Latimer from the Social Health Laboratory
Throughout his undergraduate degree, Nicholas has been a part of various research groups – including the Sexuality & Well-Being Lab, Lifestyle Research Team, and is currently working at the Social Health Lab, led by Dr. Frances Chen. The Social Health Lab explores the obstacles people face when making friends and the health consequences of loneliness […]
RA Q&A with Akash Grewal from The Memory and Imagination Laboratory
Akash Grewal has always been interested in memory. For her, the Memory and Imagination Lab, led by Dr. Daniela Palombo, was the perfect opportunity to take her academic interests and apply them to a real-world setting. The Memory and Imagination Lab explores the behavioural and neural factors associated with forming and retaining episodic memories. Akash […]
Julia Nakamura named a UBC Public Scholar
Julia Nakamura, a PhD student in UBC’s health psychology program, was recently named a UBC Public Scholar. Learn more about her research!
Q&A: The American Psychosomatic Society Antiracism Task Force – Implementation, activities, and lessons learned
Western institutions of psychology have an intimate history with white supremacy, colonialism, racism, and homophobia. Therefore, it is important that institutions reflect on their roles in their perpetuation of the many ‘isms’ and reflect this in their core values, tenets, and bylaws. One such organization is the American Psychosomatic Society (APS). The mission of APS […]
Psychology researchers receive 2023 UBC Health HIFI Awards
UBC Psychology faculty and their research collaborators received 2023 HIFI Awards in the Healthy Aging stream.