Achievement

Inaugural winner of the Mary Whiton Calkins Undergraduate Award

Inaugural winner of the Mary Whiton Calkins Undergraduate Award

This new award was created to honour Mary Whiton Calkins, an American psychologist and philosopher who was among the first generation of women to enter into psychology at the turn of the 20th century.

Toni Schmader

SPSP awards Dr. Toni Schmader with the 2018 Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize

Dr. Toni Schmader has been honoured with the 2018 Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

Toddler Gloria Slevinsky sits on her mother Janine Slevinsky's lap across from Kiley Hamlin (left), Canada Research Chair of Developmental Psychology, at UBC in Vancouver. Hamlin's research studies babies and toddlers and sharing. In this experiment Slevinsky was provided with treats that she ccould choose to share with a stuffed toy. (Photograph by Della Rollins)

Dr. Kiley Hamlin named Member of the RSC College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Congratulations to Dr. Kiley Hamlin, who is now a Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

Liisa Galea

Advancing the health of Canadian men, women, girls, boys and gender diverse people

Dr. Liisa Galea has been named a new member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)’s Institute Advisory Board for Gender and Health (IGH).

Contributing to public health: Social Health Lab’s sleep app wins Health Data Challenge

Contributing to public health: Social Health Lab’s sleep app wins Health Data Challenge

Through their app, the Social Health Lab asks how can the monitoring of health outcomes, such as sleep quality, be measured through smartphones and social media—technologies that play a prominent role in our daily lives.

Dr. Joelle LeMoult named ‘rising star’ by Association for Psychological Science

Dr. Joelle LeMoult named ‘rising star’ by Association for Psychological Science

Dr. Joelle LeMoult was named a 2017 Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (APS). The Rising Star designation recognizes outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their research career post-PhD whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions. LeMoult, who is director of the […]

UBC Psychology student participating in a research study.

Maclean’s 2018 Canadian program rankings: UBC Psychology named 1st for 3rd year in a row

The Department of Psychology ranks first in Maclean’s 2018 rankings for the best 20 psychology programs in Canada. This is the third year Maclean’s magazine has released annual program rankings and the third year UBC Psychology ranks first. Maclean’s annual program rankings evaluates ten program areas based on reputation, research, publications and citations. In their psychology list, […]

PhD student Grace Truong receives UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

We are pleased to congratulate UBC Psychology PhD student Grace Truong, who received a 2016-17 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. Annually this recognition is presented to a small number of the graduate students who have made outstanding contributions to teaching and learning at UBC. With over 2000 Teaching Assistants working at UBC, winning this award is a remarkable achievement. The award includes a […]

Recognizing excellence in teaching: Steven Barnes awarded a UBC Killam Teaching Prize

Recognizing excellence in teaching: Steven Barnes awarded a UBC Killam Teaching Prize

UBC Psychology is pleased to announce that Dr. Steven Barnes, Instructor in the Department of Psychology and Vantage College, has been awarded a UBC Killam Teaching Prize. The Prize, awarded each year, recognizes distinguished teaching at all levels of instruction. Prize winners are selected by an adjudicating committee chaired by the Faculty of Arts’ Associate […]

Dr. Kiley Hamlin Receives 2015 APS Rising Star Award

UBC Psychology’s Dr. Kiley Hamlin is the recipient of a 2015 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Rising Star Award in recognition of the exceptional work she achieved early in her research career Dr. Hamlin is among awardees from esteemed institutions located across the globe including the University of Oxford, Harvard University, and Yale University. The […]