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 […]
RA Q&A with Kailey Baxstrome from The Cognitive Neuroscience of Thought Laboratory
Have you ever felt inspired to ask new questions, and explore new frontiers in research? Kailey Baxstrome shares her experience exploring novel ideas in a lab setting as a research assistant. By Madeline Renner Kailey Baxstrome, a fourth-year BSc student in Cognitive Systems (Cognition & Brain specialization), was compelled to share a unique idea for […]
RA Q&A with Aafreen Siddiqui from the Perfectionism and Psychopathology Lab
Are you interested in getting the inside scoop on how clinical research takes place and how to contribute to knowledge in the field? In this RA Q&A, Aafreen Siddiqui shares her experience working in a clinical psychology lab. By Madeline Renner Aafreen Siddiqui was curious to learn more about clinical psychology research and wanted an […]
RA Q&A with Theodore Yu from the Memory and Imagination Lab
Theodore shares his experiences bringing his studies in psychology to life by working in the Memory & Imagination Lab.
RA Q&A with Rachel Hamilton from the Social Health Lab
Rachel shares her favourite part about working in the lab and how she sees social health research expanding in the years to come.
Fight, flight or flick—to what extent does the human body respond to threat?
New research proposes that the body’s response to threat could be limb or side specific vs. global in some cases.
Melody Salehzadeh spearheads glove recycling program to address pandemic-related plastic waste
Melody Salehzadeh’s project to combat plastic waste has collected roughly 48,700 gloves, diverting 146.1 kilograms of waste from landfills this year.
Health research overlooks important differences between sexes
Dr. Liisa Galea and colleagues have published an analysis of 3,193 neuroscience and psychiatry studies from 2009 and 2019.
Collaborative research from the ASAP Lab and the MIND Institute featured in Spectrum News
Spectrum News has highlighted a recent study published by researchers from UBC Psychology’s ASAP Lab and UC Davis’s MIND Institute. The study investigated the brain development of autistic and non-autistic children and looked at whether patterns of brain development were linked to children’s anxiety. The researchers used a tool developed by Dr. Connor Kerns to […]