By srireddy on Flicker
UBC Health has announced the recipients of the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards.
The HIFI Awards are intended to support cross-faculty and cross-campus research at UBC to create more innovative solutions to improve health and address health inequities.
Awards of $10,000 to $25,000 are granted to faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to develop new teams, pursue new ideas, or translate findings from innovative health-related research.
UBC Psychology faculty and students along with their colleagues received HIFI Awards for the following projects:
NEURAL NETWORK-BASED CONCUSSION CLASSIFIER: SEX-BASED CONSIDERATIONS
HIFI AWARD: $20,000
- Dr. Naznin Virji-Babul, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Kwang Moo Yi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
- Dr. Liisa Galea, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Shelina Babul, Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
- Natalie Dalton, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
REWARD AND AVOIDANCE IN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER: DEVELOPING PREDICTIVE MARKERS OF TREATMENT RESPONSE
HIFI AWARD: $25,000
- Dr. Trisha Chakrabarty, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Rebecca Todd, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Stan Floresco, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Luke Clark, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Yuexiaoxi (Cecilia) Yu, MSc student, Neuroscience Program, Faculty of Medicine
- Ryan Tomm, PhD student, Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Alexander Terpstra, PhD student, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Please join us in congratulating our researchers on their HIFI Awards!
