Frances Chen

Associate Professor and Area Coordinator
phone 604 822 2549
location_on Kenny Room 3521--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Education

PhD, Stanford University, 2009


About

Dr. Frances Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Her research combines approaches from health psychology, social psychology, and neuroendocrinology to investigate how our social lives are connected to our mental and physical health. Her work examines how loneliness and social contact “get under the skin” to affect our physical health, and how hormonal changes during puberty affect teenagers’ social and emotional development.


Teaching


Research

Research interests include social connection, social support, stress, coping, conflict and negotiation, hormones, neuroendocrinology.


Publications

For a list of Dr. Chen’s publications, please visit her lab website.


Awards

  • Michael Smith Health Research BC C2 Award (2022)
  • Killam Faculty Research Fellowship (2019)
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award (2018)
  • CIHR New Investigator Award (2016)
  • Robert E. Knox Master Teaching Award (2016)

 


Frances Chen

Associate Professor and Area Coordinator
phone 604 822 2549
location_on Kenny Room 3521--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Education

PhD, Stanford University, 2009


About

Dr. Frances Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Her research combines approaches from health psychology, social psychology, and neuroendocrinology to investigate how our social lives are connected to our mental and physical health. Her work examines how loneliness and social contact “get under the skin” to affect our physical health, and how hormonal changes during puberty affect teenagers’ social and emotional development.


Teaching


Research

Research interests include social connection, social support, stress, coping, conflict and negotiation, hormones, neuroendocrinology.


Publications

For a list of Dr. Chen’s publications, please visit her lab website.


Awards

  • Michael Smith Health Research BC C2 Award (2022)
  • Killam Faculty Research Fellowship (2019)
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award (2018)
  • CIHR New Investigator Award (2016)
  • Robert E. Knox Master Teaching Award (2016)

 


Frances Chen

Associate Professor and Area Coordinator
phone 604 822 2549
location_on Kenny Room 3521--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Education

PhD, Stanford University, 2009

About keyboard_arrow_down

Dr. Frances Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Her research combines approaches from health psychology, social psychology, and neuroendocrinology to investigate how our social lives are connected to our mental and physical health. Her work examines how loneliness and social contact “get under the skin” to affect our physical health, and how hormonal changes during puberty affect teenagers’ social and emotional development.

Teaching keyboard_arrow_down
Research keyboard_arrow_down

Research interests include social connection, social support, stress, coping, conflict and negotiation, hormones, neuroendocrinology.

Publications keyboard_arrow_down

For a list of Dr. Chen’s publications, please visit her lab website.

Awards keyboard_arrow_down
  • Michael Smith Health Research BC C2 Award (2022)
  • Killam Faculty Research Fellowship (2019)
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award (2018)
  • CIHR New Investigator Award (2016)
  • Robert E. Knox Master Teaching Award (2016)