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  • UPLIFT Health Lab

    Our research is focused on understanding psychosocial well-being and biobehavioural mechanisms underlying healthy aging.

  • Daily positive events promote health

    Our work demonstrates that daily positive experiences are associated with lower inflammation, adaptive cortisol profiles, and better health behaviours.

  • Positive experiences and stress processes

    We have found that maintaining positive emotions in the face of stress is important for health.


Welcome to the UPLIFT Health Lab website!

We are interested in Understanding Pathways Linking Inter- and Intraindividual Factors To Health.

Our areas of interest include:

  • Biological and behavioural mechanisms linking daily experiences to long-term health and aging
  • The roles of positive experiences in stress and coping processes
  • Day-to-day dynamics of psychosocial well-being, sleep, and health behaviours
  • Biopsychosocial determinants of risk and outcomes for cardiovascular disease

 

We acknowledge that our learning takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam). We make this acknowledgement with the recognition that our relationships to land and place, the lifelong development of identity, and our understanding of our place in the world are essential to the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. To find out which Indigenous lands you live on, visit native-land.ca.

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Celebrating Dr. Nancy Sin: 2026 SBSM Fellow! Dr. Nancy Sin has been named a Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBSM) for 2026! This honour recognizes her outstanding contributions to research, leadership, and service in the field of behavioral medicine. We’re so proud and thrilled to celebrate this well-deserved recognition! Congratulations, Dr. Sin!
Incoming Graduate Students! We’re excited to share that Alice Luan and Carmen Migic have accepted their offers and will be entering graduate school this fall in the Health Psychology program at the University of British Columbia, continuing their work with the UPLIFT Health Lab. We’re thrilled to celebrate this milestone and look forward to all that lies ahead […]
March 2026: SBSM At this year’s Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine annual meeting, our lab was proud to have five poster presentations showcasing a wide range of exciting research. Undergraduate student Alice Luan presented her work on positive experiences and subjective cognitive functioning, with her poster featured in the Citation Poster Session, a distinction reserved for research […]
Nov 2025: GSA Conference Lydia Ong and Nikki Stuart will be presenting their research at the Gerontological Society of America conference in Boston! Lydia will be giving a symposium talk on views of aging, savouring, and positive affect. Nikki will be presenting a poster on the links between daily stressors and subjective memory across days and years.
July 2025: Dr. Nancy Sin honoured with Distinguished Alumni Award We’re excited to share that Dr. Nancy Sin has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside! This honour recognizes UCR Psychology alumni who have achieved national or international distinction in their field and have made meaningful contributions to society. Big congratulations, Dr. Sin! Read more here.
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The UPLIFT Health Lab at UBC is exploring how daily experiences contribute to emotional well-being and health among adults in our community. Please visit the Daily Experiences and Health website for more details.
Email: uplift[at]psych.ubc.ca
Phone: 604 827 2241
Location:
UPLIFT Health Lab
Kenny Building, Room 2102
2136 West Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
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UPLIFT Health Lab
Vancouver Campus
Kenny Building, Room 2102, 2136 West Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel 604 827 2241
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Email uplift@psych.ubc.ca
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