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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.

We are conducting an online study about coping with the COVID-19 outbreak. Click here for the study website.

We are pausing the Daily Experiences and Health Study during the COVID-19 outbreak. Please let us know if you are interested in enrolling, and we will reach out to you after the outbreak has passed.

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 and health behaviours
  • Biopsychosocial determinants of risk and outcomes for cardiovascular disease
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CTV news ‘A surprise to no one’: Some coping better than others with COVID-19, research suggests. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/a-surprise-to-no-one-some-coping-better-than-others-with-covid-19-research-suggests-1.5034440?cache=yes%3FclipId%3D373266
Vancouver Sun COVID-19: Research shows older adults less worried during pandemic. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/covid-19-research-shows-older-adults-less-worried-during-pandemic   
Breakfast TV Vancouver Patrick Klaiber talks about his new research on age differences in coping with the pandemic. https://www.btvancouver.ca/videos/coping-with-covid-19/
Aging and COVID-19 Patrick Klaiber (PhD student) has published a new paper showing that older adults were more psychologically resilient during the pandemic than younger and middle-aged adults. UBC press release: https://news.ubc.ca/2020/07/22/new-ubc-study-reveals-older-adults-coped-with-pandemic-best
Congrats to Holy Ghaly! We’d like to extend our warmest congratulations to Holy Ghaly on her graduation! Holy has earned a Bachelor’s in Kinesiology and Minor in Psychology. She has been a vital member of the UPLIFT Health Lab for the past two years and has shown great leadership as a research study coordinator and as a teaching assistant […]
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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, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel 604 827 2241
Website uplift.psych.ubc.ca
Email uplift [at] psych.ubc.ca
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