November 2024: BC Brain Wellness Program
Dr. Sin and PhD student Nikki Stuart will be giving a presentation for the BC Brain Wellness Program’s Research Seminar Series. Their presentation will focus on the cycle of sleep, stress, and cognitive functioning in everyday life.
November 2024: Gerontological Society of America Conference
Members of the UPLIFT Health Lab will be attending the GSA conference in Seattle! We will cheer on PhD student Lydia Ong for her symposium presentation about self-perceptions of aging and daily social interactions.
October 2024: Nikki Stuart publishes paper in Psychosomatic Medicine
PhD student Nikki Stuart has published new research in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine (https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0000000000001338). Her paper examines the associations between stressors and subjective cognitive function in everyday life, and whether physical activity buffers against stressor-related cognitive effects.
September 2024: Lydia Ong awarded internship funding for anti-racism in healthcare
Congrats to Lydia Ong on receiving MITACS internship funding! The funding will support her work with Vancouver Coastal Health on the project, “Evaluating an anti-racism training for healthcare workers.”
Aug 2024: Jin Wen graduates PhD program
Jin Wen successfully defended his dissertation entitled, “Reciprocal Associations Between Nightly Sleep and Daily Stress: Individual Differences and Mechanisms.” He has now graduated the PhD program and is starting his new job as a biostatistician! Congrats to Dr. Wen!
June 2024: Congrats to Jin Wen!
Jin Wen has received the UBC Excellence in Health Psychology PhD Research Award, which recognizes graduate students who have made excellent contributions to the field of health psychology through their research and through their involvement in the professional community.
May 2024: Congrats new graduates!
Congrats to our 2024 graduates: Cecilia Liu, Amy Morales-Arellano, Scott Weber, Navindi De Silva, Daria Hammond, Elisabeth Herrington, Karen Johal, and Eshana Mishra! We are so proud of you!
April – May, 2024: Undergraduate conference presentations
Congrats to our undergraduate students for presenting their projects at various conferences this year! Conferences included the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (Amy and Cecilia), the Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Conference (Scott), Western Psychological Association (Amy), and the Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (Alice, Zoe, Scott, and Cecilia).
May 7, 2024: Nikki Stuart receives graduate fellowship
Congrats to PhD student Nikki Stuart, who received the SSHRC CGSD fellowship to support her research on the role of felt age in day-to-day experiences of stress and well-being.
April 5, 2024: Dr. Sin receives SSHRC Insight Grant
Dr. Sin was awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant to support a new research project, entitled “Positive emotions and stress responses: An adult developmental perspective”