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.
We are thrilled to share that our incredible lab director, Dr. Nancy Sin, has been named a 2025 Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). This prestigious distinction is awarded at various stages of a professional career in recognition of exceptional contributions across areas such as research, teaching, administration, public service, clinical practice, and meaningful participation in society.
Congratulations, Nancy—we’re so proud of you!
To read more about it, click here.
Our wonderful grad student, Nicole Stuart 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 involvement in the professional community. Congratulations Nikki!
We’re excited to share that PhD student Lydia recently gave a talk on age differences in savoring daily positive events at the Society for Ambulatory Assessment conference in Leuven, Belgium. While in Europe, she also visited lab alum Dr. Patrick Klaiber at Tilburg University, where she spent the day working with him and connecting with his students and colleagues!
We are delighted to announce that our Lab Director, Dr. Nancy Sin, has been honoured with the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). This prestigious award recognizes alumni who have achieved national or international distinction in their field and have made significant contributions to society.
As part of this recognition, Dr. Sin has been invited to present an award lecture at the upcoming UCR Psychology Departmental Conference this fall, where she will share insights from her research.
This honour underscores Dr. Sin’s exceptional contributions to the field of psychology and her continued commitment to advancing research in adult development and aging.
Congratulations, Nancy!
We’re thrilled to share that our lab manager and Directed Studies student, Kyra Gert, has been awarded the 2025 Morris Belkin Prize! This award recognizes outstanding undergraduate writing in psychology at UBC, and Kyra received it for her Directed Studies paper on the role of loneliness in working memory function across the adult lifespan. Congrats, Kyra!
We are so proud of lab alumni, Faith Trottier! UBC wrote about her academic journey here.
Faith will be attending graduate school in social work at the University of Manitoba this fall. Congrats, Faith!
Our lovely research assistant, Dabeen Hyun, recently shared her UBC experience and advice in an interview with UBC Psychology. You can read the interview here.
Lab alum, Mina Han, will be starting medical in the UBC Medical Program this fall. Congrats, Mina!
Kyra attended the Interdisciplinary Conference in Psychology (ICP) at the University of Ottawa. She presented a poster on her research examining the role of loneliness in working memory across the lifespan. Well done, Kyra!
