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”
March 20, 2024: American Psychosomatic Society Conference in Brighton, UK
PhD student Nikki Stuart presented a talk at the APS conference on the links among sleep, stress, and cognitive function in daily life. Dr. Sin led a preconference workshop on equity, diversity, and inclusion in mentorship practices.
Gerontological Society of America Conference 2023
Our lab had a strong presence at GSA 2023 in Tampa, FL! Lydia Ong’s presentation was titled, “Age Differences in Everyday Discrimination and Cortisol Dynamic Range.” Jin Wen presented on the topic of “Does affective reactivity to interpersonal stressors during the day influence subsequent sleep that night?” Finally, Nikki Stuart gave a talk titled, “Daily stress and subjective cognition: A test of physical activity and age moderation.”
Dr. Sin interviewed on CBC about coping with daily stress, Sept 6, 2023
Dr. Sin spoke with host Michelle Eliot on BC Today about the impacts of daily stress on health and tips for coping with stress in daily life. You can watch a short video clip here: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2261512771987
The full episode is available through CBC Radio and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/OoZt-m434Qk?feature=shared&t=2347
Q&A: American Psychosomatic Society Antiracism Task Force, Jul 19, 2023
Dr. Nancy Sin was recently featured in a Q & A in the UBC Psychology News. In this Q & A, she describes the work that the American Psychosomatic Society’s Antiracism Task Force has done to implement antiracist policies in the organization. The task force published a paper to guide other organizations on practices to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Chasing Life on CNN, July 18, 2023
Dr. Nancy Sin was recently interviewed by Dr. Sanjay Gupta for his CNN podcast, Chasing Life. They chatted about the myth of the midlife crisis, stress and well-being during middle adulthood, and the unique challenges that Millennials face as we enter midlife. https://link.chtbl.com/g1OkKWZG
CPA 2023 Convention
Our lab made a presence at the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) 2023 Convention in Toronto! Our graduate students, Lydia Ong and Nikki Stuart, as well as our undergraduate lab members, Daria Hammond, Faith Vaughan, and Olive Huang, presented their posters during the convention and had an amazing time learning about research that is taking place across the country. Specifically, this was the first professional conference for our undergraduate lab members – congratulations!
Society for Ambulatory Assessment Conference
Earlier this June, Patrick Klaiber, who just completed his Ph.D. in our lab, gave a talk at the Society for Ambulatory Assessment 2023 Conference in Amsterdam! His talk was about the changes in daily event-related affective experiences due to COVID-19. Yay to Patrick!
Congratulations to Patrick!
Patrick Klaiber has successfully completed his dissertation entitled “Engaging in and responding to daily positive events: Roles of personality and age.” He passed the dissertation defence with flying colours and has completed all Ph.D. program requirements. Congrats, Dr. Klaiber!