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Welcome to The Social Health Lab!
 

In our lab, we seek to understand the obstacles that people face while making friends and seeking social support from loved ones, and the health consequences of loneliness and interpersonal conflict. We are developing interventions to promote social connection, with the goal of making a positive impact on people’s health and well-being. Information about our ongoing research projects can be found here.


Dr. Chen is currently accepting applications from prospective graduate students. More information can be found here.

Lab News

Yeeun Archer Lee successfully defended her PhD Her dissertation was entitled, “Prosocial Behaviour as an Antidote to Daily Social Disconnection.” Congratulations, Dr. Archer Lee! We will miss you and wish you all the best in your new postdoctoral position at the University of Toronto.

SHL at PURC 2023! Keya Malhotra, Wenjing Cao, Cassidy Cardle, Luke Forrester, Jiayi Li, Nicholas Latimer, Isaaca Wang, Alice Erchov, Joshua Costa, and Linda Wang represented the lab at UBC’s Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC).

Julia Nakamura and Frances Chen were awarded a research grant from the Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC BC) This grant was focussed on addressing knowledge gaps in BC’s community social services sector.

Nicholas Latimer represented the lab at UBC’s Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) His presentation was entitled “The Association Between Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Symptoms of Psychopathology.”

Charlotte Roddick presented her research at the American Psychosomatic Society (APS) 80th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico Her presentation was entitled “Effects of Chronic and Acute Loneliness on High-Frequency Heart Rate Variability: Moderation by Biological Sex.”

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Social Health Lab
Vancouver Campus
2136 West Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel 604 822 9557
Fax 604 822 6923
Email socialhealthlab@psych.ubc.ca
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