Dr. Frances Chen and Julia Nakamura received an SSHRC Insight Grant!
Along with Dr. Felix Cheung and Elizabeth Chan (University of Toronto) and Yeeun Lee (Trinity Western University), they will be studying prosociality “in the wild,” in order to understand the benefits and trade-offs of prosocial engagement in everyday life.
Congratulations to our Winter 2023-2024 graduates!
Thank you so much for your invaluable contributions to the lab; we will miss you! We wish you all the best for your future endeavours! Several of our lab members and recent lab alum will be continuing in graduate programs, including: Marisa Nelson: Graduate studies in the Department of Psychology at UBC Sarvenaz Oloomi: Graduate […]
Yeeun Archer Lee’s research using prosocial behavior to address social disconnection was published in the Journal of Happiness Studies
Yeeun’s research, conducted while at UBC, found that a daily kind gesture, such as inviting a stranger to skip ahead of you in line or running an errand for a friend, can reduce feelings of loneliness and improve mental health. To learn more, see the University of Toronto’s reporting on the study. Read the full […]
SHL at PURC 2024
Three lab members presented their research from the Social Health Lab at PURC 2024! Marisa Nelson presented “Better Together? Exploring How Social Network Connections at the Group Level Relate to Well-Being,” Nicolas Zhu presented “The Interaction Between Menarche and Oral Contraceptive Use in Female Depression Risk,” and Nicholas Latimer presented “Assessing Emotion Recognition Deficits in […]
Yeeun Archer Lee and Frances Chen presented at SPSP 2024
Dr. Yeeun Archer Lee and Dr. Frances Chen co-chaired a symposium on addressing social disconnection at SPSP 2024 in San Diego, California! The speakers at the symposium presented research on the negative health impacts of social disconnection and addressed evidence-based interventions to mitigate loneliness and social isolation. Yeeun Archer Lee presented “A Prosociality-Focused Intervention to […]
Charlotte Roddick was interviewed on CTV Morning Live by host Keri Adams about the health risks of loneliness
Charlotte discussed the effects of loneliness and social isolation on physical and mental health, as well as the groups who are most affected by loneliness. She provided tips for people who live alone or who might be feeling lonely. Charlotte explained that loneliness is as much of a health risk as other well-known factors such […]