SHL at PURC 2025
Eight of our lab members presented their research from the Social Health Lab at PURC 2025: Anushka Gulani presented “To Help or Not to Help: Understanding the Relationship Between Loneliness and Perceived Effort of Acts of Kindness.” Anushka was awarded a PURC Top Oral Presentation Award. Congratulations Anushka! Ariya Kosavisutte presented “Exploring Moderators in the […]
Dr. Frances Chen was awarded a TLEF grant
Dr. Chen has received funding from the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund to support a new project, “Facilitating Student Success in the Psychology Major: Focus on the PSYC 217-218 Transition.” In collaboration with instructors and students in these courses, Dr. Chen plans to create a set of resources, tools, and strategies to help students overcome […]
Yeeun Archer Lee and Julia Nakamura presented at SPSP 2025
Dr. Yeeun Archer Lee (Assistant Professor at Trinity Western University and lab alumna) chaired a symposium entitled, “Social Well-being Across Time and Space” at SPSP 2025 in Denver, Colorado! The speakers at the symposium presented research on how multiple dimensions of social well-being – social support, loneliness, and prosociality – unfold across time and space. […]
Dr. Frances Chen and Julia Nakamura’s research was featured in a UBC Faculty of Arts Q&A series
In the Q&A, Frances and Julia discuss their SSHRC-funded project, Prosociality “in the Wild”: Understanding the benefits and trade-offs of prosocial engagement in everyday life, as well as the impact they hope to have on public health guidelines, and their favourite ways to practice kindness. Read more here: Helping others is good for our health. […]
New Study Explores the Benefits of Near-Infrared Light in Indoor Environments
Charlotte Roddick and colleagues have published new research in the Journal of Environmental Psychology on the effects of adding near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths to indoor lighting on health, mood, and cognition. Charlotte’s research, conducted in collaboration with a large interdisciplinary team led by Dr. Lorne Whitehead from the UBC Sustainability Solutions Applied Physics Laboratory, found that […]