Lab Alumni

MICHELLE LIN, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

KEYA MALHOTRA, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

WENJING CAO, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

ZAHRA FALLAH, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Muhan Yang

Miranda Tsuyuki

Arell Bryski

KELLY YU, GRADUATE STUDENT

Before joining UBC as a health psychology graduate student, Kelly completed her B.S. in Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests are focused on cultural differences in the link between social support and health outcomes. She has investigated MIDUS (Midlife in the United States) and MIDJA (Midlife in Japan) data to examine support seeking and physiological and psychological outcomes.

YEEUN LEE, GRADUATE STUDENT

Prior to joining UBC as a health psychology graduate student, Yeeun received her M.A. in clinical psychology from Korea University. Broadly, her research focuses on the ways people pursue positive life outcomes (e.g., health and well-being) through prosociality and social connection. She has investigated the influence of prosocial (vs. non-prosocial) behaviors on health-related outcomes (e.g., stress reactivity, immune functioning, and sleep quality) and its psychological and physiological mechanisms, by employing a multi-method approach. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto.

ALEX SCHRAMM, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

BILAL AZIZ, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

CHRISTINE (YEON SOO) SEO, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

JACQUELINE NGUYEN, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

NINA EDWARDS, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

RACHEL HAMILTON, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

VALERIE FRIEDENBERG, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

WILLIAM DALGLEISH, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

CHELSEA MA, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Chassy Leong Ka See

Eden Anbar

Jenny Huang

Alyssa Truong

Naomi Moon

Kate Yoo

Ahad Zafar

Gagan Hothi

Luke Forrester

Cassidy Cardle

Cynthia Cui

Isaaca Wang

Joshua Costa

CLARINNE THAM, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

KATHLEEN REILLY, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

STEFANIE NG, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

ANNIE HAYWARD, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Xiaohan Lin

Reina Imai

Anaïs Charbonneau

Erica Qiu

Simi Di Paula

Matthew Tsui

Isabel Wilson

Jimmy Chokmeesuk

Justin Ryan

Megan Poulter

Pelin Dogdas

Sophia Porter

Isha Sacheti

Catherine Li

RACHEL LEE, LAB MANAGER AND WEBSITE COORDINATOR

PETER SUN, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

XINYI WANG, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

HALLIE LIU, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

ELAINE HU, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

TINA LI, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

YINGCHI GUO, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

GORKEM ATILLA, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

JAYANI MEHTA, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

KIEN NGUYEN, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

SABRINA GE, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

TIANQI PENG, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Linnan Zhou

Sophie Wensel

Miki Tsujiyama

Maggie Coval

Lior Torgeman

Natalie Lui

Priya Johal

DR. GU LI, POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Dr. Gu Li received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Cambridge. In the Social Health Lab, Gu worked on developing a brief psychological intervention that aimed to facilitate social integration and promote psychological well-being among first-year university students who identify as LGBTQ+. Gu is now an Assistant Professor Faculty Fellow at New York University Shanghai. You can find more about Gu's research here.

DR. ALEC BEALL, AFFILIATED POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Dr. Alec Beall received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 2016. His research is informed by contemporary perspectives in evolutionary psychology and generally focuses on short-term mating, sexual attraction, parenting, and goal-oriented human behavior more broadly. Alec is currently investigating the role of smartphone wallpaper in priming sustained motivations and attitudes. More information about Alec can be found here.

DR. CHRISTINE ANDERL, POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Christine is now a postdoctoral researcher in the Social Media Lab at the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM) in Tübingen/Germany where she investigates the benefits of professional social media use. Moreover, Christine is interested in developing and employing new methods to study the relationship between people’s online behaviours (e.g., social media use) and health-relevant outcomes (e.g., well-being, sleep quality) in the context of their natural environments, a line of work that she started in the Social Health Lab. In the Social Health Lab, she furthermore examined the short and long term effects of sex hormones in shaping social-affective functioning. More information about Christine can be found here.

MARLISE HOFER, GRADUATE STUDENT

Marlise is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Victoria in the Risky Behaviour Lab. Marlise received her PhD from UBC, studying the formation and maintenance of social relationships. In the Chen lab, she examined the hormonal and cognitive processes that underpin communication within relationships. More information about Marlise can be found here.

KIANA KIANPOOR, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

DAISY COUTURE, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

JOSEPH LIANG, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

JENNIFER PHAN, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

HANNAH ROSEN, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

YANA SVATKO, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

RACHEL SALTOUN, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

HEATHER FAULKNER, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

JANE CHEN, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

MIRANDA BAHNG, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Laya Alamdaran

Becky Bradley

Jolin Lin

Meihua Huang

Falla Jin

ANGELA KWAN, LAB MANAGER

KIANA MAEDA, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

MANDEE CHOW, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

JAMILE DE MEDEIROS E SILVA, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Christopher Calao

Annie Wang

Lily Yip

Misha Afzaal

Paul Xu

Hyun Su Lim

Chelzea Madia

Michelle Lam

Clarinne Tham

Nico Grossi

Wyatt Sloan

Faranak Ghorbani

Jessie Smith-Manchip

Keith Patena

Laine Jackart

Alex Ng

Sebastian Leon

Jennifer Angelucci

Trevor Kwan

Yihan Wang

Sherry Guo

Chi Zhang

Maya Ellison

Jalila Devji

Jean Dong

Christine Seo

Mij Santos

Angel Zhang

Hugh McCall

Wendy Li

Tania Hamidnejad

ASHLEY WHILLANS

Ashley Whillans received her PhD in Social Psychology at UBC in 2017. She is now an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School. You can find out more about Ashley’s research here.

CHELSEA CHRISTIE

Chelsea Christie received her MA in Health Psychology at UBC in 2017. She is now a PhD student in Public Health at the University of Calgary.

PATRICK KLAIBER

Patrick Klaiber was at UBC from 2016-17 as a Visiting International Research Student, supported by a research fellowship of the German National Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung). He is now a PhD student in the UPLIFT Lab in the UBC Psychology Department.

Hanne Collins

May Wang

Hugo Lam

Rebecca Pattyson

Sean Paredes

Ina Lin

Jessica Stewart

Christian Schlappner

Cristal Fan

Emma Ward-Griffin

Iris Lok

Ava Hamzeh

Daria Juck

Brandon Woo

Lotus Hanzi Zhang

Olivia Pink

Chanel Wood

Lisa Nakagawa

Ping Tomczyk

Erica Nye

Rachel Glassman

Carmen Ma

Jiyoung Han

Stephanie Yeh

Dylan Meng

Sarah Cheung

Laura Shepherd

Joey Poh

Katie Coopersmith

Ashley Clark

Claire Samii

Katie Sanford

Jake Mullan

Monica Vuong

Laura Jaibat

Harani Ramasamy

Shirley Bi

Nutkamon (Jan) Luesomboon

Oskar Op de Beke

Abigail Round

Haiyun (Winnie) Liang

Yimiao Gong

Maryam Baksh

Heather Herriot

Brian Baek

Wenqing Cai

Setareh Nourani

John Darby Cole

Laura Roy

Daniela Fignilli