RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Muhan Yang
Miranda Tsuyuki
Arell Bryski
Alice Erchov
Matthew Mosher
Sarvenaz Oloomi
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.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
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
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
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
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
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.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Laya Alamdaran
Becky Bradley
Jolin Lin
Meihua Huang
Falla Jin
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Christopher Calao
Annie Wang
Lily Yip
Misha Afzaal
Paul Xu
Hyun Su Lim
Chelzea Madia
Michelle Lam
Clarinne Tham
Nico Grossi
Wyatt Sloan
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
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.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
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
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
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
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
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
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Wenqing Cai
Setareh Nourani
John Darby Cole
Laura Roy
Daniela Fignilli