UBC Psychology

Come be our colleague! Tenure track position with a focus on educational leadership!

Join our department! We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Teaching (Tenure-track), located at UBC's Vancouver campus, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2026. Apply by Oct 1, 2025. Learn more & apply: psych.ubc.ca/jobs. Please share!

Are you working on issues of replication and reproducibility of methodological research in psychology? Consider submitting a proposal to my call for papers, happy to chat about your ideas or answer any questions! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Even when discrimination isn’t overt, this belief subtly shapes which opportunities women are offered—and which they aren’t.

Student researchers in Dr. Kiran Soma's Lab

New research by Dr. Toni Schmader and her team offers insight into why women remain underrepresented in STEM: the persistent belief that men and women are “naturally” interested in different kinds of work. More: psych.ubc.ca/news/nature-...

A new study by Dr. @jkileyhamlin.bsky.social reveals that infants just five days old can tell the difference between two distinct forms of prosocial and antisocial behaviour—and they prefer the prosocial. Read more: bit.ly/3TTWZ5P

#SBN2025 was full of great science, people, and fun! Big thanks to @dr-stan.bsky.social and our students for helping organize!! 🥰

Read how UBC’s 2025/26 Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) is helping faculty integrate GenAI in their teaching, prompting deeper conversations about pedagogy, ethics, and the student experience in an increasingly AI-impacted world.

Associate professors of teaching and collaborators Dr. Kayli Johnson (chem.ubc.ca) and Dr. simonlolliot.bsky.social received a TLEF towards their project ‘GRASP: Using Generative AI to Efficiently Provide Space, Elaborative, Interleaving Formative Assessments’. bit.ly/4nWkRTX

We’re excited to welcome social-health psychologist @rosieshrout.bsky.social to our department! Dr. Shrout studies how couples’ stress affects their relationships and health. Dr. Shrout joins us for a Q&A to share her research and how she’s enjoying Vancouver: bit.ly/455AgtP

“These babies have almost no experience with the social world, and yet they’re already picking up on friendly versus unfriendly interactions, on helping versus hindering. That could be telling us something really important about human nature,” said Dr. @jkileyhamlin.bsky.social.

Human newborns spontaneously attend to prosocial interactions Nature Communications - Abilities to distinguish between prosocial and antisocial actions are crucial for sustaining cooperative systems. Here, the authors show that human newborns with just 5 days...

New paper! Here (in Nature Communications) we (Ale Geraci, Luca Surian, Lucia Gabriella Tina, & I; work led/run by Ale) show that 5-day-old newborns selectively attend to two distinct forms of prosocial over antisocial action: approaching versus avoiding and helping versus hindering.
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These investments will fund a number of psychology projects including the building of a large collaborative research network in social sciences, exploring if people keep certain political beliefs after they change their religion, and understanding of how stress shapes cognition. 🧠

Congratulations to these UBC Psychology researchers who received federal funding from SSHRC & NSERC as part of the Government of Canada's ongoing investment in advancing knowledge and innovation. 🇨🇦
Read more: bit.ly/3TyJkkt

♻️ @jiayingzhao.bsky.social and Jade Radke share their insights on increasing recycling rates through a green lottery, contributing to a circular economy and more refund options!

🔗https://theconversation.com/how-a-lottery-style-refund-system-could-boost-recycling-259896

@ubcpsych.bsky.social

How does a high sugar diet affect the developing brain? - Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH From milkshakes to soda, cookies to donuts—modern life is undeniably sweet. But can this lifestyle affect the brain even before birth?  The health risks

From milkshakes to soda, cookies to donuts—modern life is undeniably sweet. But could this sugary lifestyle shape the brain before birth?

New animal research from @kiransoma.bsky.social's lab suggests the answer is yes. Read more about how sugar may affect the developing brain here:

Congratulations to the authors Dr. Désirée Seib, @minseonjung.bsky.social and Dr. @kiransoma.bsky.social!

Thank you so much for this lovely award!! Congrats to Prof. Desiree Seib and @minseonjung.bsky.social

We're thrilled to officially welcome Dr. @rosieshrout.bsky.social as Assistant Professor!

#JNeurosci: Findings from Jenni, Bercovici, and @dr-stan.bsky.social‬ provide novel insight into the functional contribution that mOFC–BLA and PL interactions make to distinct processes that shape decision-making in situations of reward uncertainty in rats.
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Wave after wave of plankton form base of marine food webs. As seasons shift "life may slow down but doesn't stop," says #UBCOceans Dr. Anna McLaskey @ubcpelagic.bsky.social @eoas.ubc.ca @science.ubc.ca #OceanIdioms

oceans.ubc.ca/ocean-idioms/

Looking for an elective that’s equally fascinating and practical? Whether you’re in the sciences, health, education, business, or arts, PSYC 101 & 102 will help you understand human behaviour and why we do the things that we do. 🧠

See what PSYC 101 and 102 has to offer: psych.ubc.ca/courses

The CPA's Satellite Conference at UBC November 14-15 will be our first to dive deeply into a single pressing topic.

This first annual Satellite Conference will be focused on AI in Psychology. Abstract submissions and registration are both now open, abstract deadline June 20th!
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Delivering AI’s promise of better health care - UBC News Jump-started by a $22.5 million gift, UBC’s new AI and Health Network is deploying powerful artificial intelligence tools to drive health system innovation and improve patient care.

🎉 The UBC #AI and Health Network launched today.🎉

Jump-started by a $22.5 million gift, the network brings together researchers, clinicians and health system partners to apply Canadian-made AI solutions to the challenges facing patients and health systems.

news.ubc.ca/2025/06/deli...

Want a couple of electives to think about in preparation for registration? Whether you’re in the sciences, medicine, education, business or arts, PSYC 101 and 102 will help you understand human behaviour and why we do the things that we do. Learn more: psych.ubc.ca/courses/

Dog-sled going past the Le Château Montebello.

Main public room in Le Château Montebello decorated for Christmas. The building is the world's largest "log cabin".

Le Château Montebello is situated on the banks of the Ottawa river, separating Quebec and Ontario.

Group photo the school of 2018 at the Winter school on the Neuroscience of Consciousness

CIFAR invites applications for senior PhD and postdocs to participate in the Neuroscience of Consciousness Winter School, held in Montebello, Canada Dec 10-12, 2025. The Winter School is hosted by members of CIFAR’s Brain, Mind, and Consciousness program. Please repost.
cifar.ca/next-generat... 🧠🧪

New research by @christineou.bsky.social and @stevenheine.bsky.social found how much sleep you need per night appears to be set by cultural norms, via @thetyee.ca

Prediction of Mental Health Complications Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury | Journal of Neurotrauma Prognostic models can support prevention of mental health complications after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). The present study aimed to identify risk factors and develop prognostic model(s) for m...

*New publication*: Prediction of mental health complications following mild traumatic brain injury. Work led by graduate student Shuyuan Shi @ubcpsych.bsky.social.
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Want a couple of electives to think about in preparation for registration? Whether you’re in the sciences, medicine, education, business or arts, PSYC 101 and 102 will help you understand human behaviour and why we do the things that we do. Learn more: psych.ubc.ca/courses/

📢 Applications are now open for the 2025–26 Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies!

Enhance your UBC degree with a specialization in migration and mobilities studies.
🗓️ Application deadline: June 23, 2025

Learn more & apply: migration.ubc.ca/graduate-stu...