John Templeton Foundation
2021 – Large Grants
Slingerland, Edward (Philosophy)
Exploring the Cultural Evolution of Religion Employing a Large-Scale, Quantitative-Qualitative Historical Database
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
2021
Hammerly, Christopher (Linguistics)
The experimental linguistics and fieldwork lab
Silverberg, Noah (Psychology)
Persistent symptoms after concussion: psychological mechanisms and treatment
Werker, Janet (Psychology)
Ensuring full literacy in a multicultural and digital world
2020
Knox, Sara (Geography)
Integrated Greenhouse Gas Research and Observations in Wetlands (iGROW)
Rosenblum, Daisy (Anthropology)
Centre for Community Engaged Documentation and Research
Schwartz, Naomi (Geography)
Facilities for the Geospatial Ecology of Landscapes Laboratory
Soskuthy, Marton (Linguistics)
The Origins of Patterns in Speech Lab
Speller, Camilla (Anthropology)
Establishing an Ancient DNA and Protein (ADαPT) Facility at UBC
Werker, Janet (Psychology)
Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and Digital World
Michael Smith Health Research BC
2021 Post-Doctoral Fellowship
LeMoult, Joelle (Psychology)
Fellow: Katerina Rnic
A randomized controlled trial of a cognitive control intervention for women with major depressive disorder
Menzies, Charles R. (Anthropology)
Fellow: Megan Muller
Building on the strengths of first responders as a critical first point of contact: improving emergency care in remote Indigenous communities
2021
Dawson, Samantha (Psychology)
Couples' perinatal sexual health and well-being
Kerns, Connor Morrow (Psychology)
Defining and detecting traumatic events and symptoms in autism
2020
Kim, Eric (Psychology)
Characterizing the psychological and social predictors of increased preventive service use
Sin, Nancy (Psychology)
Stress resilience across the adult lifespan: linking dynamic day-to-day protective factors to aging and health
Mitacs Inc.
2022
Cutler, Frederick (Political Science)
Student: Rohil Sharma
Information in the democratic deficit: understanding Canadian civic engagement through a new digital platform
2021
Hassan, Marwan (Geography)
Student: Elli Papangelakis
Evaluation of geomorphic assessment methods and geomorphic performance of river restoration designs in mountain streams in British Columbia
Kingstone, Alan (Psychology)
Student: Jacob Gerlofs
Efficacy of mental well-being interventions provided by CheckingIn, a smart device application
Lemieux, Victoria (School of Information)
Students:
Sadaf Ahmadbeigi
Trusted Records in Tapestry Approach
Scott Chu
Evaluation of a blockchain-based identity management system: anexploratory multiple case study approach
Anisha Kaur Dhillon
Developing a holistic information security governance framework for a decentralized system: guiding information security governance for a blockchain-based and 'opioid harm reduction' informed solution enabling the secondary use of data
Mateusz Faltyn
Blockchain financial and risk modeling with tensor decompositions and deep learning for institutional investors
Ali Farahbakhsh
Analyzing decentralized identity management based on distributed ledger technology
Keenan Federico
Information literacy and blockchain technology
Amirreza Ghasemi
Development of a Blockchain-enabled privacy-preserving solution to enhance opioid prevention and senior care applications
Remy Hellstern
The implications of blockchain technology on privacy, regulation, and privacy policy
Niusha Moshrefi
An optimized relay for interoperating between ledgers
Woody, Sheila R. (Psychology)
Student: Persephone Larkin
Efficacy of harm reduction approaches to hoarding in social housing
2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Hassan, Marwan (Geography)
Fellow: David L. Adams
How much room for the river? Balancing societal and environmental targets in river management and restoration
Marshall, Sheila (School of Social Work)
Fellow: Sokyee Low
Evaluation of the implementation at scale of a public health intervention to promote social and emotional development in the early years in British Columbia
2021
Soma, Kiran (Psychology)
Student: Melody Salehzadeh
Mass spectrometry imaging of glucocorticoids in the mouse thymus
Speller, Camilla (Anthropology)
Student: Fabricio Rauan Garcia Fumi
Impact of industrial whaling: scale, ecological and evolutionary legacies
2020
Chapman, Mary (English)
Student: Sydney Lines
Research and training in public humanities
Cheong, Amanda (Sociology)
Student: Jing Li
Unpacking birth tourism
Creighton, Millie (Anthropology)
Student: Basant Ahmed Sayed
Tabulating bibliographies related to Japan/East Asian connections (student RA-ship)
Laffin, Christina (Asian Studies)
Student: Haley Blum
Educating with flowers: plant anthropomorphism in Otogizoshi
Mikami, Amori (Psychology)
Student: Adri Khalis
The intersection between social media use and psychopathology
Moon, Seok Min (Vancouver School of Economics)
Student: Amirhossein Tavakoli
Corporate concentration, investment, and labour demand
Murphy, Anne (Asian Studies)
Student: Jelena Todorovic
History, from page to stage, with the interdisciplinary histories research cluster
Palombo, Daniela (Psychology)
Student: Aria Petrucci
Engagement in a virtual world
Thobani, Sunera (Asian Studies)
Student: Sai Diwan
Online representation of COVID-19 (India)
Canada 150 Research Chairs
The Canada 150 Research Chairs Program, announced in 2017, invests $117.6 million to enhance Canada’s reputation as a global centre for science, research and innovation excellence, in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary. It provides Canadian institutions with a one-time investment to attract top-tier, internationally based scholars and researchers to Canada.
Faculty of Arts Active Canada 150 Chairholder
Shariff, Azim (Psychology)
Canada 150 Research Chair in Moral Psychology
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
2021 Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral Award
Rankin, Catharine H. (Psychology)
Fellow: Lexis Kepler
Investigation into molecular pathway dynamics underlying sensory processing and habituation learning impairments in Autism spectrum disorder using C. elegans
2020 Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral Award
Winstanley, Catharine (Psychology)
Fellow: Brett Hathaway
Investigating the role of the orbitofrontal cortex in establishing inflexible patterns of risky behaviour on a rodent assay of cue-enhanced risky decision making
2021
Galea, Liisa (Psychology)
JEDI+ Working Group Co-Chair and Sex and Gender Champion for BC Support Unit
Kim, Eric (Psychology)
Life satisfaction and physical health: Identifying underlying mediators and characterizing key moderators
Richardson, Lindsey (Sociology)
The ASSET study: assessing economic transitions and their impacts on health and well-being
Silverberg, Noah (Psychology)
Graded Exposure Therapy for Fear Avoidance Behaviour (GET FAB) after concussion
2020
Galea, Liisa (Psychology)
Motherhood and brain aging: the effects of hormone therapy, immune and metabolic challenges later in life
Snyder, Jason (Psychology)
Tau pathology and circuit vulnerability in the hippocampal memory system
2020 Team Grant: More Years / Better Lives
Milligan, Kevin (Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research (CIDER))
Unequal ageing: life-expectance, care needs and reforms to the welfare state