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Hello friends! I am partnering with the Zur Institute to offer a 3-hour training on January 16 (CE credits available) titled: "Understanding Suicide to Prevent Suicide: A Deeper Dive". Please consider joining or spreading the word. Would love to see you there!

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December 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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“The Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards will provide 600 doctoral scholarships and 400 postdoctoral research awards... Doctoral scholarships are valued at $40,000 per year for three years, and postdoctoral research awards at $70,000 per year for two years.”
December 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Welcome to Vancouver and UBC! We’re excited to have you @milanium.bsky.social!
milanium.bsky.social Milan Valyear @milanium.bsky.social · 10d
en route to Vancouver. thrilled to start my lab @psych.ubc.ca @arts.ubc.ca and join the @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social - doors open Jan 2026. it's great to be back, 🇨🇦.
December 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to support the project “Building a Network of Networks in the Big Team Social Sciences" @connect-btss.bsky.social

Learn more & apply: psych.ubc.ca/job-opportun...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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UBC Psychology Majors are invited to a Strategic Planning Meeting for undergraduate students. We’d love to hear what’s important to you, what’s working well, and what could be improved! Learn more and RSVP: psych.ubc.ca/events/event...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Amori Mikami and Dr. Joan Ongchoco who received funding through the B.C. Knowledge Development Fund to support their research projects!

More: psych.ubc.ca/news/bckdf-2...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... Nice work by Cecilia Jalabert and Megan Liu, former graduate students in my lab! 🎉👍🏾
Estrogen profiling in blood and brain: Effects of season and an aggressive interaction in a songbird
Neuroestrogens are synthesized in the brain and regulate social behavior and cognition. In the song sparrow (Melospiza melodia), 17β-estradiol (17β-E2) promotes aggression, even during the non-breedin...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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New online-first in the journal Canadian Psychology:

Canadian Psychological Association’s comment on Faber et al.’s (2023) “Lions at the gate: How weaponization of policy prevents people of colour from becoming professional psychologists in Canada”

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December 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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2025 Wrapped: Highlights of UBC Psychology. Take a look some of our moments and highlights that made this year shine! Read on: psych.ubc.ca/news/2025-wr...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Our latest: A mouse model of early sporadic tau pathology induces neurogenic plasticity in the hippocampus

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A hippocampal slice showing adult-born neurons expressing RFP and the lateral perforant path expressing Tau and GFP.
December 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Apply by December 24, 2025.
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Work with us! We're inviting applications for Sessional Lecturers to teach courses in Winter Session Term 1 (Sep-Dec 2026), Winter Session Term 2 (Jan-Apr 2027) and Winter Session Term 1 – 2 (Sep 2026-Apr 2027). See courses below!

Apply: psych.ubc.ca/job-opportun...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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In this episode, Dr. Daisy Singla joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social to discuss the SUMMIT trial, talk therapy, and how task-sharing and telemedicine can change perinatal mental health.

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December 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Work with us! We're inviting applications for Sessional Lecturers to teach courses in Winter Session Term 1 (Sep-Dec 2026), Winter Session Term 2 (Jan-Apr 2027) and Winter Session Term 1 – 2 (Sep 2026-Apr 2027). See courses below!

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December 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Queen's University in Kingston is hiring a Queen's University National Scholar (QNS) Senior Faculty Position in Social and/or Affective Neuroscience, Department of Psychology

Closing date: 2026/01/30

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December 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Check out the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health's 2024-2025 Annual Report to learn more about the highlights and achievements from our faculty, trainees and staff over the past year: www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/annual-repor...
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to @evanthompson.bsky.social and @kiransoma.bsky.social for being newly named Distinguished University Scholars, one of UBC’s highest honours for faculty excellence. 👏 @ubcphilosophy.bsky.social @psych.ubc.ca

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Arts faculty named 2025 Distinguished University Scholars - Faculty of Arts
Dr. Evan Thompson (Philosophy) and Dr. Kiran Soma (Psychology) have been named Distinguished University Scholars, one of UBC’s highest honours for faculty excellence.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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A University of Regina researcher is looking for caregivers (e.g., family, friends) in Canada who are supporting long-term care residents to participate in a study evaluating an online mental health program to improve caregivers' mental well-being. #ParticipateInResearch
Are you a family member or friend providing care support for a long-term care resident? YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO COMPLETE A STUDY INVOLVING AN ONLINE INTERVENTION! THIS STUDY INVOLVES: Receiving up to $75. A Zoom session to see if you are eligible. Four self-report questionnaires about your mental well-being and caregiver experience, expected to take less than two hours. Participation in a 45-minute online intervention. An optional follow-up interview over Zoom. For more information about this study and to see if you are eligible, please contact the primary researcher at Briana.DeRoo@uregina.ca This project is supervised by Dr. Natasha Gallant (Natasha.Gallant @uregina.ca). This study has been reviewed and received approval through the Research Ethics Board at the University of Regina.
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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In partnership with UBC's Department of Psychiatry, we are excited to be recruiting for a CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Cognitive Resilience for Dementia Prevention and Mental Wellness in Aging.

Learn more: med-fom-psychiatry-sandbox2019.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/1...
December 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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GIF THREAD ALERT – With pleasure, we present our @SfNJournals #JNeurosci article www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4... by my grad student Jackson Schumacher and former post doc Mieke Van Holstein
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December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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In our new episode, Dr. Gina Ogilvie explains HPV, vaccination, self-collection, vaccine hesitancy, and global health equity.

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December 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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We're excited to announce three new psychology mini-schools as part of the UBC Future Global Leaders program!

Read about our mini-schools and meet the instructors: psych.ubc.ca/news/fgl-min...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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UBC Psychology research on how ADHD misinformation on TikTok is shaping young adults’ perceptions and how lottery-style bottle returns could transform recycling are included on the top 15 list! news.ubc.ca/2025/12/15-w...
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Congratulations to Drs. Kiran Soma and Terry Snutch on being named 2025 Distinguished University Scholars! This award recognizes members of UBC faculty who have distinguished themselves as exceptional scholars and achieved recognition as leaders in their field.
Drs. Kiran Soma and Terry Snutch named Distinguished University Scholars - Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH
Congratulations to Drs. Kiran Soma and Terry Snutch on being named 2025 UBC Distinguished University Scholars! Dr. Kiran Soma, a professor in UBC’s
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December 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. @kiransoma.bsky.social, who has been named a 2025 Distinguished University Scholar! psych.ubc.ca/news/kiran-soma-distinguished-university-scholar
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December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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UBC seeks a CRC Tier 2 Chair in cognitive resilience for dementia prevention within Psychiatry and DMCBH supporting research teaching and inclusive leadership.

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Assistant / Associate Professor: Cognitive Resilience
UBC seeks a CRC Tier 2 Chair in cognitive resilience for dementia prevention within Psychiatry and DMCBH supporting research teaching and inclusive leadership
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December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM