Social / Personality

Prof. Michael Lee, Reg. OT, CPRRP

Prof. Michael Lee, Reg. OT, CPRRP

Professor of Teaching

Associate Head of Educational Affairs

youth mental health, adult mental health, campus mental health, university student wellbeing, higher education teaching and mental health, psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery, inclusive education, simulated clinical skill education,

Prof. Jiaying Zhao, PhD

Associate Professor

Poverty, sustainability, psychology, cognition, decision making, judgment, perception, attention, learning, sustainable development,

Shannon Bredin, PhD

Associate Professor

Human motor learning, expertise and development, physical education, teacher preparation and effectiveness

Ingrid Söchting

Clinical Assistant Professor

Common mental health problems, anxiety, depression, psychological trauma, psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, group cognitive behaviour therapy, panic attacks, mental illness

Martin Guhn, PhD

Assistant Professor

Wellbeing of children and youth, social determinants of developmental health, social and cultural community and neighborhood effects on child development, music and emotion

Dr. Lawrence Ward, AB, PhD

Dr. Lawrence Ward, AB, PhD

Professor

Cognitive/perceptual psychology, psychophysics, cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, stochastic resonance,

Frances Chen

Assistant Professor

social behaviour, relationships, social support, stress, coping, conflict and negotiation, social neuroscience, neurobiology, neuroendocrinology.

Rebecca Todd, PhD

Assistant Professor

Human cognition, emotional salience, attention, memory, neurogenetic influences on cognition, influence of genes and life experience on affective biases (Veterans and PTSD)

Michael Woodworth, PhD

Professor

Forensic psychology, psychopathy, deception detection, mental health, criminal behaviour, social media, language, computer-mediated communication research

Joanna Cheek

Clinical Instructor

Mindfulness, psychotherapy, psychosocial treatments, bipolar disorder

Anita DeLongis, PhD

Anita DeLongis, PhD

Professor

Marriage, family, stress, social support, relationships, pain, couples, arthritis, spinal cord injury, stepfamilies, chronic illness, work stress, virus

Amin Ghaziani, PhD

Amin Ghaziani, PhD

Associate Professor

Canada Research Chair in Sexuality and Urban Studies

LGBT issues, sexuality, gay and lesbian rights, gay communities, gay politics, gay neighbourhoods, queer politics, political infighting

Edward Kruk, MSW, PhD

Associate Professor

Child and family policy and practice, fatherhood and fathering, family mediation and conflict resolution, co-parenting after divorce, substance and other addictions, harm reduction

Shimi Kang, MD, FRCPC

Shimi Kang, MD, FRCPC

Clinical Associate Professor

Mental Health, Addiction, & Motivation Specialist

Medical Director, Child and Youth Mental Health, Vancouver Community

Psychiatry, mental health, parenting

Mark Haden, MSW

Mark Haden, MSW

Adjunct Professor

Drug policy, illegal drugs, regulation of illegal drugs, cannabis, marijuana, psychedelics, hallucinogens, heroin, cocaine, addiction, parenting children with addiction issues, opioids, fentanyl

Dr. Eli Puterman, PhD

Dr. Eli Puterman, PhD

Associate Professor

Health psychology, stress resiliency, physical activity interventions, life course adversity, cellular aging

Ashley Miller

Ashley Miller

Clinical Assistant Professor

Child and adolescent mental health, mood and anxiety disorders, family therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy for depression, mindful parenting, parenting, relationships, parental mental health, social determinants of health, school-based mental health, psychotherapy, emotion-focused therapies, physician wellness

Kerry Jang, PhD

Professor

Urban health, drug policy with regards to marijuana/cannabis, overdoses

Dr. Alec Beall, PhD

Dr. Alec Beall, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dating, Attraction, Relationships,

Nancy Sin, PhD

Nancy Sin, PhD

Assistant Professor

Stress, emotions, well-being, positive experiences, adult development and aging, gerontology, depression, health behaviours, cardiovascular disease, health psychology, mental illness