Saying bye to Visiting Scholar, Lucas Haraped!
Lucas is returning to Austria to complete his PhD after spending 6 months with us in Vancouver. Lucas is an exceptional lab member and overall wonderful person, and we look forward to seeing you again. Auf Wiedersehen!
Leilani named a UBC Public Scholar
Our very own grad student, Leilani Forby, has been featured by the UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies as she was recently named a Public Scholar at UBC. Check out the story here: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/forby-leilani
BAR Lab Retreat
On August 15th, 12 alumni from the BAR Lab were invited to speak about their non-academic career journeys after finishing their PhDs. Thanks to the alumni for sharing their experiences!
Congratulations to Natalie Brown for new research funding!
Natalie is a co-applicant on two new awards, the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Innovation and Translation Research Award ($75,000) and the Health Innovation Funding Investment Awards ($25,000)! This funding is for the project “Application of Virtual Reality and Concurrent Psychoeducation to Address Vaginismus: Fear of Sexual Activity.” She received this award alongside Dr. Lori […]
Congrats to Han-Jiun Ke!
Han-Jiun received the Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program (FoM SSRP) via the Lillian and Thomas Embling Memorial Endowment Fund and Interior Health Authority this summer. Great job!
BAR Lab in the press!
New interview featuring work done by our very own Dr. Alan Kingstone and Dr. Veronica Dudarev, “Why wearing sunglasses is more than just cool? The social power of concealing your eyes from others.” You can find the article here: https://psych.ubc.ca/news/looking-patterns-in-the-presence-of-people/
Introducing new lab member Thomas!
Thomas Robert joined the lab in late May. His favourite activities include eating, looking around, and napping with his older brother Teddy. Huge congratulations to Nicki and Mark!!
Congratulations to Olive Huang for receiving the Quinn Research Assistantship!
Olive received the Quinn to conduct research with the BAR Lab for the summer of 2022.
Upcoming conference: Understanding Vision
The Understanding Vision Conference is happening on June 24th, 2022. There is still time to register to join the events which are open to all. The schedule can be found online here. Two of the guest speakers will be our very own Alan and Walter! For more information, please visit the Understanding Vision Conference website: […]