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Introducing the 2025 UBC Okanagan Postdoctoral Fellowship Winners: Dr. Sarvenaz Heirani Moghaddam and Dr. Seth McCarthy

Introducing the 2025 UBC Okanagan Postdoctoral Fellowship Winners: Dr. Sarvenaz Heirani Moghaddam and Dr. Seth McCarthy

Dr. Sarvenaz Heirani Moghaddam, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, explores gamification in stroke recovery and Dr. Seth McCarthy, Faculty of Health and Social Development, investigates how exercise can reduce inflammation in the body.

Meet Dr. Seth McCarthy

Meet Dr. Seth McCarthy

Dr. McCarthy, winner of the 2025 UBC Okanagan Postdoctoral Fellowship, focuses on how exercise can be used to reduce the levels of inflammation in our body

Meet Dr. Sarvenaz Heirani Moghaddam

Meet Dr. Sarvenaz Heirani Moghaddam

Dr. Sarvenaz Heirani Moghaddam, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, brings her expertise in robotics and virtual reality to stroke rehabilitation research.

Vanier Scholar Lindsay DuPré, Image courtesy of sweetmoon photography

Family Research Team Extends the Boundaries of Knowledge

Lindsay DuPré, Vanier Scholar and PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies – Indigenous Knowledges Theme, demonstrates how intergenerational research teams can help protect and adapt Indigenous Knowledge

Researchers Captivate the Audience at UBC Okanagan’s Twelfth Annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

Researchers Captivate the Audience at UBC Okanagan’s Twelfth Annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

We had a wonderful Wednesday evening celebrating graduate student research at our twelfth annual Three Minute Thesis Competition! To start off the night, Dr. Jelena Komanchuk, winner of the Michael Smith Health Research BC and UBC Okanagan Postdoctoral Fellowships, shared her talk “Sleep health inequities for children in foster and kinship care.” Using the tool […]

Meet Nathan Adams

Meet Nathan Adams

Developing an inclusive language media guide for sedentary behaviour and spinal cord injury.

Psychology Student First to Win “Canada Graduate Scholarship to Honour Nelson Mandela” at UBC Okanagan

Psychology Student First to Win “Canada Graduate Scholarship to Honour Nelson Mandela” at UBC Okanagan

Amané Halicki-Asakawa, Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology student, is the first student at UBC Okanagan to win the Canada Graduate Scholarship to Honour Nelson Mandela. Learn more about her graduate student journey.

Engineering a cleaner future from the ground up

Engineering a cleaner future from the ground up

The post Engineering a cleaner future from the ground up appeared first on UBC Okanagan News.

How do sleep, infant feeding, and the gut microbiome impact infant health?

How do sleep, infant feeding, and the gut microbiome impact infant health?

Mahtab Matin, Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing student, discusses her interdisciplinary research, her pathway to graduate school, and her passion for community-engaged research.

Announcing the Inaugural Exeter – UBCO Sustainability & Resilience Partnership: Visiting Research Student Fellowship

UBC Okanagan is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural competition for the Exeter – UBCO Sustainability & Resilience Partnership – Visiting Research Student Fellowship.