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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Rethinking Trauma, Memory, and Affect
Anika Saba from the Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies – Power, Conflict, and Ideas Theme discusses her research, her passion for the art of storytelling, and what brought her to UBCO
UBCO’s Killam Doctoral Scholarship Winners are Leading the Way with Innovative Research
From exploring music and machine learning to investigating new methods for diagnosing mild traumatic brain injury, the 2024/2025 UBCO Killam winners are conducting ground breaking research.
Meet Christopher Anderson
A Killam Doctoral Scholarship winner, Christopher Anderson is exploring machine learning and music.