Carlotta Grünjes, M.Sc.
Carlotta is a visiting international research student from Bonn, Germany. She is in her third year of doctoral studies in developmental psychology. Her research focuses on possibilities to improve well-being among older adults through digital communication. Specifically, she is interested in finding out whether and under which circumstances digital communication can be beneficial for health and well-being in old age. Carlotta enjoys reading, going out for coffee with friends, hiking, and is excited to explore Vancouver.
Elizabeth (Ellie) Zambrano, M.A.
Ellie is in her third year of doctoral studies in Health Psychology. She is originally from Mexico, but is very excited to be exploring Canada. Her research interest are directed at healthy aging and how to improve quality of life for older adults. Specifically, she is interested in individual and partner factors (e.g., solitude or gratitude) that promote health behaviours (i.e., physical activity and nutrition) and well-being (i.e., daily affect).
Email: ezambrano@psych.ubc.ca
Hannah Tschenett, M.Sc.
Hannah is a visiting research student from the Stress and Health Lab (PI: Urs Markus Nater) at the University of Vienna, Austria. She is in her fourth year of her doctoral studies in Clinical and Health Psychology. Her research interests focus on how stress affects individuals’ health and how it can be managed in everyday life, particularly in the daily lives of different vulnerable populations (e.g., patients with chronic diseases). She mainly focuses on mind-body interventions like mindfulness-based activities, exploring their effects on self-rated as well as biological correlates of stress. During her research visit at UBC, she will specifically investigate how mindfulness and daily stress levels are interrelated in stroke survivor and spousal caregiver dyads in a micro-longitudinal experience sampling study.
Email: hannah.tschenett@univie.ac.at
Yoonseok Choi, M.A.
Yoonseok is in his fourth year of doctoral studies in Health Psychology. He completed his M.A. in Social Psychology at Sogang University, Korea, where he studied cross-cultural differences in the role of positive and negative affects in goal process. His current interests focus on 1) age differences in affect structure and its implication in emotional well-being; 2) sources of affect variability by looking into the role of both internal characteristics (e.g., personality, emotional ability, etc.) and external environments (e.g., different types of activity, social relationship, culture, etc.); and 3) diverse methods used to analyze intensive longitudinal data. Yoonseok received the Faculty of Arts Graduate Award for 2020.
Email: ychoi@psych.ubc.ca