🎉 Join us in congratulating Marta on becoming the latest Master of Sex (Research)! 🎓
🌟 We are thrilled to celebrate her successful defense of her master’s thesis, titled “Comparing Associations between Sexual Function, Sexual Distress, and Psychological Symptoms in Women with and without Sexual Function Difficulties.” 📚✨ Marta’s ground-breaking research sheds light on the intricate connections between sexual function, distress, and psychological well-being in women using network analysis. 🥂 […]
We are very excited to share that two SWell lab members won People’s Choice Poster Awards at the Women’s+ Health Trainee Research Conference last month!
🏆 MA student Erin Fitzpatrick presented “Bedtime battles and bedroom bliss: Infant temperament and sleep are linked with new parent couples’ sexual and romantic relationships”! 🏆 Honorary SWell lab grad student Vasia Karasavva presented “Image-based sexual abuse as a form of gendered violence”!Woohoo Erin and Vasia, so well deserved!
On June 24, our Lab Director, Dr. Samantha Dawson, was awarded with the CPA President’s New Researcher Award! 🌟🏆
🌟 On June 24, 2023, our marvelous Lab Director, Dr. Samantha Dawson, will be honored with the esteemed Canadian Psychological Association’s President’s New Researcher Award for her compelling research on identifying risk and protective factors contributing to individuals’ and couples’ sexual health and well-being! 🌟🏆 🌟 This prestigious recognition is a testament to Dr. Dawson’s […]
🌟 We are thrilled to announce two recent awards from the Society for Sex Therapy and Research @sstarsociety received by current and former grad students in the lab. 🌟
💫 First year MA student, Kiarah O’Kane, won best student poster for their work examining sexual myth endorsement and knowledge sharing via @misconsexions with @thephaselab. 💫 Former MA student, Sonia Milani, won best empirical poster for her MA research in the lab focused on validating a novel online alternative to eye tracking for sex research. 💫 Congrats Kiarah […]
The UBC Womens+ Health Trainee Research Conference took place virtually on June 14th, from 9 am to 12:30 pm!
It was a multidisciplinary conference, providing an opportunity for trainees in women’s+ health research to showcase their work. We had 3 lab members representing the SWell lab! ⏰ Erin found that parents’ reports of greater difficulty caring for and soothing their child, as well as poorer infant sleep quality, were each linked with poorer sexual […]
It was that time of the year again!
We invited everyone to join us for the second annual BC Sexual Health Networking Event, co-hosted by UBC Sexual Health Research (@ubcshr), the Psychology, Health, and Sexuality Lab (@thephaselab), and the SWell Lab! EIGHT of our incredible team members presented at this year’s event, with topics covering: 🧑❤️🧑 Self-compassion and couples’ sexuality💦 Sexual pleasure🔥 Sexual […]
🏆Our amazing Lab Director, Dr. Samantha Dawson, received the Early Career Researcher Lectureship Award from the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting, May 23-26, 2023 in Montebello, Quebec.
👩🍼This nominated award recognizes Dr. Dawson as one of the most prominent early career researchers in perinatal health in Canada. She will travel to Quebec to present her program of research on perinatal sexuality on May 25th, 2023. This work would not be possible without her incredible collaborator and mentor Dr. Natalie Rosen (@cashlab), as […]
🌟 Exciting Announcement! 🌟 Grad student, Kiarah, competed in the Western Regional Final of the prestigious 3MT competition!
In 2020, Kiarah provided insights from the initial study conducted by @swell.lab, offering intriguing findings on the endorsement of sexuality myths. The data presented shed light on various aspects, such as identifying individuals who are more inclined to endorse these myths about sex and exploring the connections between myth endorsement and outcomes related to sexuality […]
Three of our amazing graduate students presented at the Society for Sex Therapy & Research’s (SSTAR) 48th Annual Hybrid Meeting!
Our very own PI, Dr. Samantha Dawson is the scientific co-chair for this year’s conference alongside Dr. Kristen Mark! Here is a little sneak-peek into the research we presented: ⭐️ Marta T. Kolbuszewska, BA (she/her): We examined associations between facets of sexual function, sexual distress, and psychological symptoms in women with and without sexual function […]