Lab Leadership

Sarah Kraeutner, PhD (she/her)
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
the University of British Columbia – Okanagan
& Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
BSc (H) Psychology,
University of Victoria
MSc Psychology & Neuroscience,
Dalhousie University
PhD Psychology & Neuroscience,
Dalhousie University
Fellowship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (Brain Behaviour Lab, the University of British Columbia – Vancouver)

Mallory Coish
Research Assistant
Mallory assists with day-to-day lab administration and study coordination.
BSc (Hons) Psychology
the University of British Columbia – Okanagan

Sowmya Gopalakrishnan
Research Technician
Sowmya is responsible for the day-to-day management and pipeline development of projects involving motion capture.
BSc Kinesiology
the University of British Columbia – Vancouver
Research Team

Alisha Davis
MA/PhD-track Psychological Sciences
UBC – Okanagan Campus, incoming 2022
BSc Microbiology & Psychology, UBC
Hometown: Lake Country, Canada

Parres Holliday
BSc Psychology
Department of Psychology
UBC – Okanagan Campus
UBCO Women’s Varsity Volleyball
Hometown: Calgary, Canada

Tarri Jessey
BSc Honours Psychology & Biology
Department of Psychology
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Hometown: Calgary, Canada

Sara Klick
BSc Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Department of Biology
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Hometown: West Kelowna, Canada

Beier Lin
NIMBL Volunteer
BA Psychology, Anthropology
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Hometown: Shenyang, China

Sharfenaz Mahabub
BA Psychology
Department of Psychology
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Physical Activity Mentor at MoveUBC, UBCO Recreation
Secretary at Exercise is Medicine UBCO
Hometown: Chittagong, Bangladesh

Kelly Spriggs
BSc Psychology (Biology minor)
Department of Psychology
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Executive Member UBCO Premed Club
Hometown: Chilliwack, Canada

Soumyaa Subramanium
BA Psychology
Department of Psychology
UBC – Okanagan Campus
Hometown: Mumbai, India / Nairobi, Kenya

Vaidehi Wagh
Mitacs Globalink Research Intern
UBC – Okanagan Campus
B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering
Home university: College of Engineering, Pune
Hometown: Pune, India