Raveena Gowda

Raveena Gowda

she/her Study Coordinator Raveena completed her Bachelor of Science (double major in Biology and Psychology) at the University of British Columbia in 2022. She is the research coordinator of the eSense study, a randomized clinical trial assessing two online psychological interventions for treating sexual difficulties amongst women. Her research interests include understanding how biological and […]

Yana Svatko, BA (Hons)

Yana Svatko, BA (Hons)

she/her Volunteer Yana completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Honours) at the University of British Columbia in 2019. Yana has been with the lab since 2016, where she completed her first honours thesis on Emotional Intelligence and Sexuality and later become the coordinator on a series of studies investigating sexual concerns and disordered eating. […]

Alyssa Greco, BA

Alyssa Greco, BA

she/her Volunteer Alyssa recently graduated from Simon Fraser University in 2021 completing her Bachelor of Arts with a major in psychology and a minor in counselling and human development. Alyssa’s interests lie in the field of sexual health and supporting women who have experienced domestic violence. In addition to her volunteer work at the lab, […]

Faith Jabs, MA

Faith Jabs, MA

she/her Graduate Student Faith is a MA student in the Clinical Psychology program at UBC. She completed her BA in Anthropology in 2014 and a BA in Psychology in 2017. Her master’s research, the APPROACH study examines how sexual motivation influences sexual wellbeing and attentional processes to sexual stimuli. She is a co-investigator on the […]

Natalie Brown, MA

Natalie Brown, MA

she/her Graduate Student Natalie is a first-year PhD student in the UBC Clinical Psychology program, working under the supervision of Drs. Lori Brotto and Alan Kingstone. She completed her BA in Psychology at Queen’s University in 2017. Natalie’s MA thesis explores the cognitive mechanisms underlying sexual attraction and desire, with a specific focus on asexuality […]

Do Asexual Individuals Look Differently at Sexual Images?

Do Asexual Individuals Look Differently at Sexual Images?

June 19, 2022 – Psychology Today article by Craig Harper