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The Healthy Families Lab is located at the University of British Columbia.

09/25/2025

🌟 Meet the Team! 🌟
Say hi to Makayla Freeman (she/they), one of our amazing PhD students in Counselling Psychology at UBC! 👋✨
Makayla’s research focuses on improving the health of parents and their children, with a special focus on 2SLGBTQIA+ parents. They are passionate about supporting families through the transition to parenthood and co-creating inclusive, innovative, and effective mental health supports in partnership with 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. 🌈👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
We’re so lucky to have Makayla on the Healthy Families Lab team! 💫

09/16/2025

👋 Introducing our “Meet the Team” series!
First up is Camille Mori, PhD (she/her) — our amazing Postdoctoral Fellow in Educational & Counselling Psychology and Special Education at UBC! 🎓
Camille’s research focuses on sleep health equity and how environmental factors affect sleep during the perinatal period.
We’re so excited for you to get to know the incredible people behind the Healthy Families Lab!

09/11/2025

🌟 Lab Spotlight! 🌟
We’re so proud of Dr. Leslie Roos for being featured on CBC’s Weekend Morning Show! 🎙️ She shared how the BEAM program helps parents strengthen family connections and support their kids’ well-being.
💻 Catch the full interview through the link in our bio!

08/15/2025

📢 We’re Recruiting Volunteer Research Assistants!

Are you passionate about supporting families’ mental health through meaningful research? The Pregnancy During the Pandemic (PdP) study and the Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM) study are looking for RAs to help us share important findings and keep our research running smoothly!

Ideal applicants should:
Have experience creating infographics, social media posts, or other engaging content. Have experience using REDCap or other data management tools.Have experience interacting with study participants. Are comfortable working with a team and individually.Are ready to start Early Sept 2025 for a minimum of 6 hours/week.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; apply early for the best chance!
Visit healthyfamilieslab.com or the link in our bio to learn more! 💙👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

09/05/2024

If you are a parent of a child aged 3-4 years and reside in the Calgary or Vancouver area, you may be eligible to participate in our study!

The study involves completing surveys online, bringing your child to have an MRI scan, and potentially participating in the Building EmotionalAwareness & Mental Health program. Participants can earn up to $250 for their involvement.

To check if you are eligible, scan the QR code now or contact us to learn more: beam.study@ubc.ca.

Please note: If you choose to like or comment on this post, you will be publicly identified with the study.

06/13/2024

Are you a community member who's interested in learning more about opportunities to get involved in sleep research?

Sign up for free workshops: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8uZWUXnjqe2UZo2

04/18/2024

If you are a parent (18+) of a child aged 3-4 years and reside in the Calgary area, you may be eligible to participate in our study!

The study involves completing surveys online, bringing your child to have an MRI scan, and potentially participating in the Building Emotional Awareness & Mental Health program. Participants can earn up to $250 for their involvement.

To check if you are eligible, scan the QR code now, or contact us to learn more: beam.study@ubc.ca

Please note: If you choose to like or comment on this post, you will be publicly identified with the study.

10/27/2023

Meet the team at the Healthy Families Lab! 🧡💙💜 We are thrilled to welcome some new members this fall. Stay tuned to see more updates from our team this year!

09/01/2023

Congratulations to Makayla Freeman, who presented two posters at the 17th International Congress of Behavioural Medicine in Vancouver, BC last week. 👏

07/07/2023

Congratulations to Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen for receiving funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to lead a team focused on equity and intersectionality in sleep research.

As part of the Canadian Sleep Research Consortium, Dr. Tomfohr-Madsen and her team will study how people’s identities, location, and access to services affect their quality of sleep, and what factors protect and improve sleep.

For more information, read the news release here: https://www.canada.ca/en/institutes-health-research/news/2023/07/government-of-canada-announces-additional-research-funding-to-help-all-people-in-canada-sleep-soundly.html

07/05/2023

Everyone deserves to sleep soundly, but not all people living in Canada have access to safe, secure, and restful sleeping environments.

Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, announced new funding for a national consortium working on sleep health.

Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen will lead a team at the University of British Columbia focused on equity and intersectionality in sleep research.

https://www.canada.ca/en/institutes-health-research/news/2023/07/government-of-canada-announces-additional-research-funding-to-help-all-people-in-canada-sleep-soundly.html

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The Healthy Families Lab is located at the University of Calgary under the direction of Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen. Our laboratory focuses on identifying relationships between physical health and psychological and social variables in family settings.

Currently, our research is focused on (1) better understanding how maternal adversity is associated with infant and child health problems and (2) testing interventions in pregnancy that aim to reduce maternal stress, anxiety, and insomnia and reduce postpartum mood problems.

In a second and related line of research, we are investigating poor infant and child sleep both in typically developing populations and in children experiencing illness (e.g., pediatric cancer, TBI).