On March 10, 2026, the Department of Psychology is thrilled to host Dr. Lila Davachi, Professor of Psychology at Columbia University, as our distinguished speaker.
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Dr. Lila Davichi explores how memories form, consolidate and are later retrieved in the human brain. Dr. Davachi received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Barnard College and her Masters and Ph.D. in Neurobiology from Yale University. She conducted her post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology in the Brain and Cognitive sciences department. She started her research group at the New York University in 2004 where she was Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and served as the Director of the Center for Learning, Memory and Emotion at New York University. She moved her research group to Columbia University in 2017 where she continues to conduct behavioral and neuroimaging investigations into how humans encode and consolidate their experiences in memory and how these memories are organized into knowledge. Lila is a recipient of the prestigious Young Investigator Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in 2009 and Columbia University’s Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award. She is an elected member of the Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP) and the Association for Psychological Sciences (APS).
Stay tuned for the RSVP form and Dr. Davichi’s talk title and abstract.
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The annual Quinn Memorial Lecture brings together the UBC Psychology community and friends for an evening of dialogue and a chance to learn first-hand about some of the most innovative psychology research from renowned experts. The lecture is made possible by a generous gift to our department from prominent alumnus, Dr. Michael J. Quinn (1927-2004). Learn more.
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