Dr. Maya Libben is an Associate Professor of Psychology and the lead investigator of the Psychopathology, Lifespand and Neuropsychology (PLAN) Lab at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan. She is also a registered clinical psychologist (#2167) with the College of Psychologists of British Columbia. Prior to her position at UBCO, Dr. Libben completed a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at McGill University, and a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School. She is a Livingston fellow and has been honoured with a number of awards including the Adam Corneel Award and a NARSAD Young Investigator Award.

Dr. Libben is trained as both a clinical psychologist and a neuropsychologist; her research interests similarly fall into these two domains. With respect to neuropsychology, Dr. Libben is interested in functional outcome following stroke, the development of new assessment measures for hemispatial neglect and psychological treatment for mild traumatic brain injury. With respect to clinical psychology, Dr. Libben is interested in the role of cognitive bias in psychopathology. Specifically, her recent research has focused on the development of cognitive bias modification techniques for clinical and sub-clinical eating disordered populations. Dr. Libben’s research has been supported by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation. In addition to her research, Dr. Libben is a practicing clinical psychologist, providing psychotherapeutic and neuropsychological assessment services to members of the community.

For more information about Dr. Libben please follow this link to her faculty page https://psych.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/maya-libben/