Yana Svatko


Research Assistant

Department of Psychology

University of British Columbia

Sexual Health Laboratory

Yana completed her BA (Hons) in Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She is currently a research assistant at the UBC Sexual Health Research Lab investigating cultural differences in sexual function and disordered eating. Yana's research interests include sexual function and response in relation to wellbeing, the psychophysiological aspects of attraction/arousal, and cognitive distractions and body image in individuals and couples. 

Associated Research Lab
Sexual Health Laboratory

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.


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