Raenhha Dhami, M.Sc.

Raenhha is a doctoral student in the division of Prevention of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases at CPD. She has a Master’s in psychological sciences with a specialization in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Edinburgh. Before joining the division, she worked at NIHRs Policy Research Unit in Behavioral Science, U.K - where she was involved in conducting theory-based quantitative research and leveraging behavioral science framework to inform policy decisions and implementation.

Her research focuses on examining the potential cognitive and psychological mechanisms that undergird decision-making in health contexts. In particular, investigating attitudes and beliefs that inform vaccine related decisions - utilizing computational and mixed-method approaches.

Research Interests

• Decision-making
• Motivated reasoning
• Political polarization
• Misinformation
• Patient and Public involvement