Wändi Bruine de Bruin, MSc, PhD
Director, Behavioral Sciences and Policy InitiativeSenior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
USC Schaeffer Institute
Wändi Bruine de Bruin, MSc, PhD's Bio
Wändi Bruine de Bruin is Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science at the Sol Price School of Public Policy, and the Dornsife Department of Psychology. Her research aims to understand and inform how people make decisions about their personal health and well-being, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has published more than 130 peer-reviewed publications on these topics. She is an editorial board member for Medical Decision Making, Psychology and Aging, the Journal of Experimental Psychology:Applied, the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Decision, and the Journal of Risk Research. She also serves on the National Academy of Sciences committee on Respiratory Protection for the Public and Workers without Respiratory Protection Programs at their Workplaces. She previously served on expert panels for the National Academy of Sciences on Communicating Science Effectively and for the Council of the Canadian Academies on Health Product Risk Communication.
