Who gets to be well and why?
Understanding the connections between health, culture, and politics
Hadley Rahrig is a researcher trained in the foundations of social psychology and neuroscience. She aspires to understand the connections between individual minds and societies, and use this knowledge to advance human health and well-being for all. She accomplishes this through prioritizing community-engaged approaches, and diverse methods in neuroimaging, clinical trials, qualitative coding, and ecologically-valid assessments.
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Rahrig, H., Beloborodova, P., Castro, C., Sabat, K., Johnson, M., Pearce, O., Celik, E., Brown, K.W. (2025). Examining emotion reactivity to politically polarizing media in a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness training versus active coping training. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 5209.
Rahrig, H., Vago, D.R., Passarelli, M., Auten, A., Brown., K.W. (2022) Meta-analytic evidence that mindfulness training alters default mode network connectivity. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 12260.
Rahrig, H., Ma, L., Brown, K. W., Martelli, A. M., West, S. J., Lasko, E. N., & Chester, D. S. (2023). Inside the mindful moment: The effects of brief mindfulness practice on large-scale network organization and intimate partner aggression. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 23(6), 1581-1597.