Devika Dhamija, Ph.D. (She/Her) Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Sunnyvale, California, US

Richmond, Victoria, AU

Austin, Texas, US

Conduct quantitative and qualitative research to support people policies, business strategy and product development. Scope spanned from strategy-roadmapping-execution and insight dissemination. As part of this role, I also managed and executed employee experience surveys, including data analysis and insight generation.

Sunnyvale, California, US

DEI: Led and executed multiple projects to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion within the organization as well in research. Included DEI strategy, metrics and OKR setting and generating data-driven insights.Study design: Designed and implemented multiple research studies aimed at uncovering the genetic architecture of diseases, working.

Sunnyvale, California, US

• Designed, executed and managed over 15 large scale survey studies, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders including engineering, product, business and therapeutics.
• Triangulated research from multiple modalities (self-report and sensors) to study sleep behavior patterns.
• Assessed data quality and established survey validity using both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
• Spearheaded projects to enhance scalability of data collection for health conditions, resulting in significant increase in research data points.
• Led phenotypic research workstream for a collaboration with GSK; responsible for gathering, organizing and prioritizing data collection needs of the project.

Berkeley, CA, US

• Conducted research for state agencies in California, New York, North Carolina and Florida to inform policy and coaching efforts within early care and education centers.
• Created and validated survey instruments to assess workforce characteristics and employee well-being.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Psychophysiology lab manager:
• Planned, created and executed experimental protocols for a large wave of data collection
• Responsible for training, supervising and managing research personnel for a multi-measure research study including skin conductance, EEG, heart rate, respiration and eye-blink measures
• Relevant Research projects:
• Examined genetic and environmental underpinnings of multiple psychological constructs such as empathy, psychopathy and aggression using biometric models in Mx and Mplus
• Applied supervised machine learning (in R) algorithms to classify longitudinal trajectories and subsequently built predictive models of aggressive behaviors

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Provided professional statistical guidance to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty for their research, handling a wide variety of research questions and topics
• Organized and presented at advanced analytical workshops for dissemination of statistical methods in Psychology

Los Angeles, CA, US

Taught lab sections for multiple courses including undergraduate and graduate level statistics, psychophysiology of emotion and research methods. Designed lab instructional material, assignments and assessed student performance on the same.

Berkeley, CA, US

• Built analytical models in Mplus and R for testing and validating an assessment survey used in early childcare employment
• Utilized predictive modeling to assess the role of multiple variables in childcare center success
• Conducted statistical analyses in R, Mplus and SPSS to determine important policy aspects impacting the quality of early childcare centers

• Examined modulation of cocaine-primed reinstatement by Neuropeptide Y in rats
• Successfully completed and defended a thesis on withdrawal related anxiety in a rat model of cocaine dependence. Received competitive award funding for completion of thesis project

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Brain And Cognitive Sciences

Master Of Science (Ms), Neuroscience

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Biotechnology