Biography
Dr. Carol J Boyd is the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH). In addition to her position as the Deborah J Oakley Collegiate Professor Emerita in the School of Nursing, Dr. Boyd also holds U-M appointments as Professor Emerita, Women's Studies, LSA; Research Professor Emerita, Addiction Center, Department of Psychiatry; and Research Professor Emerita, Institute for Research on Women & Gender. She has conducted mixed-method studies that use advanced technologies to examine the relationship between gender, health and drug, alcohol, and nicotine use. She has had extramural funding to conduct mixed-method studies with women crack smokers (1989-1995, NIH funded), prisoners (1999-2004, MDOC and Robert Wood Johnson funded), adolescents and college students (2003-present, NIH funded), and secondary analytic studies of substance use among high risk populations, including LGB sub-populations (2016-present, NIH funded) and adolescents’ prescription medication misuse and e-cigarette use. Moreover, Dr. Boyd has used innovative technologies to survey adolescents and young adults on substance use and related behaviors. Dr. Boyd was the first researcher (as a Principal Investigator) to develop two web-based surveys, Student Life Survey and Secondary Student Life Survey, to examine substance use and related behaviors among adolescents and emerging adults. The Student Life Surveys were the foundation for five NIH-funded studies and the Secondary Student Life Survey is now being used on smartphones. Dr. Boyd's international experiences include teaching, mentoring and research in China, Ghana, Jamaica, Liberia, Poland, and Zambia.
Areas of Interest
- Selective interventions to prevent prescription drug abuse
- Preventing stimulant abuse among patients with ADHD
- Prescription drug misuse
- Gender, sexual orientation, and substance abuse
Credentials
- 1986: PhD, Nursing/Anthropology, Wayne State University
- 1982: MSN Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Wayne State University
- 1978: BSN, School of Nursing, Oakland University
- 1973: BGS, LS&A, University of Michigan
Published Articles or Reviews
View Dr. Boyd's Michigan Research Experts profile.
Recent Articles: Sexual and Gender Minorities
Kahle E, Veliz P, McCabe SE, Boyd CJ. Psychiatric disorders mediates the association between sexual orientation discrimination and substance use disorders among sexual minority adults. Ann LGBTQ Public Popul Health. In press.
Evans-Polce RJ, Smith DM, Veliz P, Boyd CJ, McCabe SE. Sexual identity differences in biomarkers of tobacco exposure among women in a national sample. Cancer Epidemiol. 2021 Oct;74:101980. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2021.101980. PMCID: PMC8455424.
Beck DC, Veliz PT, McCabe SE, Boyd CJ, Evans-Polce RJ. Cigarette, e-cigarette, and dual use during the third trimester of pregnancy in a national sample of heterosexual and sexual minority women. Am J Addict. 2021 Sep. doi: 10.1111/ajad.13217. Epub 2021 Sep 2.
Kcomt L, Evans-Polce RJ, Engstrom CW, West BT, Boyd CJ, McCabe SE. Moderate-to-severe tobacco use disorder and discrimination among U.S. sexual minority older adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2021 Aug;76(7):1400-1407. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbab067. PMCID: PMC8363031.
Evans-Polce RJ, Veliz PT, Kcomt L, Boyd CJ, McCabe SE. Nicotine/tobacco product use and dependence symptoms among US adolescents and adults: Differences by age, sex, and sexual identity. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Jun. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntab127. Epub 2021 Jun 14.
McCabe SE, West BT, Matthews AK, Evans-Polce R, Lee JGL, Hughes TL, Veliz P, McCabe V, Boyd CJ. Sexual orientation, tobacco use, and tobacco cessation treatment-seeking: Results from a national U.S. survey. Behav Med. 2021 Apr-Jun;47(2):120-130. doi:10.1080/08964289.2019.1676191. PMCID: PMC7854762.
McCabe SE, Hughes TL, West BT, Evans-Polce R, Veliz PT, Dickinson K, McCabe VV, Boyd CJ. Sexual orientation, adverse childhood experiences, and comorbid DSM-5 substance use and mental health disorders in the United States. J Clin Psychiatry. 2020 Dec;81(6). doi:10.4088/JCP.20m13291. PMCID: PMC7790524.
Recent Articles: Adolescents
Boyd CJ, McCabe SE, Evans-Polce R, Veliz PT. Cannabis, vaping and respiratory symptoms in a probability sample of United States youth. J Adolesc Health. 2021 Jul;69(1):149-152. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.01.019. PMCID: PMC8238794.
Boyd CJ, Veliz P, Evans-Polce R, Eisman AB, McCabe SE. Latent class trajectories: U.S. adolescents’ nicotine use and its association with nicotine dependence. Addict Behav Rep. 2020 Dec;12:100303. doi:10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100303. PMCID: PMC7752718.
McCabe SE, Hughes TL, West BT, Evans-Polce R, Veliz PT, Dickinson K, McCabe VV, Boyd CJ. Sexual orientation, adverse childhood experiences, and comorbid DSM-5 substance use and mental health disorders in the United States. J Clin Psychiatry. 2020 Dec;81(6). doi:10.4088/JCP.20m13291. PMCID: PMC7790524.
Veliz PT, McCabe SE, Evans-Polce RJ, Boyd CJ. Assessing how the history of e-cigarette and cigarette use are associated with the developmental course of marijuana use in a sample of United States adolescents. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Nov;216:108308. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108308. PMCID: PMC7606514.
Boyd CJ, Veliz P, Evans-Polce R, Eisman AB, McCabe SE. Why are national estimates so different? A comparison of youth e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking in the MTF and PATH surveys. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2020 Jul;81(4):497-504. doi:10.15288/jsad.2020.81.497. PMCID: PMC7437551.
