Carol Lee, P.h.D, L.S.W.

T-32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Biography

Carol Lee is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan Addiction
Center in the Department of Psychiatry. Her research focuses on alcohol and substance
misuse intervention implementation and adaptation, particularly among emerging adults
from marginalized communities. She uses multiphase optimization strategy to build,
optimize, and evaluate multicomponent interventions with community engaged research
approach. As a licensed social worker, she has broad range of social work professional
experiences, from micro-level work as a case manager, to community-level advocacy
organizer, to macro-level work promoting national health policies and working on
federally funded research projects.

Research Areas of Interest

  • Social determinants of alcohol and substance misuse
  • Behavioral intervention implementation and adaptation, particularly among emerging adults from historically marginalized populations
  • Multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) to build, optimize, and evaluate multicomponent interventions
  • Community engaged research including community-based participatory research (CBPR) and community action research (CAR)

Credentials

  • Ph.D., Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • MSW, Administrative Social Work, University of Chicago
  • BA, Sociology, State University of New York at Albany

Select Publications

  • Lee, C.A. & Windsor, L.C. (Under Review). Automating randomization in sequential multiple assignment randomized trials using REDCap software.
  • Lee, C.A., Smith, D.C., Lanker, A.K., & Clary, K.L. (2021). Sensitivity and Specificity of the CRAFFT to Identify Heavy Cannabis Use: Evidence from a Large Statewide Adolescent Sample. Addictive Behaviors.
  • Bennett, K. M., Clary, K. L., Smith, D. C., & Lee, C. A. (2020). Usability and acceptability of Harbor: A mobile application to help emerging adults address their friends’ substance use. Medical Internet Research.
  • Hong, J. S., Kim, D. H., Lee, C. A., Russ, R., Johns, S., & Voisin, D. R. (2019). Peer Victimization and Illicit Drug Use Among African American Adolescents in Chicago: The Moderating Effects of Religious Affiliation. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 10(3), 333–348.