Christine Lee, PhD

Faculty Appointment(s)

Research Professor

Leadership Role(s)

Associate Director, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors

Co-Director, BASICS Innovations Group

leecm@uw.edu

206-543-6574

Personal Statement

The transition to adulthood is the developmental period when alcohol use, marijuana use, and their associated consequences reach their lifetime peak. My scholarly interests focus on the etiology and prevention of substance use behaviors and consequences during adolescence and young/early adulthood. I have developed a highly successful portfolio of work bridging developmental, social, and motivational theory with applied prevention and intervention techniques to strategically address high-risk behaviors during the transition to adulthood. My research addresses important questions regarding how recent marijuana legislation in Washington State impacts young adult marijuana use and consequences; what motivates young adults to engage in alcohol and marijuana use; how alcohol expectancies, alcohol use and consequences are linked in a natural feed-forward process that maintains high-risk behaviors; how developmental transitions and event timing influence use; and what are efficacious prevention and intervention strategies and for whom and under what conditions are these most effective.

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Recent Publications

Statewide Intensification of Harmful Algal Blooms Across California Lakes and Reservoirs.
(2026 Apr)
Geohealth 10(4): e2025GH001627
Barreto Martinez BN, Hestir EL, Beutel MW, Lee CM
Pharmacokinetic profiling of limnetrelvir in non-Japanese and Japanese populations: results of two phase 1 single- and multiple-dose studies.
(2026 Mar 23)
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Chowdhury EA, Lee CM, Desai JM, Ali I, Orejudos A, Gupta SV, Ocampo CJ, Miller MG, Jayanth J, Schmidt JM, Salem AH, Mostafa NM
Tracheostomy vs. Delayed Extubation in Head and Neck Reconstruction: A Meta-Analysis.
(2026 Mar 19)
Laryngoscope
Goel S, Lee C, Lin K, Pryor L, Ludbrook G, Foreman A, Hodge JC
Lutikizumab in Adults With Moderate to Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa After Anti-TNF Therapy Failure: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial.
(2026 Mar 18)
JAMA Dermatol
Kimball AB, Sawicki KT, Ackerman L, Lima H, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ, Zhan T, Drogaris L, Gu Y, Lee CM, Akbari M, Williams DA, Bechara FG
Building safeguards for gene therapy in haemophilia.
(2026 Apr)
Lancet Haematol 13(4): e254-e260
Uminski K, Lee CA, Hermans C
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