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

Longitudinal changes in vibration-controlled transient elastography in pediatric fatty liver disease.
(2026 Feb 16)
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
Sweeny KF, Aguilera-Rico C, Chan C, Liu E, Lee CK
Cutaneous lymphadenoma with locally aggressive features.
(2026 Mar)
JAAD Case Rep 69(): 9-12
Solomon M, Mak E, Lee CM, Edens C, Wong E, Wohltmann W
Human contributions to evapotranspiration mitigate swings in dry-to-wet year transitions.
(2026)
Commun Sustain 1(1): 8
Pierrat ZA, Gustine RN, Boser A, Ruehr S, Lee CM, Reager JT, Cawse-Nicholson K
Affect, Motives for Cannabis Use, Duration of Intoxication, and Cannabis Consequences: Cannabis Use Problem Severity as a Potential Moderator.
(2026 Jan 19)
J Stud Alcohol Drugs
Dyar C, Curtis J, Green E, Hales EDS, Rhew IC, Kaysen D, Lee CM
Alcohol and cannabis use predicted by affect-urgency interactions in everyday life.
(2026 Jan 11)
Clin Psychol Sci
Dora J, McCabe CJ, Schultz ME, Lee CM, Shoda Y, Patrick ME, Smith GT, King KM
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