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

Do motives for and contexts of cannabis use interact to predict heavy cannabis use at the event-level?
(2026 Jun 3)
Am J Addict
Dyar C, Green E, Lee CM
Pharmacokinetic Drug Interaction Studies of Limnetrelvir with Midazolam and Itraconazole in Healthy Participants.
(2026 Apr 16)
Clin Drug Investig
Desai JM, Chowdhury EA, Ali I, Lee CM, Schmidt JM, Orejudos A, Yadlapalli SL, Gupta S, Ocampo C, Miller MG, Salem AH, Mostafa NM
Extending the prototype willingness model to daily life: examining risk-conducive contexts and drinking among adolescents and young adults.
(2026 Sep)
Addict Behav 180(): 108725
Litt DM, Zhou Z, Fairlie AM, Graupensperger S, Gilson MS, Greene A, Lee CM, Lewis MA
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 May 6)
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 70(5): e0144325
Chowdhury EA, Lee CM, Desai JM, Ali I, Orejudos A, Gupta SV, Ocampo CJ, Miller MG, Jayanth J, Schmidt JM, Salem AH, Mostafa NM
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