
Christine Lee, PhD
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.Department Affiliations
Scholarly Expertise
- Project RELATE
- Alcohol-focused Support of Survivors In Sororities Training (ASSIST)
- THRIVE Study
- Reducing barriers to accessing mental health care using a web-based program for young adults
- COVID-19 Student Survey
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Outreach Communications Support
- Development of an interactive, web-based drinking to cope intervention and tools to assess coping skill utilization
- Affective Dynamics Associated with Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use Outcomes among a High-risk Sample of Young Adults
- Project Reflect
- Young Adult Riding and Driving Study (YARD)
- Harm reduction in the context of social distancing
- Project ACE
- Project Transitions
- The Teen Identity Project (TIP)
- Project AMPS
- Project SAM Transitions
Recent Publications
Depressive Symptoms and Substance Use: Longitudinal Examination of Alcohol and Cannabis Coping Mechanisms in Young Adults.
(2025 Oct 8)
Prev Sci
Graupensperger S, Janson MA, Fairlie AM, Larimer ME, Lee CM
(2025 Oct 8)
Prev Sci
Graupensperger S, Janson MA, Fairlie AM, Larimer ME, Lee CM
High Prevalence of Difficult Readability of Gluten-Free Diet Recommendations for Celiac Disease Patients.
(2025 Sep 30)
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
Lee CDH, Green PHR, Lee A, Wolf R, Lebwohl B
(2025 Sep 30)
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
Lee CDH, Green PHR, Lee A, Wolf R, Lebwohl B
Importance of Global Genomic Data Sharing to Prevent Illnesses Linked to Commercially Distributed Foods.
(2025 Sep)
Food Saf (Tokyo) 13(3): 56-61
Wise ME, Lee CC, Gieraltowski L, Nguyen TA, Nichols M, Schroeder MN, Carleton HA
(2025 Sep)
Food Saf (Tokyo) 13(3): 56-61
Wise ME, Lee CC, Gieraltowski L, Nguyen TA, Nichols M, Schroeder MN, Carleton HA
Effects of lyophilised faecal filtrate compared with lyophilised donor stool on Clostridioides difficile recurrence: a multicentre, randomised, double-blinded, non-inferiority trial.
(2025 Sep 22)
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol
Kao D, Wong K, Lee C, Steiner T, Franz R, McDougall C, Silva M, Schmidt TSB, Walter J, Loebenberg R, Monaghan TM, Giebelhaus RT, Harynuk JJ, Xu H, Yaskina M, MacDonald KV, Marshall DA, Louie T
(2025 Sep 22)
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol
Kao D, Wong K, Lee C, Steiner T, Franz R, McDougall C, Silva M, Schmidt TSB, Walter J, Loebenberg R, Monaghan TM, Giebelhaus RT, Harynuk JJ, Xu H, Yaskina M, MacDonald KV, Marshall DA, Louie T
A Case Series of Reports to US Port Health Stations of Travelers With Suspected or Confirmed Cholera, 2005-2024.
(2025 Sep 18)
J Public Health Manag Pract
Nguyen TH, Bagley K, Rothney E, Alvarado-Ramy F, Brown C, Mase S, Lee CC, Gertz AM
(2025 Sep 18)
J Public Health Manag Pract
Nguyen TH, Bagley K, Rothney E, Alvarado-Ramy F, Brown C, Mase S, Lee CC, Gertz AM
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