
Isaac Rhew, PhD, MPH
Personal Statement
I am a psychiatric epidemiologist with interests in the etiology and prevention of substance use, internalizing mental health problems, and their co-occurrence. My research explores these phenomena across multiple levels of influence–from within-individual factors that can vary over time to broader neighborhood- and other area-level contextual factors. I am also interested in the application of innovative epidemiologic and statistical methods.Education
PhD, Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2006-2009
MPH, Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2003-2006
BA, Psychology, Stanford University, 1991-1995
Department Affiliations
Training Programs
Other Affiliations
University of Washington Department of Epidemiology
Scholarly Expertise
- COVID-19 pandemic and changes in the prevalence, patterns, and trajectories of substance use and related health risk outcomes among young adults in WA State
- Project Better
- Latinx Health in Rural Areas (Project LAHRA)
- Cannabis legalization and changes in young adult substance use, related health risk behaviors, and risk factors in WA State (Project YAM)
- Young Adult Education on Alcohol & Health (YEAH Study)
- Understanding mental health problems and health risk behaviors among LGBT Veterans
- Using technology to optimize Collaborative Care management of depression in urban and rural cancer centers (SCOPE)
- Project Transitions
- Project AMPS
Recent Publications
Depressive Symptoms Over the Course of Adolescence Among Latinx Children of Immigrants and Non-Immigrants and White Youth From Small Towns in the United States.
(2025 Jul 11)
Child Youth Care Forum
Oliva MA, Rhew IC, Hajat A, Oesterle S, Guttmannova K
(2025 Jul 11)
Child Youth Care Forum
Oliva MA, Rhew IC, Hajat A, Oesterle S, Guttmannova K
Adolescent Loneliness Trends and Contextual Correlates Across 38 Countries From 2000 to 2022.
(2025 Aug 21)
J Adolesc Health
Freije SL, Rhew IC, Evans YN, Gary Chan KC, Enquobahrie DA
(2025 Aug 21)
J Adolesc Health
Freije SL, Rhew IC, Evans YN, Gary Chan KC, Enquobahrie DA
High-Dose Buprenorphine Treatment in the Setting of Fentanyl.
(2025 Aug 1)
JAMA Netw Open 8(8): e2528119
Tsui JI, Bhatraju EP, Hallgren KA, Rhew IC, Samet JH
(2025 Aug 1)
JAMA Netw Open 8(8): e2528119
Tsui JI, Bhatraju EP, Hallgren KA, Rhew IC, Samet JH
Patterns of mental health help seeking among Latina immigrant women.
(2025 Aug 14)
BMC Public Health 25(1): 2771
Rodriguez MO, Gudino J, Valencia J, Rhew I, Ornelas IJ
(2025 Aug 14)
BMC Public Health 25(1): 2771
Rodriguez MO, Gudino J, Valencia J, Rhew I, Ornelas IJ
Testing reciprocal prospective associations between descriptive norms and alcohol and cannabis use among sexual minority women and gender diverse individuals assigned female at birth: Identification of relevant normative referents and correlates of descriptive norms.
(2024 Aug 12)
Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers
Dyar C, Rhew IC, Lee CM
(2024 Aug 12)
Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers
Dyar C, Rhew IC, Lee CM
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