Christine Lee


Christine Lee, Ph.D.
leecm@uw.edu | CV
Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Director, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors

Christine Lee, Ph.D. is a Research Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and a core member of the Center of the Study for Health and Risk Behaviors. She received her doctorate in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Arizona, and has been a member of the faculty since 2004. Trained as a life-span developmental researcher, Dr. Lee has a portfolio of work focused on bridging developmental theory with applied prevention and intervention techniques for addressing high-risk behaviors during the transition to adulthood. Dr. Lee’s research focuses on answering questions regarding what motivates young adults to engage in high-risk behaviors such as alcohol and marijuana use; how life events and circumstances influence variation in risk of use and consequences over time; whether and how individuals learn from their prior experiences to avoid future harmful consequences; how developmental transitions and timing of events influence use and intervention; and the development of efficacious prevention and intervention efforts. In particular, Dr. Lee is interested in understanding how we can use technology to provide interventions in the moment when individuals might be at heightened risk.  Dr. Lee has published more than 100 articles and book chapters on these topics and has received several grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Current Grants

Predictors and consequences of young adult marijuana use and concurrent and simultaneous alcohol use: Month to month variation across 24 consecutive months (R01AA027496)

If we offer it, how can we get them to come? Development, feasibility, and acceptability of marketing strategies for engagement and participation of young adults in the general community in a brief alcohol intervention

Personalized mobile app intervention: Challenging alcohol expectancies to reduce high-risk alcohol use and consequences (R01AA1016979)

Intensive Daily Measurement of Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use in a High-Risk Community Sample of Young Adults: Impacts on Acute and Longer-Term Use and Consequences (R01AA025037)

Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for Community College Students (BASICCS) (R34AA023047)

Developmental Models of High Risk Alcohol Use & Social Roles in Young Adulthood (R01AA022087)

Past Grants

Event-level analysis of expectancies, alcohol use, and consequences (R01AA1016979)

Indicated Marijuana Prevention for Frequently Using College Students (R21DA025833)

Event Specific Prevention (R01AA016099)

Development and Reliability Study of a Daily Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire

Personalized Feedback Intervention for Marijuana Use (R21DA019257)