Lara N Coughlin, PhD

Lara Coughlin, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan Addiction Center in the Department of Psychiatry. She is the co-director of the Michigan Innovations in Addiction Care through Research and Education (MI-ACRE) program and Mental Health Equity Lead in the Eisenberg Family Depression Center. Her research focuses on identifying populations experiencing substance-related health inequities and developing and adapting interventions to improve outcomes for those with at-risk substance use or substance use disorders. She is particularly interested in interventions rooted in behavioral economic frameworks, including incentive-based interventions (i.e., contingency management), interventions to increase engagement in substance-free activities, and combinations of human- and digital-delivery of interventions to enhance reach, reduce barriers, and maximize impact.

Behavioral economics; polysubstance use; smoking cessation; rural health; telehealth; mhealth; harm reduction; social determinants of health; adaptive interventions; community engagement; health services