Lara Coughlin, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan Addiction Center in the Department of Psychiatry. 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 and interventions to increase engagement in substance-free activities. Her research aims to improve access to empirically-based substance use prevention and treatments, including remotely-delivered interventions, especially in historically underserved populations.

Behavioral economics, polysubstance use, smoking cessation, rural health, telehealth and other virtual intervention delivery modalities, adaptive interventions; community-engaged work; health services