The Lab’s Focus
Our lab focuses on high-risk substance use across the lifespan with particular emphasis on adolescent and young adult substance use and combined use of multiple substances. Much of our work uses advanced statistical analysis to model the heterogeneity of substance use at the person- and day-level (latent class analysis), and changes in associations across time or age (time-varying effect modeling).
Our team includes highly-skilled and motivated post-doctoral and pre-doctoral fellows through the Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) program interested in studying patterns, predictors, and consequences of substance use throughout the lifespan.

Director
The Addiction and Innovative Methods (AIM) Lab is Directed by Dr. Stephanie Lanza (Professor of Biobehavioral Health)
Director
The Addiction and Innovative Methods (AIM) Lab is Directed by Dr. Stephanie Lanza Professor of Biobehavioral Health) .
Trainees
Trainees
Select Former Trainees

Hannah K. Allen, PhD

Alyssa L. Abrams, M.Ed

Devin M. McCauley, M.S.

Renee M. Cloutier, PhD

Anna Hochgraf, M.S.

Tong Chen, M.S.

Danny Rahal

Carlie Sloan

Sam Stull

Natalia Van Doren, M.S.
News Reel
PAMT funded for next 5 years
The Prevention and Methodology Training T32 program has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse for another 5 years. PAMT has trained over 120 early-career researchers in [...]
Ashley Linden-Carmichael receives NIDA R01
Congratulations to Ashley Linden-Carmichael on receiving a NIDA R01, Simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use in young adults: A micro-randomized trial to reduce substance use and related harms. Ashley directs the [...]
New positions for AIM Lab PAMT fellows!
Dr. Danny Wang completed his PhD and started a NIAAA T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Sara Miller started a postdoctoral position in the CASCADE lab [...]
Lanza elected President of SAA
Congratulations to Stephanie Lanza, AIM Lab director, on being elected President of the Society for Ambulatory Assessment (SAA). Ambulatory Assessment refers to the use of field methods to assess [...]












