Carol J. Boyd, Ph.D., RN, FIAAN, FAAN
In the news
Jun 2024: University of Michigan News "Carol Boyd on SCOUTS Sackler Ruling"
Oct 2021: NPR "Marijuana vaping among teens has more than doubled since 2013"
Apr 2021: Ask The Messengers Dangers of Vaping
Mar 2021: "Recent Study Indicates Adolescents Vaping Cannabis at More Serious Risk to Lungs than Smoking"
Mar 2021: WEMU "U-M Study Determines That Vaping Cannabis More Dangerous Than Vaping Nicotine"
Apr 2016: Ann Arbor Observer "Understanding Addiction"
Nov 2013: WUFT 89.1 Public Radio "Public Health Minute"
Interests
- Prescription misuse
- Substance use and misuse
- Medication diversion
- Reducing stigmatism perinatal substance users
- Vulnerable populations (rural & urban adolescents, pregnant women, drug users)
Dr. Carol Boyd is the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH). In addition to her position as the Deborah J Oakley Collegiate Professor Emerita in the School of Nursing, Dr. Boyd is also a Research Professor Emerita, at the Addiction Center, in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She has conducted mixed-method studies that use advanced technologies to examine the relationship between health and drug, alcohol, and nicotine use. She has had extramural funding to conduct mixed-method studies with women crack smokers (1989-1995, NIH funded), prisoners (1999-2004, MDOC and Robert Wood Johnson funded), adolescents and college students (2003-present, NIH funded), and secondary analytic studies of substance use among high risk populations. Moreover, Dr. Boyd has used innovative technologies to survey adolescents and young adults on substance use and related behaviors. Dr. Boyd was the first researcher (as a Principal Investigator) to develop two web-based surveys, Student Life Survey and Secondary Student Life Survey, to examine substance use and related behaviors among adolescents and emerging adults. The Student Life Surveys were the foundation for five NIH-funded studies and the Secondary Student Life Survey is now being used on smartphones. Dr. Boyd's international experiences include teaching, mentoring, and research in China, Ghana, Jamaica, Liberia, Poland, and Zambia.
Current Research Grants and Programs
- R01 National Cancer Institute. E-Cigarette Use Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults: Longitudinal Associations with Tobacco Use and Health and Dimensions of Risk and Protection (PI: Evans-Polce RJ; Co-I Boyd CJ). 2022-2025
- R34 National Institute on Drug Abuse. Rapid Adaptation to Prevent Drug Use (RAPD) (PI: Eisman AB; Consultant: Boyd CJ). 2022-2025
- R01 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Sexual Fluidity and Longitudinal Changes in Alcohol Misuse and Associated Health Consequences Influences (PI: Evans-Polce RJ; Co-I: Boyd CJ). 2022-2025
- R21 National Institute on Drug Abuse. Feasibility of an Art-based Intervention to Address Clinician Stigma and Improve Care for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (PI: Shuman CJ; Co-I/Senior Mentor: Boyd CJ). 2021-2023
- R01 National Institute on Drug Abuse. Trajectories of Nonmedical Prescription Drug Misuse (PI: McCabe Se; Co-I: Boyd CJ). 2019-2024
- R01 National Institute On Drug Abuse. The Symptom-Associated Pathway to Substance Use and Misuse during Adolescence (PI: Voepel-Lewis TD; Co-I:Boyd CJ). 2021-2026
- R01 National Institute on Drug Abuse. Prospective Examination of E-Cigarette Use, Tobacco Use Disorder and Health Consequences by U.S. Youth (PI: Boyd CJ). 2018-2022
- Michigan State Police. Pilot Testing of Community Overdose Assessment Team: A Demonstration Project (PI: Dahlem G; Co-I: Boyd CJ). 2019-2021
- R01 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Sexual Orientation Discrimination and Health Disparities in DSM-5 Alcohol Use Disorders (PI: McCabe SE; Co-I: Boyd CJ). 2018-2022
- R01 National Institute on Drug Abuse. Discrimination, Stress and Substance Use Disorder among Sexual Minority Adults: A Secondary Analysis of NESARC-III (PI: Boyd CJ). 2017-2021
- R01 National Institute on Drug Abuse. Scenario-Tailored Opioid Messaging Program: An Interactive Intervention to Prevent Analgesic-Related Adverse Drug Events in Children and Adolescents (PI: Voepel-Lewis TD; Co-I: Boyd CJ). 2017-2021
- R01 National Cancer Institute. Health, Stress, and Tobacco Use Disparities among Sexual Minority Populations (PI: McCabe SE; Co-I: Boyd CJ). 2017-2021
Affiliations / Service
- Editorial Board, Journal of Addictions Nursing, 2002-present
Notable Awards / Honors
- Mentorship Award, The College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 2020
- Inducted as a Fellow, International Academy of Addiction Nursing, 2018; Inducted as a Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, 1996
- Betty Ford Award, Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, 2013
- NCID Exemplary Diversity Engagement and Scholarship Award, National Center for Institutional Diversity, 2009
- President’s Award, International Nursing Society of Addictions, 2006
- Golden Apple Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1996
Education
- PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1987
- MSN, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1982
- BSN, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 1978
- BGS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1973
Publication Highlights
Boyd CJ, McCabe SE, Evans-Polce RJ, Voepel-Lewis T, Shuman C, Veliz P. Adolescents' nicotine/tobacco dependency symptoms using four waves of PATH data. Health Behavior and Policy Review. 2022; 9(4): 980-995. doi: 10.14485/HBPR.9.4.6.
Evans-Polce Rj, Veliz P, Kcomt L, Boyd CJ, Esteban McCabe S. Examining secual identity stability and change over time and associations with tobacco use in a nationally representative US sample. Addictive Behaviors. 2023; 141:107661. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107661.
Ryan JE, McCabe SE, DiDonato S, Boyd CJ, Voepel-Lewis, T, Ploutz-Snyder RJ, Veliz P. Racial/ethnic disparities in mental healthcare in youth with incarcerated parents. American Journal of Preventative Medicine. 2023 Mar. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.03.008.
Dahlem DH, Granner J, Boyd CJ. Law enforcement perceptions about naloxone training and its effects post-overdose reversal. Journal of Addicitons Nursing. 2022; 33(2):E2. doi: 10.1097/JAN0000000000000467. PMCID: PMC9175640.
Boyd CJ, McCabe SE, Evans-Polce R, Veliz PT. Cannabis, vaping and respiratory symptoms in a probability sample of United States youth. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2021 Jul;69(1):149-152. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.01.019. PMCID: PMC8238794.
Evans-Polce RJ, Veliz PT, Kcomt L, Boyd CJ, McCabe SE. Nicotine/tobacco product use and dependence symptoms among US adolescents and adults: Differences by age, sex, and sexual identity. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2021 Jun. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntab127. Epub 2021 June 14.
Ryan JE, McCabe SE, Boyd CJ. Medicinal cannabis: Policy, patients, and providers. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice. 2021 May;22(2):126-133. doi:10.1177/1527154421989609. PMCID: PMC8098049.
McCabe SE, Boyd CJ, Evans-Polce R, McCabe VV, Schulenberg JE, Veliz PT. Pills to powder: A 17-year transition from prescription opioids to heroin among US adolescents followed into adulthood. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 2021 May/Jun;15(3):241-244. doi:10.1097/ADM.0000000000000741. PMCID: PMC7987892.
McCabe SE, West BT, Matthews AK, Evans-Polce R, Lee JGL, Hughes TL, Veliz P, McCabe V, Boyd CJ. Sexual orientation, tobacco use, and tobacco cessation treatment-seeking: Results from a national U.S. survey. Behavioral Medicine. 2021 Apr-Jun;47(2):120-130. doi:10.1080/08964289.2019.1676191. PMCID: PMC7854762.
Kcomt L, Evans-Polce RJ, Engstrom CW, West BT, Boyd CJ, McCabe SE. Moderate-to-severe tobacco use disorder and discrimination among U.S. sexual minority older adults. Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychology Sciences and Social Sciences. 2021 Apr. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbab067. Epub 2021 Apr 18.
Greyson D, Roosevelt L, Boyd CJ. Desistance, self-treatment, or substitution: Decisions about cannabis use during pregnancy. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health. 2021 Jan;66(1):96-100. doi:10.1111/jmwh.13205. PMCID: PMC7897278.
Boyd CJ, Veliz P, Evans-Polce R, Eisman AB, McCabe SE. Latent class trajectories: U.S. adolescents’ nicotine use and its association with nicotine dependence. Addictive Behaviors Reports. 2020 Dec;12:100303. doi:10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100303. PMCID: PMC7752718.
Dahlem CH, Scalera M, Anderson G, Tasker M, Ploutz-Snyder R, McCabe SE, Boyd CJ. Recovery Opioid Overdose Team (ROOT) pilot program evaluation: A community-wide post-overdose response strategy. Substance Abuse. 2020 Dec:1-5. doi:10.1080/08897077.2020.1847239. PMCID: PMC8180524.
McCabe SE, Hughes TL, West BT, Evans-Polce R, Veliz PT, Dickinson K, McCabe VV, Boyd CJ. Sexual orientation, adverse childhood experiences, and comorbid DSM-5 substance use and mental health disorders in the United States. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2020 Dec;81(6). doi:10.4088/JCP.20m13291. PMCID: PMC7790524.
Owotomo O, Stritzel H, McCabe SE, Boyd CJ, Maslowsky J. Smoking intention and progression from e-cigarette use to cigarette smoking. Pediatrics. 2020 Dec;146(6). doi:10.1542/peds.2020-002881. PMCID: PMC7781200.
