Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Lindsey Nichols graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2017 with a B.S. in psychology. Lindsey then sought her M.S. in prevention science at the University of Oregon, under the mentorship of Dr. Emily Tanner-Smith. There she received interdisciplinary training in the areas of substance use recovery and brief interventions, as well as research synthesis methods, fueling her passion for clinical research. In 2019, she joined the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Oregon where she was awarded a First-Year Fellowship to continue this line of research. Specifically, her doctoral research focused on understanding variability in intervention effects for youth and young adults with histories of substance use disorders and related challenges, spanning various contexts, including the legal system, healthcare settings, and schools. Her dissertation was a culmination of these interests, which examined the post-substance use treatment trajectories of adolescent substance use disorders and the moderating roles of mental health and social support. During her clinical psychology pre-doctoral internship at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, she received training in a range of clinical settings with systems-involved youth under the mentorship of Drs. Kathleen Kemp, Robert Miranda, Miiyah Grant, and Katelyn Affleck. Lindsey is excited to stay on at Brown for her T32 postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies with Dr. Molly Magill and Dr. Miranda. Lindsey would like to thank her research mentors, clinical supervisors, friends, cohort mates, and family for their unwavering support throughout this journey.