Leslie Lundahl
Position Title
Professor
Office Address
Tolan Park
3901 Chrysler Drive
Suite 2A
Detroit, 48201
Office Phone
313-993-1374
Biography
Dr. Lundahl’s overall research objective is to advance our understanding of addictive behaviors, with the goal
of developing new treatment approaches and improving existing options for individuals who seek
help for their substance use disorders. To this end, she has focused her scientific endeavors in several
key areas: (1) identifying factors (e.g., personality, environmental, pharmacological) that are
potential determinants of drug seeking behavior; (2) developing and refining human laboratory
models (e.g., cue-induced and stress-induced craving/use, drug discrimination, subjective effects,
choice procedures) to efficiently and rigorously test mechanisms of action that underlie drug-taking
behavior and contribute to relapse, as well as test candidate medications for pharmacotherapy, (3)
understanding factors that might predict treatment retention and treatment outcomes, and, (4) using
this knowledge to improve existing treatment options and guide development of new, better-targeted
treatment approaches for substance use disorders. Although most of her work involves
cannabinoids, she has also conducted studies on alcohol, nicotine, MDMA, cocaine, and opioids.
Research Interests
- Human behavioral pharmacology of drugs of abuse
- Medications development for treatment of substance use disorders
- Cannabis
- Co-morbid psychiatric and substance use disorders
Laboratory Web Site
tobacco.med.wayne.edu
Recent university news spotlights
- Wayne State researchers examine how combining CBD and therapy may have greater effects on anxiety disorders
- Wayne State adds new Nicotine and Tobacco Research Division to Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
- Dr. Lundahl's research on marijuana and dreaming is discussed in an article about sleep research