Dr. Leslie Lundahl received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin. She completed her internship and postdoctoral training in Clinical Psychopharmacology at Harvard Medical School. Currently she is a faculty member in the Substance Abuse Research Division within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Her research, which is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), focuses on understanding and treating addictive behaviors.

She has been involved in many studies of behavioral and brain processes thought to underlie substance use disorders. Based on her clinical work with pregnant substance abusers, Dr. Lundahl also is involved in research designed to improve treatment outcomes for these high-risk women and their infants. Currently she is investigating new approaches for treating cannabis use disorder, as well as investigating cannabinoids as potential opioid-sparing drugs. In her clinical practice she specializes in using behavioral therapies to treat adolescents and adults with substance abuse and co-morbid psychiatric disorders. Dr. Lundahl is committed to teaching and training graduate and medical students as well as community treatment providers in the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders.

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