Beatriz (Bia) Carlini
Senior research scientist, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute
Marijuana
Expertise: Tobacco cessation and brief interventions for substance use disorders using technology
Beatriz Carlini is also an affiliate associate professor in the Department of Health Services.
Beatriz Carlini’s primary research interests are tobacco cessation and brief interventions for substance use disorders using technology (e.g., telephone, web, and Interactive Voice Response). Carlini has developed training programs for health care providers about smoking cessation, medicinal cannabis and other topics. In 2016 she was appointed to coordinate the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute’s marijuana research activities, collaborate with other marijuana researchers at the UW, and liaison with policy makers in Washington State and researchers at other universities.
