# Comorbid Substance Use Among African Americans and Puerto Ricans: Determinants and Consequences

> **NIH NIH K01** · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2021 · $136,312

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Candidate – Immediate and Long-Term Career Goals: Jung Yeon Lee, Ph.D., has a strong background in
statistics and behavioral science, as well as basic and translational research. Her overarching career goal is to
become an independent academic research scientist working at the interface between substance use,
psychopathology, cultural factors, intervention research, and statistics. To achieve this long term goal, Dr. Lee
plans to extend her research area into the social sciences through a plan for acquiring epidemiological
expertise, and developing innovative statistical techniques to deal with large longitudinal datasets.
Environment – Key Elements of the Research Career Development Plan: Dr. Lee is currently a junior
research member in the Department of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. Under the
guidance of her mentoring team (Drs. J.S. Brook, S.J. Finch, D.W. Brook), collaborators (Drs. M. Galanter, J.
Endicott, K. Pahl, E. Obasi, M. De La Rosa), she will enter a rigorous training program consisting of: 1) formal
didactic training via graduate courses (Departments of Environmental Medicine, Psychiatry, and Psychology);
2) research training via attending seminars and meetings; 3) contribution to journal clubs and group meetings
in the research groups of the mentors and collaborators; 4) participation in national international conferences
and symposia; and 5) participation in training courses in the responsible conduct of research.
Research Project: This revised grant application, based on a 20-year longitudinal study of African Americans
and Puerto Ricans, is designed to 1) identify the predictors and consequences (e.g., psychiatric disorders) of
triple comorbid trajectories of substance use; 2) investigate the pathways from cultural factors and parent-child
attachment in adolescence to substance use in adulthood; and 3) inform intervention research to be more
effective for African American and Puerto Rican adolescents and adults. In addition, the research will serve as
the foundation for a future study to be written in years 4 and 5 on examining the differences and/or similarities
in the patterns of substance use as well as adverse outcomes from substance use between monoracial and
biracial Black/Hispanic individuals. This research is in response to NIDAs call for studies of African American
and Hispanic individuals. Of importance, the objectives of my career development plan include the following: 1)
become an expert in using advanced analytic techniques such as growth mixture modeling, structural equation
modeling, and propensity score analysis; 2) acquire expertise in cultural factors and substance use disorders;
3) develop interdisciplinary collaborations; 4) disseminate research findings; and 5) grant development.
Relevance: The findings will lead to a greater understanding of the relationships between triple comorbid
trajectories of substance use and 1) psychological functioning in adolescenc...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10087503
- **Project number:** 5K01DA041609-05
- **Recipient organization:** NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Jungyeon Lee
- **Activity code:** K01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $136,312
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-02-15 → 2022-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10087503

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10087503, Comorbid Substance Use Among African Americans and Puerto Ricans: Determinants and Consequences (5K01DA041609-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10087503. Licensed CC0.

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