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Carol J. Boyd, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Nursing and Women's Studies
Deborah J. Oakley Collegiate Professor
Director, Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Research Professor, Substance Abuse Research Center
Golden Apple Professor

Institute for Research on Women & Gender
1136 Lane Hall
204 S State St
Ann Arbor, 48109-1290
Telephone: (734) 615-6468
Fax: (734) 764-9533
caroboyd@umich.edu

Education
PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1987
MSN, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1982
BSN, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 1978
BGS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1973

Research Interests
Gender and Substance Abuse (e.g. women, LGB, etc.)

Current Research
Substance abuse and HIV treatment and prevention (e.g., Michigan Department of Correctons);

Alcohol and drug abuse among secondary and college students;

Prescription abuse and diversion

Institute for Research on Women and Gender University of Michigan

Substance Abuse Research Center University of Michigan

Bio

Carol J. Boyd, PhD, MSN, FAAN is the Director of the Institute for
Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) at the University of Michigan, the Deborah J Oakley Collegiate Professor of Nursing, Professor of Women’s Studies and a Research Professor at the Substance Abuse Research Center.

Dr. Boyd is an internationally recognized scholar in the studies of substance abuse and vulnerable populations. Her earlier research focused on women’s abuse of heroin and crack cocaine, but her more recent NIH funded studies focus on adolescent and young adult populations.

Dr. Boyd has been a principal investigator on the UM /Student Life Survey, a random sample, web-based survey of UM students focusing on drug, alcohol and other risky behaviors. The Student Life Survey, funded by UM and the NIH began in 1999 and provides data to the University of Michigan community.

Dr. Boyd publishes extensively in medical, nursing and interdisciplinary journals; her most recent work centers on prescription drug abuse in school-based populations and has been published in Journal of Adolescent Health, Pediatrics, and in Archives of Adolescent and Pediatric Medicine.