Rebecca Evans-Polce, PhD

Department of Health Behavior and Clinical Sciences

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Dr. Rebecca Evans-Polce is a public health researcher with a focus on substance use epidemiology. Her work primarily uses secondary data analysis to understand prevalence, trends, risk factors, and health consequences of substance use.

Publications

March 13, 2026 | Journal Article

Parental death and parental substance use problems during childhood and the risk of DSM-5 substance use, suicidality and mental health disorders.

March 1, 2026 | Journal Article

Social Environmental Factors Help to Explain Early Substance Use Initiation Among Youth With Comorbid Psychological and Somatic Symptom Trajectories.

January 1, 2026 | Journal Article

Gender Diversity, Substance Cognitions, and Alcohol, Nicotine/Tobacco, and Cannabis Use Among Youth.

September 8, 2025 | Journal Article

Nonmedical Use and Substance Use Disorder Symptoms Among US Adults Coprescribed Opioids and Benzodiazepines.

September 1, 2025 | Journal Article

Patterns of substance use on a given day in a national sample of U.S. young adults.

All Publications

Media Mentions

Families, peers biggest predictors of early substance use in children with pain, mental health symptoms

February 18, 2026

Media Mention: Kids who lose a parent to homicide, suicide or drug overdose are more likely to die as children

March 23, 2026