Sean Esteban McCabe

Dr. McCabe is an internationally recognized scholar in the areas of epidemiology of substance use disorders, prescription medication use and misuse, sexual orientation, and survey methodology. He has clinical experience treating adolescents, young adults, and adults with substance use disorders. He previously served as the Acting Director of the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center and Office of Student Conflict Resolution. He is the Director of the Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH Center) in the School of Nursing at the University of Michigan. Dr. McCabe was the Associate Editor for an addiction journal and reviews grant applications for several organizations including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Education, National Institutes of Health, and William T. Grant Foundation. He has been the recipient of three NIH research awards and earned the prestigious 2024 Betty Ford Award for his significant impact on the field of addiction and recovery. He has been a principal investigator of 15 FDA- and NIH-funded projects, participating investigator on a number of NIH-funded projects and authored or co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles.