Faculty

Isaac C. Rhew

Adjunct Research Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Research Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

206-221-1897

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2009
MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2006
AB Psychology, Stanford University, 1995

Contact

206-221-1897

Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors
Box 354944
1100 NE 45th St., #300
Seattle, WA 98105

Bio

Dr. Rhew is a psychiatric epidemiologist with research interests in the etiology of and preventive interventions for substance use and mental health problems particularly regarding influences of area-level social and physical context on these outcomes. In addition, he is interested in epidemiologic and applied statistical methods especially for longitudinal and multi-level studies.

Research Areas

Research Interests

  • Etiology and prevention of mental health and substance use problems
  • Social determinants of health
  • Area-level contextual factors and health
  • Epidemiologic methods
  • Applied statistical methods
  • Co-occurrence of substance use and internalizing problems

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Assessment of Measurement Equivalence of the Communities That Care Brief Depression Scale by Immigrant Generation Status in Latinx Youth.
(2026 Mar)
J Community Psychol 54(2): e70098
Delawalla MLM, Rhew IC, Martinez G, Skinner M, Oesterle S, Guttmannova K
Using machine learning to identify unique predictors of alcohol and cannabis impaired driving.
(2026 Mar)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) 50(3): e70245
Calhoun BH, Hultgren BA, McCabe CJ, Rhew IC, Larimer ME, Kilmer JR, Guttmannova K
Cannabis Use Problems Moderate Daily Associations between Cannabis Consequences and Subsequent Use.
(2026 Mar 10)
J Stud Alcohol Drugs
Dyar C, Rhew IC, Lee CM
Weather-Related Trends in Drug Use Incidents Aboard Transit Vehicles.
(2026 Feb 24)
J Urban Health
Srikanth P, Rhew IC, Seto E, Zuidema C, Baker MG
Negative reinforcement of cannabis use: Subjective relief from negative affect following cannabis use and effects on subsequent patterns of use.
(2026 Jan 19)
Psychol Addict Behav
Dyar C, Rhew IC
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