Lewei Allison Lin, M.D., M.S.

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, U-M Addiction Center
Co-Director of MI-ACRE
Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program
Practicing Addiction Clinician, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Research Scientist, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Biography

Allison Lin, MD, MS is an addiction psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry as well as Research Scientist at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Dr. Lin is also Co-Director of MI-ACRE, Director of the U-M Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Immediate Past President of the Michigan Society of Addiction Medicine and American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Research Committee Chair. She was also awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor the U.S. government gives scientists and engineers earlier in their careers. Her research focuses on identifying actionable contributors and gaps in access and quality of addiction care using large healthcare datasets and developing and testing novel interventions and models of care that can implemented in real-world systems, including through use of telehealth, to improve treatment delivery and patient outcomes.

Areas of Interest

  • Developing and testing telehealth-delivered interventions for patients with substance use disorders
  • Using large healthcare datasets to identify disparities in substance use disorder treatment access and quality of care to determine priorities for interventions.
  • Determining and intervening on overdose risk factors
  • Improve care for patients with substance use disorders and comorbid conditions (mental health, chronic pain, etc). 

Credentials

  • Addiction Psychiatry Research & Clinical Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School 
  • Adult Psychiatry Residency, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School
  • M.D. Yale University School of Medicine
  • B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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