Profile

B.B.A Seoul National University
M.S. Indiana University
Ph.D. Indiana University

• Principal Investigator of several opioid overdose prevention community-driven projects, including MACRO-B, PCOOD, and HOPE-B
• Former President, American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB)
• Grant Reviewer, NIH, NSF, FAMRI, French IReSP, Hong Kong RGC, etc.
• Director, Advancing Substance Use and Addiction Research Group (ASA)
• Have taught graduate-level multivariate and multilevel statistics courses since 2006

Scholarly Interest

My research centers around addictive behavior and comorbid mental health problems. Recent research agenda are centered on interventions to reduce opioid overdose deaths, nicotine/marijuana vaping and related disparities experienced by vulnerable populations. His research has been supported by more than two dozen grants.

Awards & Honors:

Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award, 6 times in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, & 2024

Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB) and the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM)

Alba Lopez, L., Satterfield, N. C., & Seo, D. C. (2026). Intersectionality as theoretical lens of a critical discourse study on Black communities lived experience with opioid overdose response. Qualitative Research Journal. doi: 10.1108/QRJ-08-2025-0249.  (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Seo, D. C., Satterfield, N., Lee, S. H., Crabtree, C., & Cochran, N. (2026). “We playin’ chess but you give me a checker piece.” A Portrait of Structural Racism Ingrained in Overdose Good Samaritan Laws Through Semi-Structured Interviews. Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. 1-10. doi:10.1017/jme.2026.10244. (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Lee, S. H., Agley, J., Sharma, V., Williamson, F., Zhang, P., & Seo, D. C. (2025). Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Administration Knowledge and Perceived Competency in A Probability Sample of Indiana Urban Communities with Large Black Populations. PLoS One, 20(7): e0328444. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0328444.   PMID: 40663522. PMCID: PMC12262839. (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Seo, D. C., Alba-Lopez, L., Satterfield, N., Lee, S. H., Crabtree, C., & Williamson, F. (2025). “There’s no real urgency when it comes to us”: Critical Discourse Analysis of Black Communities’ Lived Experience with Opioid Overdose Response in Indianapolis Area.  Social Science & Medicine, 373, 118039.  doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118039. PMID: 40187070. PMCID: PMC Journal- In Progress. (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Lee, S. & Seo, D. C. (2025). Longitudinal Behavioral Transitions in Adolescent Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Use: Markov Multistate Transition Model. Journal of Adolescent Health, 76(5), 914-919. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.12.020. PMID: 39927914.  (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Choe, S., Agley, J., Elam, K. K., Bidulescu, A., & Seo, D. C. (2025). Identifying predictors of multi-year cannabis vaping in U.S. young adults using machine learning. Addictive Behaviors, 160, 108167.  doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108167.  PMID: 39341185.  (Corresponding Author: Seo)

LoParco, C., Bone, C., Berg, C. J., Rossheim, M. E., Peeri, N. C., Tillett, K., & Seo, D. C. (2025). Associations between opioid and kratom use in the United States: Differences by race/ethnicity and sexual orientation. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 12(5), 3375-3387. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-02142-6.  PMID: 39196491. 

Agley, J., Henderson, C., Seo, D. C., Parker, M., Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Dickinson, S., & Tidd, D. (2024). Feasibility of using the national PulsePoint CPR responder network to facilitate overdose education and naloxone distribution: Protocol for a randomized, controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 13, e57280. doi: 10.2196/57280. PMID: 38551636.  PMCID: PMC11015366.  

Seo, D. C., Satterfield, N., Alba-Lopez, L., Lee, S. H., Crabtree, C., & Cochran, N. (2023). “That’s why we’re speaking up today.”: exploring barriers to overdose fatality prevention in Indianapolis’ Black community with semi-structured interviews. Harm Reduction Journal, 20, 159. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00894-8.  PMID: 37891632. PMCID: PMC10612233.  (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Han, D.-H., Elam, K. K., Quinn, P., Huang, C., & Seo, D. C. (2023). Within-person associations of escalated electronic nicotine delivery systems use with cigarette, alcohol, marijuana, and drug use behaviors among U.S. young adults.  Addiction, 118(3), 509-519.  doi: 10.1111/add.16082.  PMID: 36367333.  PMCID: PMC10098511. (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Han, D.-H. & Seo, D. C. (2022). Identifying risk profiles for marijuana vaping among U.S. young adults by recreational marijuana legalization status: A machine learning approach. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 232:109330. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109330. PMID: 35123363. (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Lee, B., Levy, D., Macy, J., Elam, K., Bidulescu, A., & Seo, D. C. (2022). Smoking trajectories from adolescence to early adulthood as a longitudinal predictor of mental health in adulthood: Evidence from 21years of nationally representative cohort. Addiction, 117, 1727-1736. doi: 10.1111/add.15758. PMID: 34817100. (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Han, D.-H., Seo, D. C., & Lin, H.-C. (2021). Statewide vaping product excise tax policy and use of electronic nicotine delivery systems among U.S. young adults, 2014-2019. Tobacco Control, doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056653. PMID: 34326194.

Kwon, E., Adams, Z., & Seo, D. C. (2021). Trajectories and Determinants of Adolescents' Nicotine Product Use Risk Among U.S. Adolescents in a Nationally Representative Sample of Longitudinal Cohort. Addictive Behaviors, 116, 106812. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106812. PMID: 33421749. (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Han, D.-H., Lee, S. H., Lee, S., & Seo, D. C. (2021). Identifying emerging predictors for adolescent electronic nicotine delivery systems use: A machine learning analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study. Preventive Medicine, 145, 106418. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106418. PMID: 33422574. (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Lee, B., & Seo, D. C. (2021). Effects of an 80% Cigarette Price Increase on Quit Attempts, Successful Quitting, and Smoking Intensity Among Korean Adult Smokers: Results from Nationally Representative Longitudinal Panel Data. Tobacco Control, 30, 336-343. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055518. PMID: 32269171. (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Seo, D. C., Kwon, E., Lee, S., & Seo, J. (2020). Using susceptibility measures to prospectively predict ever use of electronic cigarettes among adolescents. Preventive Medicine, 130, 105896. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105896. PMID: 31730945. (Corresponding Author: Seo)

Han, D.-H., Lee, S., & Seo, D. C. (2020). Using Machine Learning to Predict Opioid Misuse Among U.S. Adolescents. Preventive Medicine, 130, 105886. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105886. PMID: 31705938. (Corresponding Author: Seo)