​Dr. Brincks is a prevention scientist focused on substance use and mental illness. Fascinated by heterogeneity in response to intervention, she is interested in better understanding how and for whom preventive interventions are effective. Her current work is in (1) causal mediation analysis, and (2) the design and analysis of adaptive interventions using Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials (SMART). Dr. Brincks currently serves as a faculty member in Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University.