Dr. Caroline Barry is a prevention scientist developing scalable behavioral health interventions to promote adolescent mental health and prevent substance use in rural, Tribal, and underserved communities. Her program of research uses digital technologies and community-engaged methods to expand the effectiveness and reach of evidence-based prevention strategies.

Dr. Barry is an NIH/NIDA T32 postdoctoral research fellow at the Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health and a member of the play2PREVENT lab. She has authored 25 peer-reviewed publications, including recent studies in JAMA Network Open, American Journal of Public Health, JAMA Pediatrics, and Journal of Adolescent Health.

She currently leads a funded pilot project using community-engaged and human-centered design methods to digitize a culturally grounded, family-based prevention program with Cherokee Nation youth and caregivers. Her broader work examines the mental health effects of digital interventions, the substance use effects and implementation of school- and family-based prevention programs, and risk and protective processes across social and community contexts.

Dr. Barry earned her PhD and MPH in Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences from Emory University and her bachelor's degree in Psychology with a certificate in Global Health & Health Policy from Princeton University.