Carol Prescott
Carol Prescott | |
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| Born | Carol Arlene Prescott |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Johns Hopkins University University of Virginia |
| Known for | Behavior genetics Psychiatric genetics |
| Awards | Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (2004) Fulker Award from the Behavior Genetics Association (2006) |
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| Fields | Gerontology Psychology |
| Institutions | Virginia Commonwealth University University of Southern California |
| Thesis | Clinical, psychometric, and biometric assessment of schizophrenia: A psychiatric twin study (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Irving Gottesman[1] |
Carol Arlene Prescott is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern California (USC), where she also holds a joint appointment in the Davis School of Gerontology. Before joining the faculty of USC in 2005, she was an assistant, and later associate, professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focuses on the genetic and environmental contributions to variation in cognition, as well as on identifying causes of substance use disorders.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Prescott, Carol A. (March 2017). "Irving Gottesman: Scholar, Mentor, and Advocate". Clinical Psychological Science. 5 (2): 429–431. doi:10.1177/2167702617691486. ISSN 2167-7026. S2CID 151692000.
- ^ "About Carol Prescott". USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
External links
[edit]- Faculty profile
- Carol Prescott publications indexed by Google Scholar
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