Biographical Sketch
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Carol Prescott obtained B.A. and M.A. degrees in Experimental Psychology from Johns Hopkins University and her Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis in clinical research from the University of Virginia. She completed a clinical internship at the Neuropsychiatric Institute of the University of California at Los Angeles and post-doctoral training in psychiatric genetics and epidemiology at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Prescott’s work has been funded by grants from the U.S. National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression. Dr. Prescott has received several awards in recognition of her research, including the Theodore Reich Prize from the International Society for Psychiatric Genetics and the Fulker Award from the Behavior Genetics Association.
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Education
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 B.A. Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, 1984
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M.A. Experimental Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, 1985
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Ph.D. Psychology (Clinical Research), University of Virginia, 1991
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Professor, University of Southern California, 2005-
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2000-2005
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1995-2000
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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The primary goal of Dr. Prescott’s research is to understand the genetic and environmental sources of individual differences in risk for alcohol dependence and other substance use disorders and the mechanisms by which this variation is translated into clinical syndromes. For example, we are examining whether genetic risk for alcoholism is mediated through drinking motives, and how genetic risk interacts with environmental stress to increase risk for alcohol dependence. Other research interests include substance use as a risk factor for other psychological and disease outcomes; treatment outcome studies of co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders of homeless adults; and gene-environment interactions in cognition and health in older age.
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Research Specialties
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Substance Use Disorders,
Psychopathology,
Behavior Genetics,
Psychiatric Epidemiology,
Longitudinal Data Analysis, Research Methodology
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Honors and Awards
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USC Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty Fellow, 2007-
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Fulker Award, Behavior Genetics Association, 2007
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Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award, International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, 2004
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Service to the University
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Administrative Appointments
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Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology, USC, 2007-2009
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Service to the Profession
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Editorships and Editorial Boards
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Review Editor, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2003-2008
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Associate Editor, Behavior Genetics, 1999-2006
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