About the Research Track

Carol A. Mathews, MD

Associate Professor in Residence; Co-director of Research Track

Education:

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD

Postgraduate Training:

UCSF, Psychiatry Residency and Fellowship in Biological Psychiatry

Clinical Expertise:

obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette Syndrome, tic disorders, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders

Educational Expertise:

anxiety disorders, clinical research methods in psychiatry, OCD

Research Focus:

psychiatric genetics, epidemiology and etiology of OCD and related neuropsychiatric disorders, phenotype-genotype correlations, and phenomenology

Dr. Mathews’ research focuses on the phenomenology, epidemiology, and genetics of neuropsychiatric symptoms and disorders, particularly those with childhood onset, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and other anxiety symptoms, Tourette Syndrome (TS), and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Her research is funded by NINDS, NIMH, NARSAD, the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, and the Tourette Syndrome Association. Dr. Mathews’ research focuses on:

  • genetic studies of OCD, TS, and ADHD in Costa Rica and the US
  • studies of potential environmental factors that predispose or worsen neuropsychiatric symptoms (including prenatal risk factors such as prenatal maternal nicotine use)
  • epidemiological studies of neuropsychiatric symptoms in non-clinical populations and relatives of individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders

She is also interested in the comorbidity and common etiological factors underlying anxiety disorders.

 
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