Carol Mathews

Dr. Mathews is the Donald R. Dizney Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida. Dr. Mathews completed her undergraduate education at Cornell University and her medical training at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She completed her internship and psychiatric residency at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), followed by research fellowships in biological psychiatry and clinical research methods.

Dr. Mathews is the Director of the Center for OCD, Anxiety, and Related Disorders and the Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment at UF. Her research and clinical interests center around identifying the causes and neural underpinnings of obsessive compulsive, tic, and anxiety spectrum disorders. She is actively engaged in studying the causes of these disorders, including the role of genetics, as well understanding their neurobiological underpinnings. Dr. Mathews' research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and multiple foundations. She has served on several advisory boards for non-profit organizations, including the Tourette Association of America, the International OCD Foundation, the Family Foundation for OCD Research, and the MHASF Task Force on Hoarding and Cluttering.