Scott Vrieze
75 East River Parkway
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
I am a clinical psychologist and behavioral geneticist. Broadly, I examine the nature, origins, and consequences of psychopathology, with a particular focus on drug use and antisocial behavior. I use a variety of environmentally and genetically informative research designs in this effort, including genetic association studies, longitudinal twin and adoption designs, and novel assessment techniques such as ecological momentary assessment, GPS location, and wireless sensors.
I conduct all this work through my participation in the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research.
I advise PhD students in the Department of Psychology's Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research program, and the Personality, Individual Differences, and Behavior Genetics program. I also advise students in the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology doctoral program.
Along with Monica Luciana , I direct a training program funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health. This training program provides full financial support for graduate students and postdocs to conduct research on genetic and neurobehavioral aspects of addiction and related phenomena.
For a list of publications please see Google Scholar page.
Educational Background
- Postdoctoral training: Biostatistics, University of Michigan, 2012-2014
- PhD: Clinical Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2012
- B.A.: Psychology & Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 2004