Dr. Prause received her Doctorate in Clinical Science from Indiana University, Bloomington. After an internship in 2007, she started a tenure-track position at Idaho State University, left for a Research Scientist position at Mind Research Network, and ultimately landed at UCLA in the Department of Psychiatry. She has since founded an independent, grant-funded research institute, Liberos, in Los Angeles. The focus of Liberos is to identify the general health benefits of sexual stimulation.