Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Overview

Dr. Sheerin is an Assistant Professor on the Research Scholars Track at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a Research Scientist through the Bradley-Hasbro Children's Research Center at Rhode Island Hospital. She also serves as a consulting psychologist for the Rhode Island Family Court. She received her PhD in a Clinical Child Psychology in 2021 from the University of Missouri. She completed her APA-accredited predoctoral residency through Brown's Clinical Psychology Training Program and also completed an NIH T32 postdoctoral research fellowship at Brown. 

 

Broadly, Dr. Sheerin's work focuses on improving the behavioral health of youth involved in the juvenile legal system. She is particularly interested in (a) developing, adapting, and evaluating intervention and assessment approaches for complex clinical concerns (e.g., substance use, delinquent and harmful behaviors, suicidal thoughts and behaviors) for youth involved in the system and (b) promoting equitable access to quality behavioral healthcare for these system-involved youth. She also has a secondary interest  in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice-related issues in health service psychology training and has published in this area. 

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