Sarah Mayer-Brown, PhD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Pediatric Psychologist, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Psychology)
George Washington University, 2009.
PhD (Clinical and Health Psychology)
University of Florida, 2016.
Permanent linkBA (Psychology)
George Washington University, 2009.
PhD (Clinical and Health Psychology)
University of Florida, 2016.
Selected Publications
Mayer-Brown, S., Baber, K.F., Downing, M.A., Maxwell, E.C., & Webster, J. : Variation in Referral to Behavioral Health for Behavioral Treatment of Rumination. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition Reports 5(s2), 2024.Mayer-Brown, S., Downing, M., Webster, J., Maxwell, E., Baber, K.F.: Brief report: Patient education to increase behavioral treatment referrals for rumination syndrome. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology 2023.
Baber, K.F. & Mayer-Brown, S.: Evaluating referral equity and perceived barriers to behavioral treatment of rumination syndrome in an outpatient subspecialty clinic. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 48(s1): 81-82, 2023.
Rodriguez, K.; Turner, E.; Baber, K.; Szabo, M.; Mayer-Brown, S.; Holbein, C.; Wilkes, C.; Fussner, L.; Boyer, B.; Bass, R.; Diamond, T.; Mitchel, E.; Moore, H.; Graham, K.; Shah, A.; Maxwell, E.: Incorporating a Novel GI Psychology Curriculum in Didactic Training for Future Pediatric Gastroenterologists. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition 75(s1): s258-s259, 2022.
Mayer-Brown, S., Mousa, H., Downing, M., Baber, K.: Characterizing outpatient behavioral treatment of rumination syndrome in specialty care. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition 75(s1): s486, 2022.
Baber, K., Mousa, H., Downing, M., Mayer-Brown, S.: Developmental, psychiatric and gastrointestinal comorbidities of pediatric rumination syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition 75(s1): s115, 2022.
Basch, M.C., Mayer-Brown, S., Robinson, M.E., Janicke, D.M.: Pediatric weight bias in prehealth profession undergraduates: an idiographic approach. Translational Behavioral Medicine 11(1): 250-256, February 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibz148.
Westen, S. C., Mitchell, T. B., Mayer-Brown, S., Resmini Rawlinson, A., Ding, K., & Janicke, D. M.: Mother and Father Controlling Feeding Behaviors and Associations With Observed Mealtime Family Functioning. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 44(10): 1174-1183, November 2019 Notes: doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsz060.
Mayer-Brown, S., Basch, M.C., Robinson, M.E., Janicke, D.M.: Impact of Child and Maternal Weight on Healthcare Trainee Clinical Assessment Decision Making: A Virtual Human Study. Childhood Obesity 15(1): 63-70, January 2019 Notes: doi: 10.1089/chi.2018.0136. Epub 2018 Nov 2.
Mayer-Brown, S., Lawless, C., Fedele, D., Dumont-Driscoll, M., Janicke, D.M.: The effects of media, self-esteem, and BMI on youth's unhealthy weight control behaviors. Eating Behaviors 21: 59-65, April 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.11.010. Epub 2015 Nov 12.