Sarah Mayer-Brown
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.
BA (Psychology)
George Washington University, 2009.
PhD (Clinical and Health Psychology)
University of Florida, 2016.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Pediatric Psychology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, 2015-2016.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Pediatric Psychology, Specialty: Gastroenterology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH , 2016-2017.
Permanent linkIntern, Pediatric Psychology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, 2015-2016.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Pediatric Psychology, Specialty: Gastroenterology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH , 2016-2017.
Selected Publications
Jong, K., Mayer-Brown, S., Webster, J., Downing, M., Maxwell, E.C., Baber, K.F.: : A quality improvement project to improve access to behavioral health treatment for pediatric rumination syndrome: Assessing caregiver-reported barriers and education preferences. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition Reports September 2025.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), October 2024.
Mayer-Brown, S., Wilkes, C.D., Holbein, C., Turner, B. & Baber, K.F.: Biopsychosocial treatment for pediatric patients with comorbid GI diagnoses and ARFID. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition Reports 5(s2), October 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 11(4): 408-414, November 2023 Notes: doi:10.1037/cpp0000494.
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, April 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, October 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, October 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, October 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.