DrSarah Barakat
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Orcid identifier0000-0002-3097-8320 (opens in a new tab)
- Postdoctoral Research FellowFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Sarah holds a special interest in eating disorders and seeks to understand ways to increase both the efficacy of and accessibility to evidence-based treatments. Sarah is interested in mechanistic questions of change in psychotherapy interventions and how we might be able to leverage therapeutic adjuncts or advanced statistical and digital technologies to develop personalised treatments.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTSupported to succeed: Evaluation of GP-supported Binge Eating eTherapy as a scalable low-intensity primary care interventionRoyal Australian College of General Practitioners1 Jan 2026People funded by this grant:
- Ong S,
- Maguire SL,
- Barakat S,
- Marks P,
- Dann K
- GRANTFrom complexity to clarity: individual-level models for personalised youth mental health careDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Apr 2025 - 31 Mar 2028People funded by this grant:
- Barakat S,
- Varidel M,
- Oliver D,
- de Haan Z,
- Hickie I
- GRANTMoving toward individual-level treatment approaches: A pilot evaluation of a personalised digital intervention for eating disordersBrain and Mind Centre1 Sep 2024People funded by this grant:
- Barakat S
- GRANTUnderstanding mechanisms driving obesityCharles Perkins Centre1 Jul 2024People funded by this grant:
- Barakat S