About.

Ph.D. | Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Areas of Expertise: Development, Adversity, Positive Well-Being, Attention, Emotion Regulation, Executive Functioning, Child Anxiety, Pediatric Pain, Digital Health, Biofeedback, Mind-body Interventions, Culturally Responsive Practices

Dr. Sharon Adusei is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in the developing brain, specifically in understanding the role that our context, culture, and social environment impact how our attention and self-regulation skills unfold throughout childhood and into adolescence.

She has dedicated the last decade of her career focused on promoting well-being and positive health outcomes for children and their families. Since leaving her tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor in the Summer of 2021, Dr. Adusei continues to collaborate with her colleagues on scholarly work that you can learn more about here.

After seeing and experiencing the difficulty of translating research findings into practices that are actually applicable and useful to the community and larger society, Dr. Adusei strives to increase the access and dissemination of evidence-based tools for kids, parents, and families, particularly for those from marginalized backgrounds. She accomplishes this mission through several modalities such as providing clinical services, offering expert consulting services, and working in the digital mental health industry.

 
 

Education & Training

 

Postdoctoral Fellowship

University of Michigan

2018-2020

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology

Michigan State University

2018

Clinical Residency in Psychology

 Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University and Children’s Health Council Consortium 

2017-2018

Academic Family Tree

 
Jaime Grutzendler, MDGrutzendler Lab

Jaime Grutzendler, MD, Yale School of Medicine

Grutzendler Lab

Emma Adam, PhDContexts of Adolescent Stress and Thriving (COAST) Lab

Emma Adam, PhD, Northwestern University

Contexts of Adolescent Stress and Thriving (COAST) Lab

C. Emily Durbin, PhDChild Emotions Lab

C. Emily Durbin, PhD, Michigan State University

Child Emotions Lab

Jason S. Moser, PhDClinical Psychophysiology Lab

Jason S. Moser, PhD, Michigan State University

Clinical Psychophysiology Lab

Alison S. Miller, PhDChild Health and Development Lab

Alison S. Miller, PhD, University of Michigan

Child Health and Development Lab