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Sarah I Pratt, PhD

Title(s)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Director, Center for Collaborative Mental Health Research

Department(s)
Psychiatry
Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Education
B.A. Connecticut College
Ph.D. Fordham University

Programs
Other

Websites
https://www.center-for-collaborative-mental-health-research.com/

Contact Information

Dartmouth Department of Psychiatry
70 Commercial Street
Suite 203
Concord NH 03301

Office: see above
Phone: 603-226-6805
Email: Sarah.I.Pratt@dartmouth.edu

Assistant: Gail Williams
Asst. Email: Gail.E.Williams@dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Developing and evaluating interventions to enhance functioning, health, and quality of life for people with serious mental illness. Interventions include: Integrated Illness Management and Recovery (IIMR; training in integrated illness self-management); HOPES (training in social, community living, and health care management skills); SWITCH IT (behavioral support for tobacco harm reduction); Breathe Well, Live Well (smoking cessation); InSHAPE (support for exercise and healthy eating).

Mentoring Information

Willing and able to mentor students and trainees in clinical research.


Selected Publications

 

Exploring convergence of social cognition and social skills in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: unique and shared influences of functioning.
Murphy S, Eack SM, Schutt RK, Killam MA, Delman J, Beckman DK, Litschge M, Wilner EK, Mesholam-Gately R, Lewandowski KE, Mueser KT, Pratt SI, Sandoval L, Xie H, Keshavan MS
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2026 Aug 12; doi: 10.1007/s00127-026-03191-4. Epub 2026 Aug 12.
PMID: 42587130

Latest developments in the use of e-cigarettes by people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who smoke: a scoping review.
Caponnetto P, Pratt S, Bellanca CM, Vitale NM, Prezzavento GC, La Rosa GRM, Adebisi YA, Nilforooshan R, John I, Fakhrou A, Petralia A, Signorelli MS, Pikirenia U, Testoni I, Cavallaro R, Bosia M, Polosa R
Front Psychiatry. 2026;17:1811946. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1811946. Epub 2026 Jul 21.
PMID: 42553197

Disrupting phage liquid crystalline droplets restores antibiotic susceptibility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
Tarafder AK, Graham M, Davis LK, Pratt S, Bohning J, Manivannan P, Wang Z, Clemente CM, Weimann A, Floto RA, Owens RJ, O'Toole GA, Pearce P, Bharat TAM
PLoS Biol. 2026 Jun;24(6):e3003834. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003834. Epub 2026 Jun 5.
PMID: 42247470

Relationship Between Early Product Substitution and Harm Reduction in an ENDS Switching Trial for Adults who Smoke.
Stoolmiller M, Sargent JD, Brunette MF, Ferron JC, Santos M, Pratt SI
Nicotine Tob Res. 2026 May 15; pii: ntag107. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntag107. Epub 2026 May 15.
PMID: 42139066

Comparing perspectives on community mental health center-based integrated care for serious mental illness across age groups.
Bourassa JG, Sowden GL, Williams GE, Pratt SI, Ferron JC, Santos MM, Almeida MAE, Christenson-Collins J, Considine-Sweeney S, Elliott JLF, Swenson KR, Brunette MF
Fam Syst Health. 2026 Apr 30; doi: 10.1037/fsh0001046. Epub 2026 Apr 30.
PMID: 42060412

Health Characteristics of Emerging and Young Adults with SMI.
Brunette MF, Bourassa JG, Wallin DJ, Ferron JC, Williams GE, Santos MM, Pratt SI
Community Ment Health J. 2026 Apr 17; doi: 10.1007/s10597-026-01627-4. Epub 2026 Apr 17.
PMID: 41998278

In Situ Photoactivated Hydrogel Adhesive Dressings for Post Colon Polypectomies (PolypCures).
Hu X, Villarreal-Otalvaro C, Liu R, Hung YP, Pratt S, O'Toole GA, Berry S, Jones M, Rosenthal A, Grinstaff MW
bioRxiv. 2025 Dec 14; pii: 2025.12.11.693663. doi: 10.64898/2025.12.11.693663. Epub 2025 Dec 14.
PMID: 41427356

Impact of Community Mental Health-Based Integrated Care on Service Use Among Young Adults With Serious Mental Illness.
Brunette MF, Sowden GL, Martinez-Camblor P, Erickson AC, Bourassa JG, Burdick TE, Chalsma AH, Ferron JC, Lord SE, Pratt SI, Sagona JA
Psychiatr Serv. 2025 Nov 1;76(11):988-996. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20250042.
PMID: 41174946

Targeted disruption of phage liquid crystalline droplets abolishes antibiotic tolerance of bacterial biofilms.
Tarafder AK, Graham M, Davis LK, Pratt S, Bohning J, Manivannan P, Wang Z, Clemente CM, Owens RJ, O'Toole GA, Pearce P, Bharat TAM
bioRxiv. 2025 Jul 28; pii: 2025.07.28.667140. doi: 10.1101/2025.07.28.667140. Epub 2025 Jul 28.
PMID: 40766552

Program Evaluation for a Novel Multicomponent Smoking Cessation Intervention for Smokers With Serious Mental Illness.
Brunette MF, Bourassa JG, Ferron JC, Aschbrenner KA, Santos MM, Gowarty MA, Pratt SI
Health Promot Pract. 2026 Mar;27(2):315-323. doi: 10.1177/15248399251348169. Epub 2025 Jun 27.
PMID: 40575927

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