In Memoriam: Sean Barrett (1973-2024)
Professor
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The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Faculty of Science are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Sean P. Barrett on June 13, 2024, at the age of 50. Sean was a cherished member of our department for 19 years. He was an active and productive scientist. He was also a dedicated mentor and instructor devoted to ensuring the pilipili漫画 of his students and was deeply committed to advancing our understanding of the factors that contribute to addictive behaviours. Our department mourns the loss of Sean, and our thoughts and sympathies go out to Sean鈥檚 family, friends, colleagues, and students. He is deeply missed.
Research Topics:
- Addiction
- Neuroscience
- Clinical psychology
Education
BA/BSc (St. Francis Xavier)
PhD (McGill)
Research Interests
Dr. Barrett鈥檚 research aimed to understand how various pharmacological and non-pharmacological factors contribute to different addictive behaviours as well as to determine the extent to which there are individual differences in the roles of such factors.
Selected Publications
- Spinella, T., Stewart, S., Naugler, J., Yakovenko, I., & Barrett, S. (2021).听听Psychopharmacology, 238(7), 1965-1977.
- Shephard, A., & Barrett, S. (2022).听听Journal of Psychopharmacology, 36, 378-386.
- Perry, R.N.,听Schlagintweit, H.E., Darredeau, C., Helmick, C., Newman, A.J., Good, K.P., Barrett, S.P. (2019).听听Journal of Psychopharmacology, 33, 1600-1609.
- Schlagintweit, H.E., Perry, R.N., Darredeau, C., Barrett, S.P. (2020).听.听Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 22, 1260-1266.听
Awards and Honours
2013 Faculty of Science Killam Prize
2018 Rosemary Gill Award
2018 Nova Scotia Tobacco Control Research Excellence Award