BA - Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio
MS - Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, New York
DrPH - Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Barrett is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health in the School of Community Health and Policy and is a member of the Beta Epsilon Chapter of the Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health.

Dr. Barrett's research interest continues to be in the area of health literacy. Her dissertation provided a framework on integrating health literacy into primary care safety net clinics. She was an active member of the National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) Roundtable on Health Literacy for six years representing safety net providers. She provided training and consultation to the Center for Health, Ethnicity and Culture, in Melbourne, Australia in their development of health literacy curriculum for training service providers in Victoria, Australia. She is currently working with Zayed University in Abu Dhabi to integrate health literacy as a priority in the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health five year strategic plan.

Publications

Rollins R, Gribble A, Barrett SE, Powell C. Who Is in Your Waiting Room? Health Care Professionals as Culturally Responsive and Trauma-Informed First Responders to Human Trafficking. AMA Journal of Ethics. January 2017, Volume 19, Number 1: 63-71. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.01.pfor2-1701.https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/who-your-waiting-room-health-care-professionals-culturally-responsive-and-trauma-informed-first/2017-01

Sharon Barrett, DrPH, MS, (Dissertation): Integrating Health Literacy Practices into a Chronic Care Model: A Comparative Case Study of Five Safety Net Primary Care Organizations, 2013.