Sarah Racine

Sarah Racine is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at McGill University, affiliated with the McGill BEEP Lab. Her research focuses on transdiagnostic risk factors for eating disorders, particularly examining the interplay between negative urgency, emotional regulation, and comorbid psychopathologies such as depression and substance use disorders. She employs methodologies from behavioral genetics, neuroendocrinology, and psychophysiology to identify mechanisms underlying these conditions.

Her research interests include understanding the biobehavioral mechanisms of eating disorders, the role of sociocultural factors like thinness internalization, and the development of personalized prevention/treatment strategies. Key areas include negative urgency, emotion dysregulation, and how these factors interact across biological, behavioral, and self-report measures.

Recent work explores 'feeling fat' phenomena, comorbidity with borderline personality disorder, and the impact of stressors like the pandemic on psychological health. Her studies often use ecological momentary assessment and longitudinal designs to track real-time experiences and symptom trajectories.

Racine collaborates on interdisciplinary projects, integrating genetics (e.g., behavioral genetic studies) and physiological data (e.g., cortisol responses, psychophysiological measurements) to advance etiological understanding. Her lab, the BEEP Lab, likely focuses on behavioral and environmental factors in eating and emotional disorders.