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Carla Sharp, Ph.D. is the John and Rebecca Moores Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty and Research in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) at the University of Houston. She directs the Developmental Psychopathology Lab and the Adolescent Diagnosis Assessment Prevention and Treatment Center. With adjunct roles at The University of Texas, Baylor College of Medicine, University College London, and the University of the Free State (South Africa), her work focuses on social cognition (mentalizing), personality pathology, and interventions targeting youth psychopathology. She has authored over 300 publications and 8 books, with funding from NIH institutes (NICHD, NIAAA, NIMH) and foundations like the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
Her research emphasizes Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and the role of mentalizing deficits in clinical outcomes. Awards include the 2016 North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders Mid-Career Award and 2018 Personality Disorders Institute Achievement Award. She serves on APA practice guidelines for BPD and editorial roles for journals like Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment.
Key research themes include developmental pathways of personality disorders, translational mentalizing-based treatments, and DSM-5 alternative personality disorder models. Her work bridges clinical practice and neuroscience, with recent studies on BPD comorbidity with ADHD and cultural adaptations of interventions in South Africa. She advises graduate students in clinical psychology and teaches courses on developmental psychopathology and scientific writing.
Current projects involve evaluating caregiver interventions in IPV programs and assessing personality functioning in adolescents through tools like the LOPF-Q 12-18. Her labs focus on neurobiological correlates of BPD (e.g., reward processing in adolescents) and culturally sensitive diagnostic approaches in diverse populations.
