Funder: UCSF - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Due Dates: Open until filled (2027–28 academic year)
Funding Amounts: NIMH-funded postdoctoral research training
Summary: Supports postdoctoral scholars pursuing mental health services research that bridges the gap between scientific evidence and community care.
Key Information: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and hold a PhD or MD by appointment.
Description
The Clifford Attkisson Clinical Services Research Training Program (CSRTP) at UCSF’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences provides education and support to postdoctoral scholars pursuing careers in mental health services research. Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the program has trained investigators since 1985. Its goal is to improve and develop mental health interventions that are acceptable to service communities, readily disseminated, and supported by policy makers.
Training combines intensive faculty mentorship and research collaboration with seminars, research methods education, and directed reading. Fellows develop methodological, scientific writing, presentation, and professional skills while building national scientific peer networks. Research priorities include community-based treatment development and evaluation, implementation of evidence-based practices, system and intersystem interventions for children, older adults, and people with severe mental illness, and health policy economics.
