VA MIRECC Postdoctoral Fellowship in PTSD/Trauma Research
VA MIRECC Postdoctoral Fellowship in PTSD/Trauma Research supports psychologists, physicians, and allied health professionals with mentored research and clinical training to develop leading clinical researchers.
Funder: UCSF - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Due Dates: November 20, 2026 (Review begins) | Rolling until filled (Applications)
Funding Amounts: VA Office of Academic Affiliations-funded fellowship lasting two years
Summary: Mentored PTSD and trauma research and clinical training prepares psychologists, physicians, and allied health professionals to become leading clinical researchers.
Key Information: Fellows devote 75 percent of their time to research and education and 25 percent to clinical training.
Description
The San Francisco VA Health Care System offers a two-year postdoctoral advanced fellowship in mental health research and treatment focused on PTSD. Associated with the Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC; VISN 21) and affiliated with UCSF, the program is funded by the VA Office of Academic Affiliations. Its goal is to develop leading clinical researchers through interdisciplinary training in academic and health systems research, advanced clinical care delivery, and program administration.
Fellows combine individually mentored research and clinical training with seminars on career development, clinical research advances, and methodological approaches. With their mentors, they develop and implement a research project, publish and present findings, and participate in grant writing. Multi-site manuscript and grant preparation workshops and weekly biostatistical consultation support their research development.
