VA MIRECC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Schizophrenia Research
VA MIRECC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Schizophrenia Research supports psychologists, allied health professionals, and physicians through mentored research on schizophrenia’s neurobiology to develop clinical researchers.
Funder: UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Due Dates: No application deadline listed
Funding Amounts: Two-year fellowship; 2017 first-year stipend was $50,228, with an increase in year two (psychology and allied health); MD stipends are based on completed accredited residency training
Summary: A mentored postdoctoral fellowship prepares clinical researchers to study the neurobiology of schizophrenia.
Key Information: Psychology applicants need both an APA-accredited doctoral program and an APA-accredited clinical or counseling internship.
Description
The San Francisco VA Health Care System offers this two-year advanced fellowship in mental health research and treatment, in association with the Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC; VISN 21) and affiliation with UCSF. Its goal is to train psychologists, other allied health professionals, and physicians to become leading clinical researchers in high-priority areas of mental health.
Fellows pursue mentored projects on the neurobiological mechanisms of schizophrenia symptoms and the condition’s neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative course. Research and career mentors support training in methods including brain imaging, electrophysiology, and neuroplasticity. The interdisciplinary program also combines clinical training with education in academic and health systems research, advanced clinical care delivery, and program administration.
