VA MIRECC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Schizophrenia Research
VA MIRECC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Schizophrenia Research supports psychologists, allied health professionals, and physicians in mentored research and clinical training to develop clinical research careers.
Funder: UCSF - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Due Dates: Application deadline not specified
Funding Amounts: Two-year fellowship; 2017 first-year stipend: $50,228, with a second-year increase; MD stipends based on prior residency training
Summary: Supports mentored schizophrenia neurobiology research and clinical training for psychologists, allied health professionals, and physicians pursuing clinical research careers.
Key Information: Psychology and allied health doctoral applicants must be U.S. citizens; physicians have separate residency, board-status, and licensing requirements.
Description
The San Francisco VA Health Care System runs this two-year advanced postdoctoral fellowship in mental health research and treatment, focusing on the neurobiology of schizophrenia. Associated with the Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC; VISN 21) and affiliated with UCSF, the program aims to develop leading clinical researchers in high-priority areas of mental health. Fellows study the neurobiological mechanisms of schizophrenia symptoms and the illness’s neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative course.
The fellowship combines individually mentored research and clinical training with interdisciplinary education in academic and health systems research, advanced clinical care delivery, and program administration. Core faculty expertise includes brain imaging, electrophysiology, and neuroplasticity. Research and career mentors guide fellows in learning methods, generating data, presenting findings, publishing papers, and preparing grant proposals to launch and sustain academic careers.
