This is a one-year position (with potential for renewal) for individuals seeking postdoctoral training in clinical translational neuroscience focused on examining predictors and mechanisms of treatment non-response during cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety related disorders. There are opportunities for publication, conference presentations, and grant writing, as well as direct clinical training with clinical populations.
Fellowship Type: Research Fellowship
Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Fellowship
The University of Washington offers a UCNS-accredited fellowship in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry for qualified physicians who have completed residency training in neurology or psychiatry. Prospective fellows can choose either a 1-year clinical fellowship designed to prepare them for subspecialty practice or a 2-year clinical/research fellowship designed to prepare them for a career focused on both research and clinical practice. The program accepts one to two fellows per year.
Clinical work is completed primarily at the Harborview Hospital Memory and Brain Wellness Center, the University of Washington Medical Center and the University of Washington Northwest Medical Center. The Memory and Brain Wellness Center is focused on evaluation and treatment of patients with changes in behavior and/or cognition that are suspected to have a neurodegenerative disease. Fellows will also gain experience in the evaluation and management of the neuropsychiatric symptoms caused by chronic disorders such as epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, TBI, autoimmune encephalitis, pervasive developmental disorders, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia via an elective curriculum than can be tailored to meet the fellow’s needs and interests. The didactic curriculum consists of monthly journal club, case conference, clinicopathologic correlation case conference, Neurology grand rounds and Psychiatry grand rounds.
Fellows in either the 1-year or 2-year program are expected to spend a minimum of 12 months in patient-oriented clinical, educational or scholarly activity related to behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry. Fellows who have chosen the 2-year clinical/research program will choose a research advisor(s) and have up to 12 months dedicated to the building and completion of their research project. The distribution of the clinical experience for the 2-year program is flexible across the 24 months of the program.
Upon successful completion of this program, the fellow will be eligible and prepared for specialty board certification examination in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry through the UCNS.
University of Washington Substantial Opportunities in Addiction Research (UW-SOAR) Doctoral Readiness Program
This is an up to two-year long post-baccalaureate program for participants that are interested in conducting addiction neuroscience research and attending graduate school but did not have significant research opportunities during their undergraduate studies. Priority will be given to applicants from groups underrepresented in science.
Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychosis Treatment and Recovery
The University of Washington School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is recruiting a psychology postdoctoral fellow in Psychosis Treatment and Recovery. This fellowship position is co-sponsored by the University of Washington’s SPIRIT Lab (Supporting Psychosis Innovation through Research, Implementation, and Training) and Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law (CMHPL). Fellows will primarily be based out of Harborview Medical Center in downtown Seattle, Washington.
We are seeking a fellow who is invested in developing expertise in clinical service and research pertaining to individuals with Serious Mental Illness and justice system involvement. The postdoctoral fellowship is intended to provide intensive and specialized training in the conduct of research, training, implementation, and direct clinical care of individuals and families affected by psychotic disorders. Fellows will gain clinical experience in evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions for psychosis (primarily Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis) and gold standard psychodiagnostic assessment of psychosis risk states through a novel tele-evaluation service. Postdoctoral fellows will receive supervised clinical training sufficient for licensure eligibility. In addition, the fellow will be exposed to forensic mental health rotations, lectures, and other learning opportunities and will make significant contributions to a forensically-focused research, QI, or other scholarly project during their training year.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Autism and Implementation Science Research
| The SMART Center is searching for one postdoctoral fellow interested in autism and implementation science research. The fellow will support two studies. The first is a multi-site study entitled “Autism Intervention Research Network on Behavioral Health (AIRB)” in collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles (PI: Connie Kasari), University of California, Davis (PI: Aubyn Stahmer), University of Pennsylvania (PI: David Mandell), University of Rochester (PI: Suzannah Iadarola), University of Kansas (PI: Brian Boyd), and Drexel University (PI: Elizabeth Hassrick). The primary goal of this study is to develop and evaluate a multi-phase implementation and sustainment strategy to support evidence-based practice use across three different ASD interventions, settings, and ages. For this project, the candidate will support the implementation of Remaking Recess, an evidence-based social engagement intervention for children with autism in public elementary schools, via the Using Novel Implementation Tools for Evidence-based intervention Delivery (UNITED) implementation strategy that comprises social network analysis and team-based implementation support. The position will focus on training elementary school staff (e.g., general and special education teachers, paraeducators, and other personnel) in Remaking Recess and providing ongoing coaching to school staff to implement and support the intervention with participating children with autism. We anticipate that this work will be conducted through remote platforms. The second study, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences is entitled, “Preparing Teachers and Paraeducators for the Successful Inclusion of Children with ASD” is an exploratory mixed methods study which will identify and examine the malleable individual and organizational characteristics that increase teachers’ and paraeducators’ use of evidence-based practices to more meaningfully include and retain children with ASD in general education settings. For this project, the candidate will use quantitative and qualitative data collection methods with participants from elementary schools across Washington State. |
VA Health Systems Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
The VA Health Systems Research Postdoctoral Fellowship (HSR) is a multidisciplinary, two to three-year fellowship directed toward increasing skills and knowledge in health services research. An integral part of the HSR fellowship is its mentorship program, which includes faculty from the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington who provide expertise in an abundant variety of research areas.
VA Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) Advanced Fellowship in Mental Illness Research and Treatment – VA Puget Sound Health Care System
The primary goal of this highly competitive fellowship program is to prepare MDs and Clinical Psychologists for successful careers as research investigators. The mission focus of the Northwest MIRECC is “the invisible wounds of war” posttraumatic stress disorder and blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury and their complex comorbidities including substance use disorders, chronic pain, and neurodegeneration and dementia. MDs must have completed an ACGME-accredited residency; previous MIRECC MD fellows have come from the following specialties: psychiatry, neurology, neuropathology, internal medicine, and sleep medicine.
VA Advanced Fellowship in Geriatrics
The VA Advanced Fellowship in Geriatrics at the VA Puget Sound, directed by Katherine C. Ritchey, DO, MPH, offers post-specialty research training to foster the development of leaders in the care of older adults. The program capitalizes on the international prominences of VA’s Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers (GRECCs) to provide outstanding training opportunities in clinical practice, to contribute to the improvement of clinical practice, and to advance scholarly pursuits that will benefit care for elderly veterans and all older Americans. The two-year program seeks to develop a group of physicians who are committed to excellence in geriatric research, education, and clinical care and who desire further training in research training.
Psychology Training in Alcohol Research Fellowship
This two-year appointment, commencing no earlier than July 1 and no later than December 31 of each year, is located within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Addictive Behaviors Research Center in the Department of Psychology. It is funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Principal Investigator, Mary Larimer).
Molecular Basis of Drug Abuse Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program
The Molecular Basis of Drug Abuse Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program is designed to provide training in molecular and cellular aspects of drug abuse research. The program has has dramatically facilitated the coordination of training and collaboration of research efforts across the UW School of Medicine, bringing strong researchers and research programs together to further the study of the molecular aspects of drug receptor signaling mechanisms.
