UCLA POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS FOCUSING ON PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS

Our NIMH-supported postdoctoral research training program at UCLA emphasizes research on cognitive and affective deficits in psychotic disorders and interventions to improve these deficits.  Opportunities for clinical research include work with patients with schizophrenia, mood disorders, and related disorders.  Integration of themes from cognitive and affective science with clinical research on psychotic disorders is encouraged.  NIMH fellowships for psychologists and psychiatrists will be available in summer of 2019, pending a training grant renewal.  Fellowships are available for individuals with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, psychopathology, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, or affective neuroscience or an M.D. with psychiatric residency.

Integration of basic and clinical research is encouraged through co-mentoring by clinical researchers and scientists focusing on research on cognitive and affective processes in healthy individuals.  Clinical research mentors include:  Robert Asarnow, Ph.D., Carrie Bearden, Ph.D., Michael Green, Ph.D., William Horan, Ph.D., Katherine Karlsgodt, Ph.D., Robert Kern, Ph.D., Stephen Marder, M.D., Gregory Miller, Ph.D., Keith Nuechterlein, Ph.D., and Cindy Yee-Bradbury, Ph.D.  Basic scientist mentors include:  Susan Bookheimer, Ph.D., Alan Castel, Ph.D., Mark Cohen, Ph.D., Naomi Eisenberger, Ph.D., Barbara Knowlton, Ph.D., Matt Lieberman, Ph.D., and Catherine Sugar, Ph.D.

For further information, contact Keith Nuechterlein, Ph.D., Training Director, at keithn@ucla.edu or 310-825-0036.  Applicants should initially send a C.V. and a brief email or cover letter indicating research interests and career directions to Keith Nuechterlein at keithn@ucla.edu.  Applicants should also arrange through Dr. Nuechterlein to speak to potential UCLA mentors about their research interests and opportunities at UCLA in order to outline a research project.  By Feb. 1, 2019, the full application should include at least two letters of recommendation, copies of any reprints or preprints, and a summary of a proposed research project (about 2 double-spaced pages) that has been discussed with proposed mentors. All materials can be sent by email (keithn@ucla.edu) or by mail to Keith Nuechterlein, Ph.D., UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Room 2251, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6968.