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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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.