Fellowship Title:

The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy

Fellowship Description:

The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy (CFHUF) is designed to prepare physicians, particularly minority physicians, for leadership roles in formulating and implementing public health policy and practice on a national, state, and/or local level. Under the auspices of the Minority Faculty Development Program (MFDP) at Harvard Medical School (HMS), five one-year fellowships will be awarded per year. Fellows will complete academic work leading to a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), and, through additional program activities, gain exposure to, and understanding of, major health issues facing minority, disadvantaged, and underserved populations. CFHUF also offers a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) to physicians possessing an MPH. It is expected that CFHUF will support the development of a cadre of leaders in minority health, well trained academically and professionally in public health, health policy, health management, and clinical medicine, as well as actively committed to careers in public service.

URL Address:

E-mail:

mfdp_cfhuf@hms.harvard.edu

Contact:

Christine Colacino
Program Coordinator
Harvard Medical School
164 Longwood Ave., Second Floor
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-432-2922
FX: 617-432-3834

Fellowship Title:

MPRC Research Fellowship Program

Fellowship Description:

The Maryland Psychiatric Research Center an international leader in schizophrenia research, is accepting applications for a two-year training fellowship. The MPRC is part of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine. The MPRC has a strong record of helping fellows develop successful careers in diverse research areas within the context of schizophrenia. Current research areas include psychopharmacology, behavioral neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, neuroimaging, post-mortem, psychophysiology, cognitive neuroscience, drug treatment trials, ethics, and genetics.

The goal of the fellowship is to train psychiatrists, psychologists, and basic scientists to become leading researchers in the area of schizophrenia. The program combines individual mentored basic and clinical research with educational experiences. General educational activities include MPRC's internal course on schizophrenia, journal clubs focused on the latest scientific findings, meetings with invited outside senior researchers, grant writing development, and an external review conducted by a panel of research experts for career development.

Applicants must hold a M.D. with completed residency training in psychiatry, a Ph.D. in psychology neuroscience, basic science relevant to the fellowship goal, or a Pharm D. Only U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or permanent residents can apply.

URL Address:

www.mprc.umaryland.edu

Contact:

William T. Carpenter Jr., M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology University of Maryland School of Medicine Director
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
PO Box 21247
Baltimore, MD 21228
phone: 410-402-7101
fax: 410-788-3837
Email: Wcarpent@mprc.umaryland.edu

Fellowship Title:

Cancer Psychiatry Research

Fellowship Description:

Training begins in general consultation/liaison, then focuses on problems at the cancer-psychiatry interface. Close supervision by the clinical faculty of the department occurs, and a research mentor is assigned so that a significant portion of the fellow's time is spent investigating a research project in cancer psychiatry. Dartmouth's Department of Psychiatry is the site of the American Cancer Society's Special Institutional Grant for Psycho-Oncology Research.

URL Address:

E-mail:

peter.silberfarb@dartmouth.edu

Contact:

Peter M. Silberfarb, M.D.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth Medical School
Lebanon, NH 03756
603-650-7549
603-650-8415

Fellowship Title:

Research Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Fellowship Description:

Fellows will work with multiple faculty members on their ongoing research projects. They will be included in the development of grant proposals and publications. Research topics in the division of consultation-liaison psychiatry include cancer prevention and control, women's health, complementary and alternative medicine, and pain.

URL Address:

E-mail:

elisabeth.kunkel@jefferson.edu

Contact:

Elisabeth J.S. Kunkel, MD
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Thomas Jefferson University
1020 Sansom Street
Thompson Bldg Suite 1652
Philadelphia, PA 19107
tel 215-955-6685
fax 215-955-8473

Fellowship Title:

UR/CSPS Post-Doctoral Training in Suicide Prevention Research

Fellowship Description:

Suicide is a major public health problem that offers both challenges and opportunities for prevention and intervention research, and outstanding opportunities for development of a career in clinical research. The University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, in collaboration with leading investigators at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Washington, University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell University offer a unique, multisite postdoctoral training program in suicide studies. Training components include didactics in suicidology and prevention/intervention research methods, as well as mentored research experience at one or more sites in the training consortium. Positions are available for up to three years.

URL Address:

www.rochesterpreventsuicide.org   

E-mail:

yeates_conwell@urmc.rochester.edu

Contact:

Yeates Conwell, M.D.
University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
300 Crittenden Boulevard
Rochester, NY 14642
585-275-6739
585-273-1082 (fax)

Fellowship Title:

Community Psychiatry Research Fellowship

Fellowship Description:

Clinical consultations in urban and rural public and community setting. Work with specific clinical or ethnic populations at community mental health centers, correction facilities, etc. Involvement in research or policy development projects is required.

URL Address:

E-mail:

trupin@u.washington.edu

Contact:

Eric Trupin, Ph.D.
Children's Hospital, CH-13
4800 Sandpoint Way, N.E.
Seattle, WA 98105
206-526-2165
206-527-3858 (fax)

Fellowship Title:

VA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medical Informatics

Fellowship Description:

A two-year intensive training program preparing health care professionals for academic careers and leadership roles in integrating information technology with networked health care delivery and health services research. Fellows will pursue individual mentored research projects in medical informatics in such areas as clinical information systems, point of care knowledge access, artificial intelligence, human-machine interfaces, decision-support systems, controlled medical terminology systems, simulations, large clinical databases and clinical multi-media applications. Fellowship is affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine Biomedical Informatics Division of the Department of Medical Education.

URL Address:

E-mail:

khammond@u.washington.edu

Contact:

Kenric W. Hammond, M.D.
116M
American Lake Division
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Tacoma, WA 98493-5000
253-582-8440 x 76858
253-589-4167 (fax)

Fellowship Title:

AFSP Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Fellowship Description:

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are training grants designed to qualify young investigators for independent careers in suicide research. The training, to take place at an academic institution of the applicant's choice, can be in either basic or clinical research and must be full-time; that is, Fellows are expected to devote a minimum of 40 hours per week to the training program and may not hold any significant clinical responsibilities during the funding period. AFSP Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are available to investigators who have completed all requirements toward a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree. Individuals who have completed three or more years of postdoctoral research are not eligible. Fellowships may not be held concurrently with any other Postdoctoral Fellowship; however, additional funds may be secured by the Fellow to support costs associated with the research project. Postdoctoral Research Fellowships may be sought for a period of one or two years, and provide an annual stipend of $42,000 in the first year and $46,000 in the second year (if applicable), plus an institutional allowance of $6,000 per year.

URL Address:

http://www.afsp.org/research/grants.htm

E-mail:

bkoestner@afsp.org

Contact:

Bethany Koestner
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
212-363-3500, Ext 15; 1-888-333-AFSP
212-363-6237 (fax)

Fellowship Title:

Psychosomatic Medicine (Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry) Fellowship

Fellowship Description:

This one-year ACGME accredited fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine (Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry) provides fellows with broad experience in the psychiatric care of the medically ill. Fellows provide consultation services to both general medical/surgical services and subspecialty programs, including organ transplantation, geriatrics, HIV, and multiple sclerosis. Fellows receive clinical and didactic training by a staff of eight full-time consultation-liaison psychiatrists. Fellows also assist in training psychiatric residents and medical students. Opportunity and time for undertaking an academic project is provided.

URL Address:

http://www.mssm.edu/psychiatry/fellowships/consultation_liason.shtml
  

E-mail:

martin.drooker@mssm.edu

Contact:

Martin Drooker, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry / Behavioral Medicine
Director of Behavioral Health Division
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Tel: (212) 659-8739
Fax: (212) 369-6817