White Plains, NY: NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Services Research for Older Adults (epidemiology), Weill Cornell Medical College

NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship POSTED: Jan 25

Salary: Open
Location: White Plains, United States
Employer: Weill Cornell Medical College Type: Full Time - Experienced
Category: mental health
Required Education: Doctorate

Description
NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Services Research for Older Adults
Fellowship Director: Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH

Dr. Bruce is a Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry and Associate Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences. A sociologist and psychiatric epidemiologist, Dr. Bruce conducts community-based services research aimed at improving access to quality mental health among vulnerable older adults suffering from depression. Description of Program: This NIMH-funded (T-32) two-year postdoctoral Research Training Program provides fellowship training in health services research for older adults with mental disorders. The program is designed for psychiatrists, medical physicians, psychologists, and social/behavioral scientists who are committed to becoming independently supported mental health services researchers. Fellows will spend two years: ·working with expert faculty mentors in mental health services research and participating in ongoing research ·participating in local and national seminars with Dartmouth University ( Director, Dr. Steven Bartels) and Washington University (Director, Dr. Jürgen Unützer) ·participating in research presentations, and conferences for postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty in mental health services research ·developing their own research projects/grants under the mentorship of Dr. Bruce and/or other core faculty members. The program utilizes a productive faculty, the diverse patient population of the Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, numerous community-based research sites, the training and research structures of the NIMH-funded (P30) Advanced Centers for Interventions and Services Research in Geriatric Psychiatry and a number of collaborating laboratories. For more information, go to: http://www.cornellpsychiatry.org/research/geriatric_psychiatry.html The program provides rich opportunities for trainees to learn about mental health services for older adults and health services research methods in diverse community and health care settings.

Contact: Paul Toth, MA, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 21 Bloomingdale Road, 2 South, White Plains, NY 10605, Phone: 914-997-5914, Fax: 914-682-6967 Email: pjt2003@med.cornell.edu

NOTES: US Residents Only. Based on NIH guidelines