UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The Division's has training programs in child psychology and child psychiatry, which have outstanding national reputations as among the nation's leading discipline specific training programs. The strength of the Child Division as a training site for clinical and research training reflects both the excellence of its clinical care programs and the well-integrated and varied research programs which emphasize patient-oriented research paradigms.

The Division's research activities have continued to expand. Despite a more competitive funding climate nationally, the Division's research funding has more than doubled over the past 5 years to a total annual funding in excess of of $16M. The Division has also established itself as one of the broadest extramurally funded programs in developing evidence-based approaches for psychotherapeutic treatment for a variety of childhood disorders.

Clinical Services

The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides the following clinical services:

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship

A two year fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatryis available at UCLA. For more information and application details, please go to www.semel.ucla.edu/fellowships/cap

All application materials and additional questions should be directed to:

Alicja Martins, Training Program Coordinator
760 Westwood Plaza, C8-225
Los Angeles, CA 90095
310-794-3712
amartins@mednet.ucla.edu

Child Mental Health Intervention Research - Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowship

The UCLA Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, a clinical, research, and training Division within the Semel Institute, offers postdoctoral research fellowships positions in our NIMH-funded T32 Training Program in child and adolescent mental health treatment research. Post-doctoral level individuals (Ph.D. or M.D.) with research interests across the broad spectrum of child, adolescent and family interventions research (including translational methods, mechanisms or biomarkers of treatment outcome, clinical trials methodology, treatment dissemination and service utilization) are invited to apply. The program takes advantage of the strengths of the Division and Department's 20 specified faculty mentors, two NIMH research center grants (autism, cognitive treatments), and a wealth of extramurally funded treatment studies to provide a diversity of training opportunities. The program is designed to provide training for those individuals interested in academic careers in patient-oriented, child mental health studies. Located on the UCLA campus, the program also utilizes the wealth of other training resources available in the broader campus community, including obtaining training through the UCLA K30 Training Program in Translational Research, coursework available throughout the university, and an array of other advisors, laboratories, seminars, and patient populations.

Interested candidates should send:

  1. A current Curriculum Vitae
  2. A brief research plan including potential mentors
  3. A brief statement of professional career goals,
  4. Names and contact information (or letters) from at least three referees

to either:

Hard copy applications should be sent to:

James McCracken, M.D.,
UCLA-Semel Insitute for Neuroscience,
760 Westwood Plaza, Rm. 48-270,
Los Angeles, CA 90024.

Application materials are requested by early January for positions available starting in July.

James McCracken, MD, Director

Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
760 Westwood Plaza, 48-240
Los Angeles
CA 90024-1759