This is a newly ACGME-accredited one-year program (with an optional second year for research) aimed at developing addiction psychiatrists with interest in and exposure to research.  The fellowship involves rotations on the inpatient ward, outpatient clinics, Consultation Liaison Service and Methadone Clinic.  Drs. David Feinberg and Thomas Newton direct it.

The department offers an ACGME-accredited Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry, which leads to eligibility for certification in Forensic Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.   A large and distinguished forensic psychiatry faculty collaborates with members of the School of Law in providing supervision, consultation and seminars that cover practical, clinical and scholarly aspects of forensic psychiatry.  Current funding is provided by Los Angeles County and the State of California.  Fellows participate in activities at the Olive View Medical Center and various Los Angeles County agencies.  Rotations at the Atascadero State Hospital are also available.  Additional clinical, consulting and scholarly activities may be arranged at the NPI and UCLA Campus.  Directed by Drs. Robert Weinstock, Nina Sachinvala and staff.

Los Angeles County provides funding for PGY- 5 and PGY- 6 Fellowships in Social, Community and Transcultural Psychiatry.  Fellows will be involved with community consultation and clinical activities in the Edelman Westside Community Mental Health Center, the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, other Los Angeles community agencies and sites, and the NPI &H.  Supervision and opportunities for scholarship and research will be provided via the faculty of the department's Division of Social and Community Psychiatry.  Directed by Drs. Marvin Karno and Kathleen Daly.

Candidates in the general track who are interested in research and academic careers are encouraged early in their training to consider the possibility of devoting one year to full‑time research training.

Residents who have completed the PG-3 year of residency are eligible for this special training.  Continuation of limited clinical activities may be permitted.  The schedule of research activities is developed on an individual basis, following designation of research training goals.

The resident may elect to pursue original research or to participate in ongoing projects.  Although research training emphasizes actual participation in research work and the assumption of responsibility for projects, time is available for taking appropriate University courses and attending seminars and research discussion groups.

The department offers a number of NIMH funded two-year post‑residency research fellowships in clinical and basic psychiatric research.  Fellows work under the direction of a senior research advisor and also participate in a core research methods curriculum.  A large number of senior faculty participate as research mentors.  These programs are under the direction of  Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Dr. Michael Goldstein, and others.

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:

• James McCracken, M.D., Program Director (jmccracken@mednet.ucla.edu), or
• John Piacentini, Ph.D. Co-Director, (jpiacentini@mednet.ucla.edu). 

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. 

The principal goal of the UCLA Dementia and Behavioral Neuroscience Research Fellowship (DRF) is the training and development of excellent clinical neuroscientists who will advance clinical neuroscience research in the areas of dementia and geriatric behavioral neurology. The emphasis of the program is on clinical trials and biomarkers (including imaging) relevant to the development of new treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias.

The UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) is organizationally located within the Semel Institute, a division of the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Because of the complex nature of drug abuse, training in this field combines substantive, methodological, and practical approaches to research.
The Institutional Training Grant (ITG) Program is a NIDA funded program to provide training to predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows. The grant provides a modest stipend to each trainee, depending on the length of time from your degree. For current NIH guidelines regarding stipends and other covered costs associated with the program, click here.
We employ a multi-disciplinary training program. Cross-disciplinary knowledge is needed to understand drug abuse etiology, behavior, consequences, and treatment. Substantive topics range from psychopharmacology to the social consequences of drug legislation. The variety of research approaches applicable to an understanding of drug abuse include experimental, quasi-experimental, survey, and naturalistic or ethnographic methods. Further, the unique nature of drug abuse data frequently requires new and creative analytic approaches such as specialized methods for analyzing non-normal data, quantifying data collected through qualitative methods, or merging qualitative and quantitative data. Other requirements include working with large databases and collecting data from drug-dependent populations.
Conducting drug abuse research also requires attention to the practical problems of carrying out a study, such as dealing with issues of confidentiality and ethics, and working with federal, state, and local agencies. Investigators must be prepared for and know how to deal with the compromises that must frequently be made between the requirements of an "ideal" research design and the constraints and difficulties imposed by programs and people in the real world. Furthermore, because of the complexities inherent in this type of research, researchers need to learn up-to-date computer methods of statistical analysis to enhance their own efficiency and make costly data more readily available. Finally, researchers need to develop competent writing and communication skills to disseminate research results effectively.
Each fellow is responsible for his or her own training experience, both in terms of process and outcomes, and is expected to be a self-motivated, adult learner. A wide variety of research training resources are available at ISAP and the larger UCLA community; it is anticipated that fellows will actively seek out and utilize these resources according to individual need and interest. To this end, research training activities may vary widely among fellows reflecting different levels of expertise and experience in drug abuse research methods, and specific areas of interest. Although certain coursework and evaluative components of the training program are relatively fixed, the individual trainee is encouraged to structure his or her research training experience in ways consistent with professional development and career goals.

A number of strengths in our program make it a unique and exciting place for graduate or postdoctoral study. Opportunities for training in biopsychosocial bases of health and illness are broad, well developed and still growing. Our faculty has established programs of research on the reciprocal links between psychological and physical health and disease which provide superb venues for research experience. The faculty is composed of scholars with expertise in psychoneuroimmunology; stress, coping, and social support processes; health behavior and behavior change; social neuroscience; and ethnic, racial and sociocultural aspects of health with a range of theoretical and methodological approaches brought to bear on these central themes (e.g., family, individual, community perspectives; experimental, intervention, daily diary, and survey research). In addition, our program offers research opportunities in cancer, pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and heart disease, as well as healthy populations. Research programs on depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disease, and schizophrenia by affiliated faculty offer further venues for our students to study comorbidities and integrate mind and body approaches in their research. Finally, our faculty have extensive ongoing interdisciplinary research collaborations in the psychiatry, public health, social science, life science, medical science, and nursing for student involvement. (see training opportunities for more details and links)
Closely supervised research and coursework provide foundations in theoretical approaches to fundamental issues in psychology and in the study of physical and mental health. At the same time, our department and the program offer education in the use of rigorous methodologies for testing theory in laboratory, community, and clinical settings.

Beyond the coursework common to all the majors in psychology, the health psychology major has two required courses. One is a proseminar in health psychology and the other is a course in biological bases of health psychology. These are accompanied by elective seminars chosen from a number of options (see course list). In addition, majors in Health Psychology attend the area lecture series once a week during fall and winter quarters for 3 years. The health psychology faculty members hold weekly lab meetings with graduate students in which important training experience is gained above and beyond individual research supervision and coursework.

Students concentrate primarily on a single research project in the first and second years (Psych 251) culminating with the receipt of the Master's degree. As training progresses thereafter, health psychology predoctoral students typically work with two or more faculty members to develop an increasing focus on their own particular topics in research, and expertise in the associated methods.

The program admits students who have been identified as a good match for at least one faculty member, but we do not operate by a strict apprenticeship model in that students are encouraged to conduct research with at least two faculty members over the course of their doctoral education.
In addition to housing the Health Psychology program, the Department of Psychology is home to additional core areas of study (Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, Learning and Behavior, Quantitiative, and Social), many of which have ties to the Health Psychology program.

The Psychology Department is also affiliated with a number of cross-disciplinary research programs that offer training and research opportunities to Health Psychology trainees.  Some of these are:

• Center for Everyday Lives of Families
• Center for Research, Education, Training and Strategic Communications on Minority Health Disparities
• The Foundation for Psychocultural Research - UCLA Center for Culture, Brain & Development
• Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program

The Health Psychology program also has strong ties to the David Geffen School of Medicine and the School of Public Health. Past and current trainees have received training and support from a number of interdisciplinary research centers, including but not limited to:

• Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women's Health
• Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
• Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Mindfulness Awareness Research Center
• UCLA HIV/AIDS Institute

This track, which has a research emphasis, is designed to prepare fellows to pursue academic careers in University and medical school settings. Three positions of two years duration, supported by a training grant from the NIMH, are offered with a primary focus on the neuropsychological sequelae of HIV infection. The primary objective of the HIV/AIDS track is to offer state-of-the-art training in clinical research for highly qualified psychologists with strong scientist-practitioner interests in the neuropsychology of HIV/AIDS. We seek to provide Fellows with systematic didactic, experiential and research training in the neuropsychology of HIV-1 infection. This training includes a core knowledge base in neuroscience, neuropsychiatry and clinical neuropsychological practice, especially in relation to HIV-1 infection. Fellows have the unique opportunity to link convergent scientific methodologies by investigating the relationships between neurocognitive dysfunction, structural and functional neuroimaging, neuropsychiatry, psychosocial issues, and medication adherence. Special emphasis is placed on developing skills in grant preparation. In addition to engaging in HIV related research, fellows have the option of also undertaking research on other topics. A series of specialized didactic offerings is mandatory for Fellows in this track, supplementing the core curriculum. Approximately 20% time is devoted to providing clinical neuropsychological evaluation. We anticipate having one opening for the 2008-2009 academic year. For additional information about the HIV/AIDS track, please contact Charles Hinkin, Ph.D., ABPP (chinkin@ucla.edu).

Awaiting more information (Nov 2007)

The MRRC Training Program is designed to produce scientists able to further knowledge of the causes, prevention, and treatment of mental retardation and related developmental disorders. It offers both pre- and postdoctoral training programs in Developmental Biology, Human Genetics, Molecular Neurobiology, Neurobiochemistry, Systems Neuroscience, and in Sociobehavioral research related to mental retardation.

Slots 2007-2008

Postdoctoral: 5
Predoctoral: 3

Principle Investigators:
Jean de Vellis, Ph.D.,
Professor Director
Mental Retardation Research Center
Neuroscience Research Building, Room 375
Tel: 310.825.9395
Fax: 310.206.5061
Email: jdevellis@mednet.ucla.edu

Ellen M. Carpenter, Ph.D.
Training Program Director
Mental Retardation Research Center
Neuroscience Research Building, Room 303
Tel: 310.206.3404
Fax: 310.206.5061
Email:  ecarpenter@mednet.ucla.edu

Administrator:
Gerri Harrington
MRRC Division Administrator
Neuroscience Research Bldg., Room 260D
Phone 310.825.0313
Fax: 310.825.9870
Email: gharrington@mednet.ucla.edu

The training program in Neuroendocrinology of Reproduction is for both predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees, and has been funded continuously since 1980.  The current Program Director is Dr. Arthur P. Arnold.  This program represents the educational activities of a group of twelve faculty laboratories comprising the Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology (LNE) of the Brain Research Institute. The activities of the LNE include graduate and undergraduate courses in neuroendocrinology, the weekly brown-bag seminar on current topics in neuroendocrinology, exchange of research ideas and methods among member laboratories, research opportunities for students at all levels, and the annual Charles Sawyer lectureship in neuroendocrinology. Research of the faculty spans all analytical levels in the field of neuroscience, from the molecular to the behavioral. Research interests include sex determination and sexual differentiation, hormonal regulation of neural function, gender differences in disease, cellular and molecular analysis of neural development, neural regulation of gonadal and adrenal function, glial neurobiology, stress, aging, neuroendocrine immunology, growth factors and cytokines, and genetic approaches. Although the main focus is on basic research in   neuroendocrinology, some faculty are also involved in direct analysis of human disease and clinical trials to develop new neuroendocrine therapies.

The UCLA Brain Research Institute (BRI), the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have joined forces in a major new educational program, the  NeuroEngineering Training (NET) Program.  This program is supported by the National Science Foundation  IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Training) Program. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. The IGERT program provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focused multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. The NET Program is a joint endeavor of the Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program for Neuroscience and the Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Program in SEAS, with the active involvement of scientists from JPL. This cooperative effort is perhaps unique in that it encourages students to work at the relatively underdeveloped but fertile interface between engineering and neuroscience. The objectives of the NET Program are (1) to enable students with a background in biological science to develop and execute projects that make use of state-of-the-art technology, including microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS), signal processing, and photonics; (2) to enable students with a background in engineering to develop and execute projects that address problems that have a neuroscientific base, including locomotion and pattern generation, central control of movement, and the processing of sensory information; and (3) to enable all trainees to develop the capacity for the multidisciplinary teamwork, in intellectually and socially diverse settings, that will be necessary for new scientific insights and dramatic technological progress in the 21st century. 

The primary objective of the HIV/AIDS track is to offer state-of-the-art training in clinical research neuropsychology for highly qualified clinical psychologists with strong scientist-practitioner interests in specific issues related to people with HIV/AIDS. We seek to provide Fellows with systematic didactic, experiential and research training in the neuropsychology of HIV-1 infection. This training includes a core knowledge base in neuroscience, neuropsychiatry and clinical neuropsychological practice, especially in relation to HIV-1 infection. Fellows have the unique opportunity to link convergent scientific methodologies by investigating the relationships between neurocognitive dysfunction, functional neuroimaging, neuropsychiatry, psychosocial issues, and medication adherence. This training program's interdisciplinary approach allows the fellows to develop the clinical research skills required to understand brain-behavior relationships and neuropsychiatric issues in HIV disease.
http://www.apa.org/pi/aids/postdoc.html

Slots 2007-2008

Postdoctoral: 2

Contact

Principle Investigator:
Charles Hinkin, Ph.D.
Program Director
BOX 951759, C8-747 NPI
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1759
Tel: 310.268.4357
Email: chinkin@ucla.edu

Administrator: 
David Crawford
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
BOX 951759, C8-746 NPI
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1759
Tel: (310) 206-8100
Email: dcrawford@mednet.ucla.edu

This NIMH-funded program prepares postdoctoral fellows for research careers in psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, with particular emphasis on research approaches to behavioral disorders. The Program includes participation in research work under faculty preceptorship, supplemented by a curriculum of seminars and workshops. Research projects may involve basic neuroscience, as well as, clinical studies of psychiatric and neurologic syndromes.
Facilities are available for human and animal studies in

• psychopharmacology
• psychoneuroimmunology
• behavioral genetics
• clinical neurophysiology
• brain imaging
• neurochemistry
• cellular neurophysiology
• neuropsychology

To apply, submit a brief statement of background and interests, a two-page description of potential research project, a CV, and three letters of recommendation to:
Andrew F. Leuchter, M.D.
Director, Psychobiology Research Fellowship Program
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Fax: 310.825.7642
E-mail: fellow@QEEG.npi.ucla.edu

The Administration and Training Core of the UCLA Center for Neurocognition and Emotion in Schizophrenia serves the daily administrative needs of the Center. This Core involves Dr. Nuechterlein as Center PI, four other UCLA faculty members who as Center Co-PIs (Drs. Asarnow, Cannon, Green, and Yee-Bradbury), and a full-time administrative analyst (Fe Asuan). Dr. Nuechterlein is ultimately responsible for the direction, administration, and fiscal management of the Center. Drs. Asarnow, Cannon, Green, and Yee-Bradbury play key administrative roles in the Center, aiding Dr. Nuechterlein in overall coordination activities and the major administrative and management tasks that require faculty involvement. These faculty members also coordinate the research career development activities of the Center, including aiding in the recruitment of appropriate trainees for an existing NIMH-supported Training Grant, "Psychological Research on Schizophrenic Conditions." The pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees supported by these Training Grants (PI: K. Nuechterlein) are encouraged to pursue translational behavioral research through affiliation with this Center.

The UCLA Post-Graduate Training Program in Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is sponsored by the Cousins Center and the National Institute of Mental Health. The program serves as a major campus facilitator for bridging training in the fields of behavioral science, neuroscience, and immunology and is the sole comprehensive campus training program integrating concerns of basic and clinical immunologists with those of a wide range of neuroscientists and behavioral investigators.
The goal of the Post-Graduate Training Program is to provide a multi-disciplinary education and training to postdoctoral students from various backgrounds, chosen by virtue of their past records in creative and innovative research. Fellows work on their own projects under the mentorship of selected faculty who have a proven record of PNI research excellence. Fellows also interact with Cousins Center faculty and other fellows through a weekly seminar in psychoneuroimmunology.
Our overall approach is to inform clinical understanding through state-of-the-art behavioral, neurobiological, neuroimmunological and neuroendocrinological techniques. By combining a high level of methodological sophistication about clinically relevant issues and mechanisms with a firm grounding in neuroscience and immunology, we believe that the scientific knowledge base of PNI will be markedly advanced, and that this effort will illuminate the role of psychosocial factors in immune-related diseases and the mechanisms by which such factors transduce experience to biology.

PNI is a scientific field that investigates bi-directional interactions among the neural, endocrine, and immune systems, and biobehavioral mechanisms that underlie the onset and progression of immune-related human disease. Given its broad faculty resources, the program familiarizes trainees with the diversity of information that is necessary for creative problem solving in basic and clinical PNI research, and provides a supportive yet critical research training environment with one-on-one supervision of research fellows.

Slots 2007-2008: Postdoctoral: 6

Contact

Principle Investigator: Michael Irwin, M.D.
Director, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
300 Medical Plaza, Suite 3109
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7076
(Campus mailcode = 707624, for intracampus mail)
Tel: 310.825.8281
Fax: 310.794.9247
Email: mirwin1@ucla.edu

Administrator:
Cathey A. Heron
UCLA Psychr & Biobehav Sci
300 Medical Plaza Ste 3108,
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7076

Tel: (310) 825-5309       

Email: cheron@mednet.ucla.edu

 

We offer a number of training opportunities for qualified students wishing to pursue a Ph.D., and who are interested in any of the research questions that inspire the lab. Students may apply to the Ph.D. program in the UCLA Department of Psychology which offers two relevant majors Learning & Behavior and Behavioral Neuroscience, or the UCLA Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience . Financial support for graduate students is provided by fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. Grant funding currently supporting graduate projects comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH), and the National institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Dr Fanselow is also the Program Director of the UCLA NIMH training grant in Behavioral Neuroscience.
How To Apply
Apply to Psychology Ph.D. Program
Apply to Interdepartmental Neuroscience program
Applicants interested in the Fanselow lab should also send us an email once their application materials are complete. We are also happy to answer any questions you have at any point in the application process.
Some General Research Topics:

• Neurobiology of learning and memory
• Fear, emotion, and stress
• Learning and contextual influences on the effects of opiate drugs

This program for postdoctoral trainees, directed by Dr. Tom O'Dell, seeks to expose students to the fundamental problems in neurobiology and then to give them an intensive interdisciplinary train­ing in modern research tech­niques. Research interests of the training supervisors include membrane biophysics, cellular electrophysiology, molecular neurobiology, developmental neurobiology, intercellular interactions, sensory physiology, and central nervous processing. The program is designed to be flexible, exposing trainees to many different aspects of neurobiology while providing maximal opportunity to pursue a particular research interest. A thorough curriculum of basic science and introductory and specialized neurobiology courses is available, as are specialized lecture and technique courses in a wide variety of related disciplines.

The UCLA Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, directed by Dr. David Glanzman, focuses on predoctoral training, awarding traineeships to excellent Ph.D. candidates. The purpose of the Program is to educate students in all aspects of neuroscience, with a particular focus on the application of molecular and cellular techniques to specific neurobiological questions.
This training includes lecture courses, seminar courses, and one-onone interactions in the laboratory and in other program activities, including research seminars, short courses, and retreats.
One major benefit of this program is that participation requires students to maintain interaction with a variety of faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students in other Ph.D. programs who investigate the nervous system from many perspectives. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Trainees are encouraged to retain a broad perspective of neuroscience research throughout their graduate careers.Trainees are required to take a course entitled “Ethics and Accountability in Biomedical Research” as part of their instruction in the responsible conduct of science. This course is an interactive seminar designed to cover a multitude of real-life situations in the research arena. In addition, participation in workshops on ethics is required.

This program for predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees, directed by Dr. Marie-Françoise Chesselet, draws on the unique strength of a group of training faculty at UCLA to train young investigators in the basic aspects of neural repair.  Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the understanding of the mechanisms of neuronal death and neural plasticity, leading to new perspectives for neural repair in the central nervous system.  This program trains investigators to meet the challenges of the field in the next century. The program enrolls postdoctoral fellows and outstanding graduate students from the Interdepartmental Graduate Program for Neuroscience and other graduate programs at UCLA. The curriculum for predoctoral trainees in the Interdepartmental Graduate Program for Neuroscience includes training in broad areas of cellular, molecular and system neuroscience, specialized courses in neural repair, and exposure to relevant clinical situations.  Students with a primary interest in neural repair are selected for support at the end of the second quarter of their first year in the program. Students are exposed to interactions with a variety of faculty and students investigating the nervous system from many perspectives, both basic and clinical.  These interactions occur in courses, seminars, activities organized by postdoctoral fellows or students, and the annual neuroscience student retreat. 
Pre and Post-doctoral positions for training in the field of Neural Repair are available for a start date each year between July 1st and June 30th. Appointments will be made for one year only, with possibility of competitive renewal for a second year. Please note that as per NIH regulations, applicants MUST be U.S citizen or permanent residents of the U.S. Applications from trainees in the process of applying for citizenship or residency will NOT be considered. Post-doctoral trainees cannot have more than two years of prior post-doctoral training. Trainees will be required to take a course in scientific ethics and to attend the weekly seminar on Neural Repair, Fridays 12-1, as well as other activities of the program.
Applications must be sent by the prospective mentor and include: a letter of nomination by the mentor; an NIH biosketch and other support page for the mentor; an NIH biosketch for the trainee; a 2 pages description of the research project indicating how it relates to the field of Neural Repair, and 2 letters of recommendation from referees others than the mentor in sealed envelopes or FAXed to the Program Director at 310-267-1786. Completed applications should be sent to M-F Chesselet, MD, PhD, Program Director, B114 RNRC, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 9005. Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Chesselet at mchessel@ucla.edu. 
A call for postdoctoral fellowship applications will be sent in the Fall. All predoctoral fellowship slots are currently filled. 

The NeuroImaging Training Program (NITP) at UCLA was created in September of 2006, under the aegis of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, with funding from the National Institutes of Health. It is premised on the view that the scientific leaders of tomorrow are those who have the ability to create the tools they need to make the discoveries they seek.

Students in the NITP generally will complete a year of graduate training in the Neurosciences, including fundamentals of Neuroanatomy, Systems Neuroscience, Neurophysiology and/or Cognitive Neuroscience. Their second year of graduate training will be an intensive program in the tools of neuroimaging, including acquisition, data processing, analysis and experimental design.

To enter the program students must first apply and be admitted into one of the established neuroscience programs at UCLA, principally the:

• Neurosciences Interdepartmental Program
• Neurobiology
• Psychology or
• Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program

As described in more detail in the Curriculum Summary , the NITP adds additional coursework in the first year and requires a second year of imaging-specific classwork.