POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP in Adolescent Clinical Psychology at the Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS) in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at UCLA. Investigators at CAPPS are conducting a clinical research study following adolescents and young adults who are at increased risk for developing schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders based on behavioral evidence of prodromal features. The fellowship offers advanced training in neuropsychological and psychodiagnostic assessment. Fellows learn through supervised practice and weekly multidisciplinary treatment team case conference meetings. Fellows provide clinical, psychosocial and neurocognitive evaluations with adolescents and their families, and participate in community outreach with local mental health professionals. Each fellow will be expected to aid in ongoing research and to develop his/her own research project. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or Psy.D. from an APA-accredited doctoral program and must have completed an APA-accredited internship. We will accept applications continuously until the position is filled; the preferred start date is April 1 2008, although this is negotiable. This fellowship is NIMH-funded position with a competitive stipend plus benefits.

Send statement of interests, vita, and reprints/preprints, and have three individuals familiar with your clinical experience and research promise to send letters of recommendation to: Dr. Carrie E. Bearden, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, 300 Medical Plaza, Suite 2265, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, or cbearden@mednet.ucla.edu.

UCLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer; applications from women and minorities are encouraged.