The UCSF Neuropsychology Training Program, located within the Department of Neurology, offers pre-doctoral and postdoctoral training in neuropsychology. Training occurs through the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center (MAC), a multidisciplinary group dedicated to improving the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive and behavioral disorders resulting from neurological diseases, particularly neurodegenerative disorders. In addition to a large clinical service, we have research programs that focus on healthy aging, mild cognitive impairment, frontotemporal lobar disorders, and Alzheimer’s disease. As part of the UCSF Department of Neurology, which comprises over 100 faculty members, the Fein MAC maintains strong collaborative relationships with other clinical programs and with basic scientists in areas ranging from molecular biology to cognitive neuroscience at UCSF and other institutions in the Bay Area. The Neuropsychology Training Program collaborates with the Behavioral Neurology Training Program, a certified program that prepares physicians for research careers in behavioral neurology.
Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Details & Application
The University of California, San Francisco Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center (MAC) offers a two-year Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship. We are looking for candidates invested in a scientist-practitioner model and have the flexibility to design the fellowship around the individual fellow’s training needs and goals. Postdoctoral fellows typically spend approximately 50–70% of their time engaged in research activities, 20–30% in clinical activities and the rest of their time in training, supervision, supervising predoctoral trainees and a wide variety of didactic opportunities. The fellowship training program meets Houston Conference Guidelines. Primary research and clinical mentorship will be provided by Kaitlin Casaletto, PhD; Joel H. Kramer, PsyD, ABBP-CN; or Katherine Possin, PhD. Additional mentoring from other neuropsychology and neurology faculty is available and encouraged. The fellowship is a full-time, two-year commitment.
The ideal candidate: a) has clinical and research experience and has begun to develop his/her research training, b) is interested in specializing in cognitive aging and neurodegenerative diseases, c) is committed to clinical excellence, and d) is eager to develop an independent scientist-practitioner academic career.
Applications: All applicants need to submit a cover letter, CV, and three letters of recommendation to [email protected]. Learn about currently open postdoctoral positions. UCSF does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process.
Pre-Doctoral Practicum Details & Application
The University of California, San Francisco Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center (MAC) offers a one-year pre-doctoral practicum placement in clinical neuropsychology. The practicum involves 24 hours per week of clinical training, although additional hours are available if participation in research is desired.
The MAC is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care for individuals with cognitive problems, conducting research on causes and cures for degenerative brain diseases, and educating health professionals, patients, and their families. Multidisciplinary research and clinical opportunities will range from healthy cognitive aging to typical (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease) and atypical (e.g., frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasias, corticobasal syndrome, prion disease) neurodegenerative syndromes. Multimodal clinical and experimental brain measurement at the MAC includes standard neuropsychological and neurological evaluations, structural and functional MRI, amyloid and tau PET, and biofluid proteomics (e.g., inflammatory markers). Predoctoral neuropsychological practicum trainees gain experience in carrying out in-depth neuropsychological evaluations with a broad range of patients.
The ideal candidate: a) is in their 3+ year of clinical training, b) is interested in clinical neuropsychology, c) is enrolled or has completed coursework in neuropsychology, d) is committed to clinical excellence, and e) is eager to learn about neurodegenerative diseases.
Applications: All applicants need to submit a cover letter, CV (please include GRE scores), and three letters of recommendation to Joel Kramer, PsyD, and Melanie Stephens, PhD. Please submit application material to [email protected]. UCSF does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process.
More information: For more information, please email Melanie Stephens at [email protected].