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Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Psychopathology Research Unit (PRU), in the psychiatry department of the University of Pennsylvania, offers 2 to 3 postdoctoral research fellowships each academic year. The PRU is the parent organization of the Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Suicide. These postdoctoral positions suit applicants who are interested in developing as clinical researchers and cognitive therapists. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to engage in the various ongoing research, training, and supervisory projects involving the dissemination of cognitive therapy into community settings, basic science and efficacy of cognitive therapy, and interventions with suicide attempters and patients with schizophrenia.
Postdoctoral fellows will be involved in training and supervising community therapists in the use of cognitive therapy through the Beck Initiative, a collaboration between Dr. Beck and the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health/Mental Retardation Services and may be responsible for directing other ongoing research projects. Fellows will receive individualized supervision in applied clinical research and will also have the opportunity to participate in clinical and research seminars, workshops, and conferences at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Beck’s live interviews conducted at The Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research. Individualized clinical supervision in cognitive therapy is also available.
We are interested in applicants who have earned a Ph.D. or equivalent in psychology or other related field. Candidates should have already received training in cognitive therapy and applied research methodology.
All interested applicants should send a curriculum vitae with a cover letter to:
Aaron T. Beck, M.D.
Psychopathology Research Unit
3535 Market Street, Room 2032
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309
or contact the business administrator, Barbara Marinelli, at (215) 898-4102.