Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

Mayo Clinic - Clinical Health Psychology

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota

Starts on Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Applications due Tuesday, December 9, 2025

This training experience will NOT follow the APPIC Selection Standards with Common Hold Date (CHD) and may not allow applicants to hold offers until the CHD. Applicants may need to respond to an offer for this position prior to completing interviews or knowing their standing with other positions.

Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training

This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure. Yes

This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities. Yes

This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience. Yes

This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience. Yes

This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.   Yes

This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities. Yes

This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures. Yes

This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training. Yes

The Clinical Health Psychology Fellowship is a two-year postdoctoral fellowship (APA accredited and an APPIC-Member). The Clinical Health Psychology Fellowship aims to develop the knowledge and skills to clinically apply and research the interconnection between behavioral, emotional, cognitive, sociocultural, and biological components in health and disease to promote functioning, quality of life, and well-being across individuals, families, and populations.

Graduates of our program build advanced competencies in clinical health psychology assessment, intervention, consultation, management/administration, research or program evaluation, supervision, teaching, and advocacy through major and minor rotation areas.

Each clinical health psychology fellow selects a major rotation area and minor rotations (major rotation areas can serve as minor rotations).

Major Rotations:

Family medicine residency education

Integrated Behavioral Health/primary care psychology

Onco-psychology

Pain rehabilitation

Transgender and intersex health

Weight management and bariatric surgery

Minor Rotations:

GI Behavioral Health

Menopause and sexual health

Pain and Opioid Medical School Curriculum

All rotations provide fellows with opportunities to receive and provide interprofessional education, practice, and research. Clinical health psychology fellows receive 30% protected research time (12hrs/week).

Upon graduating from our Clinical Health Psychology Fellowship, graduates of our program are eligible for board certification in clinical health psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. For additional information about our fellowship, please visit:

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism

Mayo Clinic and the Medical Psychology Fellowship value and encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds and training experiences to apply to our fellowships, including those whose backgrounds have been historically excluded from the field of psychology due to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic background, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, rural status, and disability status. We also welcome international applicants, including those on student/work visas. Mayo Clinic will provide support and consultation to maintain necessary legal documentation throughout training. For more details, refer to the Mayo Clinic pages regarding international applicants, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education's commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Mayo Employee Resource Group (MERG).

Mayo Clinic ranked No. 3, by DiversityInc, for commitment and outcomes related to diversity. Mayo Clinic scored 100% and was recognized as an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader in the Healthcare Equality Index published by the Human Rights Campaign. For more information about Mayo Clinic’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, please visit: https://jobs.mayoclinic.org/diversity

https://college.mayo.edu/academics/residencies-and-fellowships/medical-psychology-fellowship-minnesota/tracks/

Additional Information

Agency Type: Medical School/Health Science Center
APPIC Membership: Yes
APA Accredited: Yes
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Health Psychology
Emphasis or focus area: Health Psychology
Research Time: 26-50%
Training Director: Cesar A. Gonzalez, PhD, MSCP, ABPP
Contact Email: Gonzalez.Cesar@mayo.edu
Contact Phone: 507-284-5916
Virtual Interviews: Virtual Only
Duration in Months: 24
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 20
Number of Positions: 2
Applications recieved last year: 25
Accepts Int'l Students
Stipend: $72,565
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards: No
Estimated offer date: Monday, February 16 2026
Unfilled Positions: 0
Fringe Benefits: •Trip time for course attendance and/or presentations at national or international conferences •Mentorship, support, protected time, and funds for EPPP study materials and state licensure exam •Funds for materials related to professional development (e.g. textbooks, videos)
Research opportunities: 30% (12 hours/week) protected research time. Research opportunities include primary care; cancer care; transgender health; chronic pain; weight management and bariatric surgery; medical education; diversity, inclusion, equity, and antiracism
Application Instructions: Eligibility Criteria APA/CPA-accredited graduate program and internship training is required for all applicants (regardless of citizenship status). To apply, please submit your APPIC application through the APPIC Psychology Postdoctoral Application Centralized Application Service (APPA CAS) by Sunday, 12/9/2024 (11:59 pm EST). In your cover letter, please explicitly state your major and minor rotations of interest, along with your areas of research interests. Start date is flexible. Fellowship Contact: Amber R. Pearson (she/her), Education Program Coordinator: pearson.amber@mayo.edu Cesar A. Gonzalez, PhD, LP, MSCP, ABPP (he/they), Director, Clinical Health Psychology Fellowship: gonzalez.cesar@mayo.edu

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