Mount Sinai Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Research
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
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 postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Research is a two-year, full-time program offered through the Brain Injury Research Center within the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The program follows a scientist-practitioner model of training, with the goal of producing graduates with advanced skills in clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology as applied to a variety of patient populations, as well as strong skills in rehabilitation research. The training consists of didactic and experiential clinical and research training experiences, and supervision; fellows spend approximately 70% of their time providing clinical services to patients, 20% in didactic training, and 10% in research activities. It is our intention to produce outstanding scientist-practitioners with advanced understanding of brain-behavior relationships, who are rigorously trained with a broad based foundation in assessment, intervention, and consultation. It is also our goal to increase the number of rehabilitation researchers from minority and disability backgrounds in the field by providing in-depth training, supervision, and mentoring in the areas of disability research, including qualitative and quantitative research designs as related to rehabilitation.
Impact of COVID-19 on current training experience: Fellows continue to provide clinical services and maintain expected caseloads, as they continue to provide assessment and treatment services in-person and virtually. Strict hospital COVID-19 safety protocols and procedures are followed for all on-site activities. Majority of research activities and didactics are conducted in-person. Clinical supervision is provided in-person or virtually (as needed). All fellowship interviews will be completed via virtually.
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Medical School/Health Science Center
- APPIC Membership
- Yes
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Emphasis or focus area
- Neuropsychology
- Other Emphasis
- Rehabilitation Psychology
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Maria Kajankova, Ph.D.
- Contact Email
- maria.kajankova@mountsinai.org
- Contact Phone
- 212-241-3379
- Duration in Months
- 24
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 4
- Number of Positions
- 1
- Applications recieved last year
- 17
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Stipend
- $58,661
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Created Date
- Wednesday, October 26 2016
- Unfilled Positions
- 0
- Fringe Benefits
- Fellows receive PTO, Health, vision, dental, and malpractice insurance.
- Research opportunities
- Fellows spend approximately 10% of their time in research activities and engage in research activities from project conception to dissemination. Fellows work closely with a multidisciplinary team in the Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai, led by Dr. Kristen Dams-O’Connor, and are involved in nearly every stage of the research process, from project conceptualization, execution, analysis, and dissemination. Fellows contribute to the implementation of existing research studies and complete one or more independent research projects under the mentorship of faculty and the extent of involvement in research is tailored to each fellow’s interests and career goals.
- Application Instructions
- Individuals with a doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology who have training and experience in clinical neuropsychology and/or rehabilitation psychology are strongly encouraged to apply. Candidates should have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree before beginning their postdoctoral training, must have received the doctoral degree from an APA/CPA-accredited program, and be eligible for a limited permit to practice psychology in New York State by the time training begins. Applicants must have completed all doctoral requirements from an APA/CPA-accredited program and an APA/CPA approved internship. Those from minority and/or disability backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Individuals with previous research experience and aspirations for a clinical research career are also strongly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to individuals who are US citizens or permanent residents, but others may apply if they anticipate being able to obtain the credentials needed to complete the program. Due to the COVID-19 related restrictions, all interviews will be conducted via videoconferencing. Applications are due on December 9th.
Applications must include the following in order to be considered:
1. Cover letter
2. Curriculum vitae that includes citizenship and languages spoken fluently
3. Two to four letters of recommendation:
a. One or two letters from clinical supervisor(s), e.g. internship training director, AND
b. One or two letters from research supervisor(s), e.g. dissertation chair/mentor
4. Copy of your graduate transcript (unofficial cope of transcript acceptable); if selected, must submit final official
transcripts before starting postdoc
5. One sample neuropsychological report and/or one treatment case summary
6. Representative copies of abstracts, publications, and/or research presentations
Applications should be sent via e-mail to:
Maria Kajankova, Ph.D., Director of Clinical Training
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Human Performance
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1163, New York, New York 10029
Tel: (212) 241-3379
Fax: (212) 241-0137
Email: maria.kajankova@mountsinai.org
This record was last updated on Wednesday, September 11, 2024
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