UChicago Medicine Child Trauma Program
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The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Starts on Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Applications due Friday, December 12, 2025
This training experience has chosen to follow the APPIC Postdoctoral Selection Guidelines.
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 of 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
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Medical School/Health Science Center
- APPIC Membership
- Yes
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Child Psychology
- Emphasis or focus area
- PTSD (Trauma)
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Shona Vas, Ph.D., ABPP
- Contact Email
- svas@bsd.uchicago.edu
- Contact Phone
- 7737021517
- Virtual Interviews
- Virtual Only
- Duration in Months
- 12
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 25
- Number of Positions
- 1
- Applications recieved last year
- 33
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Stipend
- $62838
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Yes
- Estimated offer date
- Friday, January 16 2026
- Created Date
- Wednesday, October 23 2019
- Fringe Benefits
- Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance, 15 vacation days, 5 professional days, 10 sick/wellness days
- Research opportunities
- Depending on the candidate's interests, various opportunities are available.
- Application Instructions
- See brochure for detailed application instructions. All applications should be submitted through APPA CAS.
This record was last updated on Thursday, November 6, 2025
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