Nemours Children's Health, Delaware - Pediatric Psychology -Cardiology with Minor Rotation in Hematology and Oncology
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Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware (formerly Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children)
Wilmington, Delaware
Starts on Monday, August 31, 2026
Applications due Monday, December 1, 2025
This training experience has chosen to follow the APPIC Postdoctoral Selection Guidelines.
This training experience is not an APPIC Member program and is not APA Accredited. Applicants should be aware that this training experience has not undergone a formal external quality review process.
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
This fellowship position provides a majority experience in Pediatric Cardiology, which includes assessment and parent consultation as part of an interdisciplinary cardiac neurodevelopmental follow up program, consultation-liaison within the cardiac intensive care unit and cardiac transplant psychosocial evaluation. The fellow will participate in weekly interdisciplinary developmental rounds on the cardiac unit and will be an active member of a cardiac developmental care committee that strives to promote developmental care practices in the Cardiac ICU. The patient population ranges from newborns to young adults with a variety of cardiac conditions including congenital heart disease, arrhythmias and heart failure. There will be a minor rotation including Oncology consultation and therapy. The fellow will provide services within the Department of Hematology and Oncology, which is a multidisciplinary program for treating youth with a wide range of diagnoses such as brain tumor, bone tumors, acute lymphocytic leukemia, and patients who are in remission from cancer. Clinical activities include interdisciplinary intake evaluations, outpatient therapy with a focus on cognitive behavioral, acceptance, and family systems approaches, and collaboration with other providers.
Supervisors: Erica Sood, PhD, Joslyn Kenowitz, PhD, Karen Wohlheiter, PhD
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Childrens Hospital
- APPIC Membership
- No
- APA Accredited
- No
- Emphasis or focus area
- Child/Adolescent
- Other Emphasis
- Pediatric Psychology
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Megan Cohen, PhD, ABPP
- Contact Email
- psychologytraining@nemours.org
- Contact Phone
- 302-651-4500
- Virtual Interviews
- Virtual Only
- Duration in Months
- 12
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 3
- Number of Positions
- 1
- Applications recieved last year
- 10
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Stipend
- $66231
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Yes
- Estimated offer date
- Monday, February 2 2026
- Created Date
- Monday, October 4 2021
- Fringe Benefits
- The mission of the Department of Psychology at Nemours is “to improve child and family well-being through quality behavioral health care, education, training and research in a collaborative, inclusive, and culturally responsive manner.” Our program and the Division of Psychology stand in solidarity with communities living with social and economic conditions that put them at risk for adverse health outcomes. As psychologists and community members, we are committed to supporting healthy outcomes for all. Therefore, fellows will actively participate in a monthly cultural humility seminar, monthly behavioral health grand rounds, and seminars focused on advocacy. Fellows who are bilingual Spanish/English will participate in biweekly bilingual supervision seminar with our Spanish-speaking faculty. Additional opportunities to engage in activities that promote inclusion and belonging are strongly encouraged.
Fellows also participate in didactic seminars spanning topics such as professional development, clinical supervision, mentorship, research and scholarly inquiry, wellness, and hospital grand rounds. Fellows also have opportunities to supervise other psychology learners from our psychology externship and internship programs. All fellows (except LEND program fellows) may choose to participate in research or QI training. Research is mentored by faculty within the Center for Health Care Delivery Science, and one full day per week is set aside for these activities unless otherwise noted. The Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) fellowship program is an interdisciplinary training program for healthcare professionals and family members of children with chronic developmental conditions. Fellows with a focus on autism spectrum disorders or early childhood may participate in LEND.
Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware offers a competitive salary of $66,231, as well as a comprehensive benefits package including 20 days of paid time off, 5 education days, 6 holidays, and 1 volunteer day, continuing education funds for conference travel and EPPP, medical and dental insurance, and associate resources for living. Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware is a state-of-the-art facility located on picturesque grounds in Wilmington, Delaware, approximately 35 minutes from Philadelphia and 90 minutes from Delaware beaches.
- Research opportunities
- One day per week is protected and devoted to neurodevelopmental psychosocial research in Cardiology.
- Application Instructions
- Please submit all materials by December 1, 2025:
1) Curriculum Vitae
2) Cover letter of interest specifying the major rotation position/s you are seeking. Please also summarize your qualifications, clinical interests, any research interests and goals for fellowship. If you are bilingual, please outline this in your cover letter. You may apply to more than one position and note this in one cover letter.
3) Two letters of recommendation; at least one from a direct clinical supervisor,
4) Letter from dissertation chair or DCT indicating status of dissertation defense or other relative degree requirements by start of fellowship.
For all positions, the deadline for applications is December 1, 2025. We are committed to equity, accessibility, and the safety of our applicants. Therefore, all interviews will be virtual. Interviews will be held on January 12, 15, and 16, 2026. We adhere to the Common Hold Date guidelines put forth by APPIC. Applicants are invited to apply for one or more positions. Documentation for all positions should be submitted via the APPA CAS portal APPA CAS (APPIC Psychology Postdoctoral Application). Please direct any questions to the Director of Postdoctoral Fellowship Training, Megan Cohen, PhD, ABPP or GME administrative coordinator, Kaitlin Wolfe at psychologytraining@nemours.org
This record was last updated on Wednesday, September 17, 2025
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