Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: T32 Fellowship in Adherence and Self-Management
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Applications due Monday, December 1, 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 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
The NIH T32 Adherence and Self-Management Fellowship is a two-year training program for Candidates with PhD, MD/DO, or comparable degrees who are interested in research and/or program development related to adherence and self-management. The program is housed in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) and is funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (Directors: Kevin Hommel, Ph.D.; kevin.hommel@cchmc.org and Meghan McGrady, Ph.D. meghan.mcgrady@cchmc.org).
All fellows are paired with a primary mentor who complements their interests and skills. Each of our faculty have a strong track-record of publishing, obtaining external grant support, program development, and mentoring trainees. Fellows are also able to train with multiple additional faculty from 14 medical divisions at CCHMC. A complete list of primary mentors and ongoing projects can be found here. Click here for more information about the Center for Adherence and Self-Management.
CCHMC is one of the largest children’s hospitals in the country with a reputation for excellence and innovation in clinical care, teaching, and research. CCHMC is ranked among the top in the nation on the Honor Roll Hospitals by the US News & World Report and among medical centers in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. In addition, this fellowship position is part of a larger network of Psychology Fellowships at CCHMC, which is one of the nation's largest fellowship training programs in pediatric/child psychology, with associated didactic and professional development training.
CCHMC requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, proof of vaccination will be required. Exceptions for the COVID-19 vaccination requirement may be granted for approved medical contraindications or religious prohibitions. Learn more about this requirement.
Applicants must have completed all doctoral degree (PhD, PsyD) requirements by the start of fellowship. Applicants who have not completed their dissertation at the time of application, must successfully defend their dissertation at least 60 days prior to beginning fellowship. Candidates who do not meet this deadline may forfeit their fellowship position.
All candidates should be from a graduate program in clinical, counseling, or school psychology, accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) and must be from an APA-accredited internship program. Experience with children is required.
Stipends are consistent with NIH NRSA stipend levels. Cincinnati Children's Psychology Fellowship stipend levels for the 2025-2026 training year are $62,232 for a first-year fellow and $62,652 for a second-year fellow, consistent with standards dictated by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Please visit our website for fellowship information. Please note the website is being updated. For general assistance, applicants may contact the Psychology Fellowship Medical Education Specialist, Denisse Herrera Delgado, psychology.fellowship@cchmc.org or the program director, Meg Stone-Heaberlin, Psy.D. (megan.stone@cchmc.org).
APPA CAS Application Portal Opens: Monday, October 27, 2025
Virtual Interview Dates:
- Tuesday, January 6, 2026
- Thursday, January 8, 2026
- Monday, January 12, 2026
- Wednesday, January 14, 2026
- Friday, January 16, 2026
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Childrens Hospital
- APPIC Membership
- Yes
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Health Psychology
- Emphasis or focus area
- Health Psychology
- Other Emphasis
- Adherence
- Research Time
- 76-100%
- Training Director
- Meg Stone-Heaberlin, Psy.D.
- Contact Email
- Kevin.Hommel@cchmc.org; Meghan.McGrady@cchmc.org
- Contact Phone
- 513-803-0407; 513-803-8044
- Virtual Interviews
- Virtual Only
- Duration in Months
- 24
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 6
- Number of Positions
- 2
- Applications recieved last year
- 2
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Yes
- Stipend
- $62,232
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- No
- Estimated offer date
- Friday, February 20 2026
- Fringe Benefits
- Cincinnati Children’s offers individual health insurance plans; all require minimal financial contribution from the fellow. Fellows have 15 days a year of paid time off, 5 professional/educational days, and 9 pre-set holidays, as well as sick leave and parental leave. Additional leave may be granted for other workshops or conference attendance as deemed appropriate by fellowship mentor(s). Fellows will each have an allowance designated for professional/educational conference, travel, and/or EPPP testing fees. Additionally, a one-time relocation allotment of $3,000 will be provided to incoming fellows who are moving to Cincinnati from 50 miles outside the area. Moves within the Greater Cincinnati area will not be reimbursed. Other benefit plans or programs currently available include medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts, a legal plan, adoption reimbursement, a college savings plan, 403(b) Employee Savings Plan, paid funeral leave, and education assistance.
- Research opportunities
- Please see full program description above
- Additional Comments
- The program’s start dates will be in early August and September 2026. Candidates may select which start date they prefer once an offer has been made. Although this fellowship position is primarily research-focused, clinical research is a key aspect of the position and applicants with strong clinical experiences, research interests, and scientist-practitioner training are encouraged to apply
- Application Instructions
- https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/education/clinical/fellowship/beh-med/contact
This record was last updated on Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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