Contact:
Susan Rotgard
Program Coordinator
1051 Riverside Drive
Unit #40
New York, NY 10032
Telephone: (212) 543-5692
FAX: (212) 543-5467
E-Mail: Rotgard@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
WWW: http://http://nypisys.cpmc.columbia.edu/DevelopmentalPsych/sections/training_grant_2004.htm
Year Established: 1984
Total Number of Faculty:
20
Total Number of Students: 5
US Citizens: 100%
Female: varies
Minorities: varies
Native American: varies
African American: varies
Hispanic: varies
Graduates In Last Five Years: 21
Average Number of Years to Complete the Program: 2
Program Description: The program has been training M.D. and Ph.D. investigators for over two decades to pursue careers in the psychobiological sciences related to mental disorders. Clinical researchers and those working in the laboratory on animal models in the basic sciences are united by a common interest in the interplay of psychological and biological processes as these contribute to increased understanding of clinical disease. We emphasize training in an analytic experimental approach to elucidating the processes and mechanisms underlying the development of abnormal neural functioning and behavior. Specific areas of research interests of the 20 sponsoring faculty include: developmental psychobiology, chronobiology, perinatal physiology and behavior, psychosexual differentiation, anxiety disorders, brain imaging, psychopharmacology of pain systems, attachment and separation, epidemiology of psychiatric disorders, behavioral medicine, and genetic models of abnormal brain function. The
research ideas and career goals of the trainee candidates are carefully matched with particular faculty member's expertise.
Training focuses primarily on conducting research designed by the fellow with guidance from faculty mentors. This hands-on research training is supplemented with 1)a weekly seminar in which the processes of research are intensively discussed with a core group of sponsoring faculty, and 2)personalized didactic study programs consisting of courses in statistics, lectures from medical school courses and a rich variety of seminars and rounds in psychiatry and psychobiology. The goal of the program is to promote the development of successful, independent researchers. Toward this end, all fellows receive instruction in how to design and write competitive grant proposals.
Funds are requested for five postdoctoral trainees. M.D.s are usually psychiatric residents with several years of postdoctoral experience. Ph.D.s usually begin their training within a year or two following completion of their graduate training. Selection is based on potential, on motivation and perseverance required to complete 2-3 years of intensive research training for original and creative research. Creative self-starters with their own ideas are sought and then matched with faculty mentors that can best guide this research.
Columbia University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
Admission Requirements:
NIMH requires that all fellows be U.S. citizens or are in the U.S. on a permanent visa.
Applicants must write a letter describing specifically in several pages the research question they wish to pursue, what training they would need for their research career and faculty member(s) with whom they would like to work. They must also provide 3 letters of recommendation.
How or Where to Apply:
Susan Rotgard Program Coordinator
Columbia University (Research Training: Psychobiological Sciences)
1051 Riverside Drive
Unit #40
New York, NY 10032
Annual Tuition And Fees: N/A
Approximate Cost Of Living: $25,000 +
Housing Availability And Costs Per Year:
Housing not provided; cost varies.
Daycare Facilities And Costs Per Month: Not provided; cost varies.
Stipends Assistantships And Financial
Assistance: Post-doctoral stipends as determined by the NIMH.
Currently, by ears of experience:
0=$36,996
1=$38,976
2=$41,796
3=$43,428
4=$45,048
5=$46,992
6=$48,852
7 or more=$51,036
Last revised November 2006
http://www.andp.org/programs/postdoctoral/unitedstates/newyork/columbia.htm
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