Brown Clinical Psychology Training Consortium
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Adolescent HIV Prevention Research
Site:
Rhode Island Hospital
Supervisor(s):
Larry Brown, M.D.
Christopher Houck, Ph.D.
Celia Lescano, Ph.D.
Julie Boergers. Ph.D.
Jennifer Freeman, Ph.D.
Abbe Garcia, Ph.D.
Wendy Hadley, Ph.D.
Elissa Jelalian, Ph.D.
Debra Lobato, Ph.D.
Beth McQuaid, Ph.D.
Robyn Mehlenbeck, Ph.D.
Jack Nassau, Ph.D.
Wendy Plante, Ph.D.
Marina Tolou-Shams, Ph.D.
Fellowship Aims
- To provide the fellow with broad post-doctoral training in the area of adolescent HIV prevention.
- To provide the fellow with a strong working knowledge of adolescent HIV prevention research.
- To enable the fellow to gain experience working with a multidisciplinary pediatric psychology team by providing individual as well as group clinical services to children, adolescents, and families at Rhode Island Hospital and within the Rhode Island Family Court.
Fellowship Timeline
This is a two-year fellowship, renewable after one year pending satisfactory progress. The fellowship will initiate July 1, 2007 and conclude June 30, 2009.
Research, Academic/Didactic and Professional Activity Plan
Seventy-five percent of the fellow’s time will be devoted to research, academic/didactic, and professional training experiences. The fellow will participate in the following activities:
- Review of adolescent HIV prevention literature: The fellow will be provided with a series of readings in the area of HIV in general.
- Study coordination: The fellow will collaborate with the PI (Larry Brown, M.D.) to coordinate several studies funded by NIMH and NIDA that focus on at risk adolescents in the Family Court, Mental Health clinic and/or in intensive mental health services in the community.
- Manuscript preparation and submission: The fellow will be encouraged to collaborate on manuscript preparation and poster submissions at national conferences. Individually tailored goals will be established in this area.
- Grant writing: The fellow will be encouraged to develop a grant idea and submit a grant proposal by the end of the fellowship term.
- Research Meetings: The fellow will be required to participate in weekly research meetings.
- Post-Doctoral Seminars: The fellow will participate in the Post-Doctoral Seminar Series through the Brown University Post-Doctoral Training Program and the Grand Rounds Series. The fellow also will participate in the Pediatric Psychology Seminar Series.
- Licensure as a Psychologist : The fellow will make application for temporary licensure and work towards successfully negotiating all aspects of the licensure process, and obtain full licensure (optional) as a psychologist.
Clinical Activity Plan
- Twenty-five percent of the fellow’s time will be devoted to clinically-related activities. In order to ensure that the fellow receives a high level of clinical training in the area of Pediatric Psychology, the following activities will be required during the fellowship:
Clinical assessment: Individual and family assessment as indicated by referrals to the above clinical services to include administration and interpretation of structured interviews and standardized assessments of global and specific functioning.
Treatment services: The fellow will complete rotations in each of the following core clinical services: pediatric consultation/liaison, pediatric emergency services, and outpatient therapy. The fellow will complete rotations (at least 15% time) in the following services as determined by fellow interest, training goals, and supervisor discretion: oncology service, sleep clinic, GI clinic, Draw-a-Breath asthma classes, biofeedback, sibling group, obesity group, anxiety clinic, and pediatric partial hospitalization program. Ten percent of the fellow’s time (one half day/5 hours per week) for 6 months will be spent conducting psychiatric evaluations and facilitating HIV prevention interventions in the Rhode Island Family Court
Supervision and Evaluation
Supervision will be provided in the form of weekly individual research supervision (Drs. Brown, Houck, Lescano, Hadley and Tolou-Shams) and weekly individual supervision with a primary clinical supervisor (for outpatient therapy cases and monitoring of overall clinical responsibilities) and rotation supervisors.
At the conclusion and midpoint of the fellowship, the fellow and the supervisors are requested to provide formal evaluations, and evaluations of the program relative to the goals and learning objectives of the fellowship.
Resource Requirements
Fellow will be provided with the following resources:
1. Office space
2. A personal desktop computer and project specific software
3. Internet access
4. Telephone
5. Access to copying equipment