Postdoctoral Fellowships
Adult Mood and Anxiety Disorders Postdoctoral Fellowship
Based in midtown Manhattan, the postdoctoral fellowship in mood, anxiety, and personality disorders within Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry places emphasis on clinical training with adult outpatients seeking psychiatric intake and consultation, individual therapy, and group psychotherapy. The fellow will treat a diagnostically diverse patient population across two partnered outpatient sites providing targeted, empirically supported treatments for mood, anxiety, and personality disorders, including but not limited to DBT, CBT, mindfulness-based, and psychodynamic therapies. Additionally, the fellow will have an opportunity to hone specialization in trauma, family, and couples' interventions. The fellow will also participate in a Columbia Day Treatment rotation as well outpatient groups (skills groups, process groups). The fellow will work with and learn from an interdisciplinary team, participate in weekly supervision, didactics, team meetings, grand rounds, clinical outreach, and professional development opportunities tailored to their interests and expertise.
Contact: Elizabeth Loran, PhD
Email: egl2124@cumc.columbia.edu
Child and Adolescent Postdoctoral Fellowships
Announcement: Child and Adolescent Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Thank you for your interest in the Clinical Child Psychology Post-doctoral Fellowship and Clinical Psychology Post-doctoral Fellowship focused on Transitional Aged Youth. After much consideration, we have made the difficult decision to pause the fellowships for the 2023-2024 training year. Our goal is to restructure and reorganize the fellowship to take full advantage of our robust clinical services and create a more advanced training experience for post-doctoral fellows. We not only want to provide the opportunity for fellows to further develop clinical skills but also hope to offer distinct development as a clinical supervisor and the chance to introduce foundational skills for leadership roles. We look forward to re-opening recruitment for the 2024-2025 training year. Please direct any inquiries about training to Dr. Thomas: yot9010@nyp.org. If you would be interested in learning about opportunities for staff positions, please reach out to Dr. Saraydarian: ebg9010@nyp.org.
Sincerely,
Yolanda Thomas, Ph.D.
Director of Psychology Education and Training
Manager of Psychology Programs Education and Training
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Lisa Saraydarian, Ph.D.
Director of Psychology Outpatient Behavioral Health
New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University Medical Center
Assistant Professor in Medical Psychology, CUMC
Clinical Child Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship
The fellowship is conducted within the Pediatric Psychiatry Department of the Ambulatory Care Network of New York Presbyterian Hospital. The Pediatric Psychiatry Department largely serves children, adolescents and families from Washington Heights, an urban and predominantly Latinx community. The fellowship offers the opportunity to build a clinical training experience based on the fellow’s interests and department sub-specialties, rotating through our outpatient clinic settings, school-based settings and the community through a home-based crisis intervention program. Depending on the fellow’s chosen specialization, training would involve supervision in a variety of treatment modalities including cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, dialectical behavior, and psychodynamic psychotherapies with a particular emphasis on training in empirically supported interventions. The full-time clinical fellowship also would involve supervised clinical experiences in evaluation and family therapy. The fellow participates in weekly individual and group supervision (6-8 hours), team disposition and case conference meetings, a professional development seminar and Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Opportunities to teach, supervise and receive supervision of supervision are also integrated into the fellowship. The fellow can elect to engage in a scholarly project in collaboration with a faculty member.
Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship focused on Transitional Aged Youth
The main training site for this fellowship is the Washington Heights Youth Anxiety Center that provides outpatient evidence-based individual, group and collateral treatment to predominantly Latinx adolescents aged 16-28 years old who present with anxiety and other comorbid diagnoses. The fellowship will also include working 2 days per week within a high school based primary care clinic disseminating information to school staff about anxiety screening and treatment, as well as providing workshops and treatment for students. Training involves 3 hours of individual supervision per week and attending Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, professional development seminar, and weekly team staff meeting.
Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CUCARD) & ABC Early Childhood Program
This position is split between CUCARD and the ABC Early Childhood Program, which share an office in Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan. Primary CUCARD responsibilities include: conducting diagnostic/intake evaluations using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedules as well as individual, family and group psychotherapy utilizing empirically supported treatments for school-aged youth through to emerging adults and adults with primary anxiety, mood, OCD, and related concerns. School and college/adulting evaluations, assessment of functioning and developmental milestones to inform the goals of treatment, collaborative treatment planning and consultation, and behavioral programming are central to our training mission and approach to clinical care. Primary ABC Early Childhood Program responsibilities include: conducting diagnostic/intake evaluations and treatment utilizing empirically-supported treatments for children ages 2-8. Post-doctoral fellows will have the opportunity to engage in evidence-based, parenting-focused treatment to address a variety of common early childhood disorders including separation anxiety, social anxiety, selective mutism, generalized anxiety, specific phobias, ADHD, ODD, emotion dysregulation, toileting issues, picky eating, sleep training, and more. If interested, post-docs will also have the opportunity to work with children ages 9-12 with disruptive behavior disorders. Fellows will have opportunities to train in PCIT and its adaptations using both in-person and virtual treatments. CUCARD and the ABC Early Childhood Program are highly integrated; we share an office space, team meetings, group supervisions, a joint externship program, and frequent social gatherings. The postdoctoral fellow will be supervised by our licensed psychologists, will co-lead groups with our faculty, and will be mentored individually by team members. Part of Columbia University’s Department of Psychiatry, the CUCARD/ABC team is composed of enthusiastic, fun-loving, and compassionate clinical psychologists and clinical social workers with expertise in treating emotional/behavioral challenges in early childhood and anxiety disorders across the lifespan. The CUCARD clinic founder is Anne Marie Albano, PhD, ABPP, and clinical director is Anthony Puliafico, PhD. The ABC clinical director is Steve Mazza, PhD. Participation in ABCT and APA's Division 53 will be encouraged. Opportunities for teaching, research, publishing, and professional presentations are also made available.
Contacts:
Steve Mazza, PhD, Clinical Director of the ABC Early Childhood Program
Jiayi Lin-Imada, PsyD, Training Director
Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CUCARD) – Westchester
Affiliated with the Child and Adolescent Division of Columbia University’s Psychiatry Department, CUCARD Westchester specializes in evidence-based clinical services for anxiety and related disorders in children, adolescents and young adults. The position will provide advanced training and supervision in the assessment and cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety, OCD, and related difficulties within an academic faculty practice setting. The postdoctoral fellow will provide individual and group therapy through our outpatient service as well as through CUCARD Westchester's Anxiety Day Program (www.columbiadoctors.org/childrens-health/anxietydayprogram), which offers intensive treatment for adolescents whose anxiety symptoms are severely limiting their ability to attend school or function in other settings. There will be opportunities to collaborate with faculty on presentations and consultation services in the local community, as well as other clinical and academic activities. The fellow will receive weekly supervision and will attend didactic seminars both at CUCARD Westchester and within Columbia University’s Department of Psychiatry.
Contact: Anthony Puliafico, Ph.D.
Phone: 646-317-3585
E-mail:acp2137@cumc.columbia.edu
Pediatric Psychology Fellowship - Hematology, Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
*Funding secured; Offer will depend on lifting of Hiring Freeze. Updates will be provided when applications are reviewed.
The Pediatric Psychology Fellowship is based in the Pediatric Hematology, Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation outpatient clinic and inpatient medical service at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. The fellowship is primarily clinical in nature, with opportunities to participate in clinical research. Fellows will address comorbid psychological conditions in patients with a range of malignant and non-malignant hematological and oncological conditions, from birth to young adulthood. Common referrals include adjustment, internalizing and externalizing conditions, concerns during survivorship, end-of-life, and academic difficulties. The fellowship provides training in initial psychological diagnosis and interviewing, short-term therapy (cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing) and consultation liaison services. This is a one-year fellowship, with the possibility of a second year. Fellows receive individual supervision including live supervision, as well as opportunities for professional development. They will participate in didactics in Psychiatry and Hematology/Oncology/SCT, as well as multidisciplinary rounds in Hematology/Oncology/SCT. The breakdown of inpatient vs. outpatient and in-person vs. telemedicine services will be dependent on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, and may shift during the course of the externship. Those with experience in pediatric psychology are strongly encouraged to apply.
Contact/Supervisor: Dara Steinberg, Ph.D.
Email: dms2207@cumc.columbia.edu
Application Process:Please submit a CV, cover letter, 2 letters of recommendations, and a letter of readiness.
Promise Program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
The Promise Clinic at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian (CUIMC/NYP) provides comprehensive neuropsychological assessment and advocacy to youth from marginalized and vulnerable communities in New York City. The clinic primarily evaluates individuals presenting with neurodevelopmental conditions, including LD, ADHD, ASD, and behavioral/psychiatric difficulties. There are also opportunities to work with patients who present with various complex medical conditions such as pediatric cancers, sickle cell disease, seizure disorders, genetic disorders, and neonatal complications. We have a subspecialty Spanish Bilingual Program in order to evaluate and assess children who are Spanish language dominant. The Promise Program post-doctoral neuropsychology fellowship is a two-year, full time position in which trainees are supervised in providing comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations and advocacy. Fellows regularly collaborate with multidisciplinary treatment teams, receive training in educational/legal advocacy, conduct school observations and attend IEP meetings when needed. Fellows will receive weekly individual and group supervision, attend weekly didactic seminars, participate in weekly team case conference meetings. Fellows also have the opportunity to attend departmental, community and agency trainings on related mental health topics, special education services, and special education law.
Contact: Meghan Tomb, PhD or Ana Garcia, MS
Phone: 212-342-1600
Email: mt2718@cumc.columbia.edu and ag498@cumc.columbia.edu
Website: promise-project.org