Pre- and Post-Doctoral Training Opportunities
Addiction Research Center and Development, Psychopathology, and Mental Health (DPMH) Certificate Program
DPMH offers both predoctoral and postdoctoral alcoholism research training.
Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowship
The Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowship is committed to inspiring the best and brightest law students to pursue careers in child welfare law. Through the fellowship, students gain insight into the field and provide much needed services to various child welfare offices specializing in representation of children, parents and social service agencies.
Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture & Health (CRECH)
CRECH aims to help prepare students to work effectively as public health scientists and professionals in multi-ethnic, multi-cultural settings. Because of its commitment to reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health status, the training of scientists and professionals from racial and ethnic groups that have been historically under-represented in leadership roles in public health is a high priority. There are five components to the CRECH training programs, (1) the Paul B. Cornely postdoctoral program in ethnicity, culture and health (2) the CRECH doctoral training program, (3) the graduate student internship program, (4) the summer public health scholars program for undergraduates, and (5) Michigan’s bridges to the doctorate program.
Developmental Psychology Undergraduate Research
A listing of research projects within Developmental Psychology for undergraduate students.
Mental Health Fellowship
The Summer Training on Aging Research Topics - Mental Health (START-MH)
Fellowship, recently funded by the National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH) and administered by the University of California San Diego, is a
unique national program that offers competitive scholarships to
undergraduate, graduate and medical students who may be interested in
aging and mental health research. The program gives the selected
fellows an opportunity to gain research experience and work closely with
an established mentor/investigator in the field of aging and mental
health research. During the 10-week summer program, students will work
on specific projects developed by, or in conjunction with a mentor. The
training is designed for students at all research levels. Training may
occur in a variety of institutions all across the country.
Michigan Prevention Research Training Program
NIMH has funded the Michigan Prevention Research Training Program to train future prevention researchers who are both conversant in structural, socio-cultural and racial factors influencing well-being and mental health, and able to translate basic science into testable interventions, programs and policies aimed at promoting well-being and reducing problems across the lifespan. Trainees obtain a degree in social psychology, developmental psychology, sociology, or the joint program in social work and the social sciences with a focus on prevention.
Minority International Research Training (MIRT)
MIRT is a major commitment in faculty and staff effort at Center for Human Growth and Development and lies primarily within the Children in Poverty research program. CHGD's MIRT program provides intensive, active research experience in child health and development in developing countries. The program is a collaborative effort between biomedical and behavioral researchers at the University of Michigan and several distinguished foreign research institutes.
Psychology Postdoctoral Training Program
The psychology postdoctoral training program has been fully accredited by the American Psychological Association based on the scientist-practitioner model; it provides graduated research and clinical training experiences in each specialty area as well as a core curriculum that addresses professional development issues. Training is currently available in the following three specialty areas: Behavioral Medicine/Health Psychology, Clinical Child Psychology, and Clinical Neuropsychology.
