Research Scholar (Postdoctoral Fellowship)
NCIRE - The Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc.
Summary
Dr. Kristine Yaffe and the Center for Population Brain Health are recruiting for a two-year Post-Doctoral Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Health Research and Treatment with a focus on dementia, cognitive health, and geriatric neuropsychiatry. This fellowship is associated with the Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center at the San Francisco VA Health Care System (MIRECC; VISN 21) and affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Job description
The primary goal of the fellowship is to train MDs in psychiatry, neurology, geriatrics or related fields; psychologists/neuropsychologists; or other allied health professionals to become leading clinical researchers in the areas of Alzheimer disease and Alzheimer disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD), cognitive aging, brain health, and geriatric neuropsychiatry. Over the course of the 2-year program, fellows are trained in clinical research and clinical care service delivery devoting 75% time to research and educational activities including didactics and career development seminars and 25% to clinical training. Fellows will be responsible for driving innovative research projects while also gaining clinical and translational research experience/skills and training to become an independent investigator.
The candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with SFVA/UCSF investigators and participate in didactic sessions. Under the mentorship of Dr. Kristine Yaffe, the scholar will design and execute dementia and cognitive aging research studies, write manuscripts for peer reviewed publications, develop presentations for conferences and meetings, and contribute to grant development. Potential projects may be focused on social determinants of brain health as well as modifiable risk factors of cognitive aging and AD/ADRD including traumatic brain injury, PTSD, depression, cardiovascular risk factors, and sleep. Ideal applicants would have particular interest in expanding expertise in population-based health.
Faculty mentors are affiliated with the SFVA Research and Mental Health services, the UCSF Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neurology, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the SFVA/UCSF Center for Population Brain Health (CPBH), and the Global Brain Health Institute. We are a multidisciplinary group of clinical researchers, dedicated to the advancement of brain health across the lifespan. The fellowship is funded by the Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Requirements
- MD in psychiatry, neurology, geriatrics, or related field; or psychologist/neuropsychologist; or other allied health professional
- Interest in developing expertise in population-based health research
Company overview
NCIRE - The Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc. is the leading private nonprofit research institute in the United States exclusively dedicated to advancing Veterans' health research. Founded in 1988 and operating as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, NCIRE partners with the San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) to conduct groundbreaking biomedical research. The institute supports over 200 MD and PhD principal investigators working across diverse research areas including Alzheimer's disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, mental health, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and substance use disorders. With $70 million in research expenditures, NCIRE manages the largest funded research program within the Veterans Health Administration, operating from 250,000-300,000 square feet of research space on the SFVAHCS campus. The organization's mission focuses on improving health outcomes for Veterans and active military personnel through innovative scientific discoveries, clinical trials, and translational research that bridges laboratory findings to clinical applications.