VISN 1 New England MIRECC: Fellowships
VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research Education and Treatment: West Haven, CT Site
The VA Office of Academic Affiliations is sponsoring a VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS), West Haven campus. The primary goal of the VA Advanced Fellowship Program is to train psychologists to become exceptional clinical researchers in high priority areas of VA mental health. The Fellowship follows a scientist-practitioner model and is designed to offer clinical research training and advanced clinical training in an interdisciplinary setting. Fellows are individually mentored in clinical research and clinical service delivery by VA/Yale faculty. Fellows work with individual research mentors to develop a training plan that supports the Fellow’s professional goals. Fellows work with at least two licensed clinical psychologist supervisors each year to support development of advanced skills in service delivery. Each year, the fellowship recruits two psychologists for a two-year Fellowship, one in SUD/dual diagnosis at the MIRECC and one in PTSD at the NC-PTSD.
Applications will open again in Fall 2025, please check back soon! For more information, please email the West Haven Fellowship Director, Dr. Suzanne Decker, PhD at suzanne.decker@va.gov.
Further information is also available at:
https://www.va.gov/connecticut-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/
VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research Education and Treatment: Bedford, MA Site
The Bedford site of VISN 1 New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) is home to a two-year Advanced Psychology Fellowship program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment sponsored by the VA Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA). The primary goal of our fellowship program is to train psychology fellows for advanced-level clinical research and practice and leadership roles in mental health through interdisciplinary specialist training. Centered in a scientist-practitioner philosophy, fellows receive individual mentorship in clinical research and training in advanced clinical practice and program administration. Fellows will develop an individualized training plan with the guidance of their identified mentor and mentorship committee. Fellows will be prepared to become fully licensed and assume leadership roles as VA mental health care providers. As part of the broader, nationwide network of VA Advanced fellowships, fellows also receive state-of-the-art educational experiences at both the local and national level.
Applications will open again in Fall 2025, please check back soon! Further information can be obtained by contacting the Psychology Fellowship Co-Directors, Dr. Victoria Ameral at Victoria.Ameral@va.gov or Dr. Brian Stevenson at Brian.Stevenson4@va.gov.
Further information is also available at: Internships And Fellowships | VA Bedford Health Care
National MIRECC/CoE Fellowship Information:
Visit the National MIRECC/CoE Fellowship page
