Research is an integral part of the fellowship with fellows encouraged to design their own projects or to assist with projects already developed by faculty of the CL group. Other training emphasizes teaching opportunities with residents and medical students and participation with colleagues in clinical and research behavioral medicine. The NIMH fellowship is for candidates who have a serious interest in an academic or research career in geropsychiatry. The VA fellowship is more clinically focused but also has a track record of training individuals for full-time academic and clinical research. Fellows work under the supervision of clinical investigators where they learn the fundamentals of clinical geropsychiatry in both inpatients and outpatients.
Fellows actively participate in ongoing research.
Fellows in the second year and beyond will be helped to develop their own research projects. In addition, the fellowship provides a valuable clinical experience not only in caring for patients, but also in dealing with the special clinical and administrative issues. This fellowship offers an opportunity for postgraduate psychiatrists to pursue clinical and research interests in the neuropsychiatry of HIV infection.