These experiences will be facilitated by having the fellow actively involved in a core faculty member's research. Predoctoral trainees will also be required to complete a clinical residency in an area of symptom management. After predoctoral students have passed their qualifying examination, ProSeminars also offer an opportunity to complete a teaching residency. Postdoctoral Program . There are four postdoctoral positions.
Postdoctoral training is tailored to individual needs.
Each program of study will focus on complex issues and advanced methodologies related to these three symptoms or symptom clusters. Postdoctoral fellows will be required to attend the three-quarter sequence of ProSeminars for the predoctoral students and additional time is spent in weekly scholarly dialogue to develop papers and draft grant proposals. In addition to Fall, Winter, and Spring ProSeminars, Summer Quarter will be spent in a required ProSeminar on grants management and activities involved in directing a research project, with emphasis on communicating with granting agencies, budgets, and grant writing activities that include abstracts, progress reports, and final reports. Clinical and teaching residencies are optional. Throughout the 2-year postdoctoral program, research residency experiences will be tailored to individual goals.