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UCSF Clinical Psychology Training Program ADDITIONAL POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES (CONTINUED) Clinical Services Research Training Program Trainees in the program take on an apprentice role in the context of the faculty preceptors’ clinical service research activities. This role will be progressively expanded into full collaboration on an aspect of the research about which substantial closure and publication can be reached within a two-year timeframe. Trainees are also encouraged and supported in the development of the multidisciplinary, collaborative, and negotiation skills required of clinical service researchers. Research areas currently being surveyed by participating faculty include: • Organization, financing, and delivery of mental health and related human services to seriously and persistently mentally ill adults, adolescents, and children; • Service system studies of the co-occurrence of mental disorder and substance abuse; • Mental health services in primary care settings; • Mental health services delivery to persons with AIDS and ARC • Implications of violence and potential violence in the delivery of mental health services • Service system needs for vulnerable children, including those who have been missing or abducted. The training program includes: • required coursework • elective seminars and directed readings • a preceptorship with a faculty member Required coursework includes surveys of the current literature, clinical service research methods, biostatistics, program evaluation methods, reviews of standardized clinical assessment tools, economic and cost analysis methodologies, and professional and research ethics. A wide range of electives are also offered. Faculty include senior, established investigators and junior faculty who have a solid research track record. C. Clifford Attkisson, Ph.D. is Director of Training and Abram Rosenblatt, Ph.D. is Associate Director. The program is funded by a training grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. Mentors in the Clinical Psychology Training Program who also teach in this program are: Patricia Areán, Ph.D., Keith McBurnett, Ph.D., Dale McNiel, Ph.D., Ricardo F. Muñoz, Ph.D. and Linda Pfiffner, Ph.D. See the program’s web site at: http://psych.ucsf.edu/Students/Clinical_Services_Research.asp 21
UCSF Clinical Psychology Training Program ADDITIONAL POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES (CONTINUED) The Community Academic Research Training Alliance (CARTA) Program The purpose of this training grant, called the Community Academic Research Training Alliance (CARTA), is three-fold: (1) to train the next generation of behavioral scientists in conducting patient-oriented psychosocial interventions research with underserved populations in the agencies that serve them, (2) to increase the number of junior researchers in patient-oriented, psychosocial interventions research and (3) to develop a training program in psychosocial interventions research for staff in community agencies who would be future research partners. The intent is to develop a program that could be modeled by other medical centers to foster better research collaborations between academia and the community. Aims: • Train two post-doctoral fellows a year in the intricacies of conducting research with underserved populations in the agencies and settings that serve them. There is a dearth of clinical researchers studying ways to overcome mental health disparities in disadvantaged populations. Through participation in this program, fellows will gain an understanding of the needs of underserved populations, learn how to build partnerships with community agencies, and learn how to meet the challenges of conducting research in these settings by using recruitment methodologies, measurement techniques and alternative research designs that best fit the community context. • Train two people from community organizations a year in the process of clinical research. NIH has long encouraged collaboration between academia and the community to translate evidence-based practice into real world settings. This need still remains. The UCSF faculty members involved in this program have all had great success in partnering with community agencies. These partnerships reflect a productive synergy in which community agencies have taught us about the needs and challenges they face and we have taught them about the power and value of scientific methods. Community-based research succeeds only when academic and community partners understand each other’s needs and culture. Our own experience at UCSF and the experience of community agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area have shown that educating academicians about community research cannot be fully successful unless community stakeholders are also educated about the research process. Training Activities. A range of training activities were built into the training program; activities vary in intensity and duration from an annual two-day conference to weekly individual meetings. In keeping with the collaborative nature of the community-based research, some training activities will take place at various UCSF sites, while others will take place at participating community agencies. These activities include: Annual Research Conference, A Day with an Expert, Weekly Research Support Group, Agency-Academic Partnership Workshop, Reading and Writing Science Tutorial, Recruitment and Retention course, Research and Ethics in the Community course, Conducting Intervention Research in the Community, Data and Methods Workgroup, and Funding Opportunities for Communities. There is also a list of Elective Short Courses offered during the second half of the year. These courses are tailored to fellows’ interests and learning needs. Patricia Areán, Ph.D. is the Director and Ricardo Muñoz, Ph.D. and William McConnell, Ph.D. are Co-Directors. The program is funded by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. Mentors in the Clinical Psychology Training Program who also teach in this program are Patricia Areán, Ph.D. and Ricardo F. Muñoz, Ph.D. See the program’s website at http://psych.ucsf.edu/carta/ 22
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