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San Francisco General Hospital2011-12University of California, San FranciscoClinical Psychology Training ProgramLangley Porter Psychiatric Institute1Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMThe Faculty of the Department of Psychiatry of the Universityof California, San Francisco, affirms as one of its majorpriorities the training of women and minorities for academiccareers as researchers and clinician-teachers. We aretherefore actively seeking individuals who plan to undertakeleadership roles in research and training in the mental healthfields. Our faculty is explicitly committed to providing thementorship and support necessary to facilitate successfulentry into academic positions.2Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research

INTRODUCTIONThe Clinical Psychology Training Program (CPTP) is dedicated to thetraining of clinical psychologists committed to an academic and/orresearch career with a strong record of both clinical and researchexperience. We are committed to preparing research orientedpsychologists to work sensitively and competently with underservedpopulations, including the chronically mentally ill, minorities, low-incomeindividuals, and primary care medical patients. CTPT Providesspecialized research training in:• ADHD/disruptive behavior disorders• neuropsychology• post traumatic stress disorder• recognition, prevention and treatment of depression• internet research on smoking and depression• substance abuse• geriatric mental health• violence and trauma in adults and childrenA two-year Fellowship is comprised of:• one year of general clinical psychology predoctoralinternship (APA accredited)• one year of postdoctoral clinical and clinical researchexperienceThis 2010 edition of the CPTP brochure is for the class enteringprogram on July 1, 2011 and ending on June 30, 2013Deadline for receipt of applications: Friday, October 29, 20103Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIONDIRECTOR OF TRAININGRicardo F. Muñoz, Ph.D.ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS OF TRAININGPatricia A. Areán, Ph.D.Alicia F. Lieberman, Ph.D.Dale E. McNiel, Ph.D.James L. Sorensen, Ph.D.PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORHugo A. SosaThis brochure and application forms can be downloaded from:http://psych.ucsf.edu/education/cptpFor additional information, please contact:Clinical Psychology Training ProgramUniversity of California, San Francisco401 Parnassus Avenue, Box CPTSan Francisco, California 94143-0984Phone: (415) 476-7272psychologyinfo@lppi.ucsf.edu4Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research

TABLE OF CONTENTSTraining Goals ................................................................................................................... 2Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 3Program Administration ................................................................................................... 4Table of Contents .............................................................................................................. 5Program Description.......................................................................................................... 6Stipends ............................................................................................................................ 6Deadline for Application .................................................................................................... 6Mission Statement ............................................................................................................ 7Recommended Timeline .................................................................................................... 8Training Sites .................................................................................................................... 9Application and Selection Procedure ............................................................................... 10Areas of Specialization ................................................................................................... 12Public Service and Minority Cluster ................................................................................. 13Clinical Assessment and Interventions Cluster ................................................................. 19Sample Training Schedules ............................................................................................. 27Additional Research Opportunities Available to Clinical Psychology Applicants ................ 31Faculty ............................................................................................................................ 37APPIC Match Policies ....................................................................................................... 46UCSF Non-discrimination Policy ....................................................................................... 46Internship Accreditation .................................................................................................. 475Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONThe University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Clinical Psychology Training Program in the Department ofPsychiatry offers a two-year fellowship opportunity (within the scientist-practitioner model). The PredoctoralFellowship consists of an APA-Accredited clinical internship followed by a one-year postdoctoral clinical andclinical research fellowship. Our Fellows are selected from applicants whose achievements reflect a strongcommitment to pursue careers emphasizing research and training in academic/research settings, including thoseaffiliated with health and mental health service systems. Over the last ten years, 89% of our graduates haveobtained research or academic positions upon leaving our program.Increasing the number of women and minorities in academic and research positions is one of our goals. Duringthe last ten years, 83% of our Fellows have been women, and 36% have been minorities.The predoctoral year provides general internship training in clinical psychology with opportunity to specialize inone of two cluster areas. Selected involvement in clinical work continues through the second, postdoctoral year,in which there is an emphasis on clinical research within the area of specialization. The amount and distributionof clinical hours in the program meet APA internship accreditation standards as well as general licensurerequirements.Applicants for the two-year program should have completed all other requirements for the doctoral degree,preferably including the dissertation, at an APA-accredited program in clinical psychology. The dissertationproposal must have been accepted prior to application. We also require a minimum of 400 practicum hours.The UCSF Clinical Psychology Training Program follows the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral andInternship Centers (APPIC) Match Policies (See page 29). Advancement into the Postdoctoral Fellowshiprequires completion of the doctoral degree. Therefore, if all requirements for their degree at their homeuniversity have not been completed by the end of the first year (June 30, 2011), the Fellow will either remain inpredoctoral status or be asked to leave the program.STIPENDSPredoctoral:$28,382 (plus a $3,000 augmentation from the Virginia Patterson fund)Postdoctoral: $37,740Postdoctoral stipends may be supplemented from research grants. Clinical “moonlighting” is not permitted.APPLYING FOR 2011Interviews are granted only to individuals who have submitted a completed application and are highly ranked bytheir selected research mentor. Scheduled interview dates this year are December 6 th and 10 th 2010. Alternatedates can sometimes be arranged. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: FRIDAY OCTOBER 29, 20106Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research

Three inpatient units house 60 beds. A forensic unit works closely with the courts and the San Francisco JailPsychiatric Services. The Psychiatric Emergency Service is the county's primary crisis clinic, and sees 6,000patients per year. Other services involved in our training program include: the Division of Psychosocial Medicine(which includes the Healthy San Francisco and Trauma Recovery Center Services), the Division of SubstanceAbuse and Addiction Medicine (which includes outpatient as well as consultations to hospital wards), and theDivision of Infant, Child and Adolescent Services (which includes Child and Adolescent Services and the Infant-Parent Program).APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDUREThe UCSF Clinical Psychology Training Program provides a strong mentorship system to ensure that Fellowsobtain individualized attention as they pursue their clinical and research training with us. To provide a good fitbetween the trainee and the mentor, candidates are asked to choose a specific mentor whose research area fitswith the candidate's research interests (see description of the Clusters below). This faculty member becomesthe candidate's mentor and coordinator of training during the two-year fellowship. It is expected that theFellow will become part of the mentor's research team and carry out an empirical clinical research project withthe mentor. It is very important, therefore, that applicants carefully choose the specific mentor with whomthey would like to work.We usually receive 40 to 90 applications for four positions (two in the Public Service and Minority Cluster andtwo in the Clinical Assessment and Interventions Cluster). Each applicant is evaluated in the following areas:• clinical training, including experience in assessment and psychotherapy,• research interest as documented by training obtained and productivity (especially presentations,publications, and grants),• overall excellence as a psychologist as shown by breadth and depth of experiences and letters ofrecommendation,• appropriateness for cluster(s) chosen by applicant, as shown by work done in that area and familiarityand fit with the mentor’s work,• progress toward dissertation completion,• evidence of accomplishments indicating commitment to an academic and/or research career.Application Requirements• a minimum of 400 practicum hours• comprehensive exams passed• dissertation proposal approved• a minimum of three years of graduate training• doctoral degree program must be APA-Accredited in Clinical Psychology• submission of official transcriptClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research10

The average number of the following academic achievements reported by the top 25 applicants for the last fiveyears were:2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Peer-reviewed articles 1.6 3.2 3.8 3.5 3.4Book chapters .3 1.6 1.5 .8 .7Presentations 9.9 11.1 12.0 14.2 14.7Highly-ranked candidates will receive invitations for interviews with cluster leaders, potential mentors, andother relevant faculty or Fellows no later than December 1, 2010. These interviews are very helpful for boththe program and the candidates to determine whether our two-year program and the cluster they have chosenare appropriate for them. Interviews will take place on Monday, December 6 th and Friday, December 10 th , 2010.If due to economic reasons an applicant cannot travel to San Francisco, we will be happy to make otherarrangements.The deadline for receipt of formal application is October 29, 2010, for entrance into the program July 1, 2011.The program will officially start on July 1, 2011, however there will be an all-day orientation on Thursday, June30, 2011 that fellows will be expected to attend.Applicants to the UCSF Clinical Psychology Training Program Fellowship must apply simultaneously to thepredoctoral internship and the postdoctoral year. Thus, we require specific forms in addition to the APPICapplication for psychology internship (AAPI).If you wish to apply, please contact Hugo A. Sosa (see Program Administration, Page 4) or to obtain anelectronic copy send an email to psychologyinfo@lppi.ucsf.edu.You may also download a copy of this brochure and the UCSF Application Supplement to the AAPI by going to:http://psych.ucsf.edu/education/cptpClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research11

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATIONDescribed below are the two major cluster areas around which the Clinical Psychology Training Program isorganized. Each cluster area includes training opportunities in clinical settings and in associated clinical researchprojects.The predoctoral year is a general internship with a focus on one cluster area. Opportunities for additionalexperiences in the other cluster can be requested. The postdoctoral year emphasizes clinical research trainingwithin the cluster area of specialization, along with continuing advanced clinical training. All predoctoral andpostdoctoral Fellows attend core training program seminars on Monday afternoons, consisting of a clinicalseminar, a research seminar, and a Fellows' support group. The Director of Training meets with Fellows everyother month to obtain formative feedback regarding their experiences in the program.Candidates indicate the area of specialization that best fits their career goals by specifying in their applicationtheir choice among the mentors/research tracks. Fellows work closely with their mentor, who serves ascoordinator of training, research preceptor, and advocate within the program. Depending on the project,support for Fellow’s research may or may not come from investigator-initiated grants of their research mentor;additional sources of support may include multidisciplinary collaborative projects where another facultymember serves as the principal investigator, small grants submitted by Fellows, or other resources.The table below lists the clusters and research mentors/tracks. A more detailed description of each follows.Description of faculty members begins on Page 35.PUBLIC SERVICE ANDMINORITY CLUSTER(Based at San FranciscoGeneral Hospital)Cluster Leader: James L.SorensenCLINICAL ASSESSMENTAND INTERVENTIONSCLUSTER(Based at Langley PorterPsychiatric Institute)Cluster Leader: Dale E.McNiel• Alicia F. Lieberman:• Ricardo F. Muñoz:• James L. Sorensen &Valerie A Gruber:• Vanessa Kelly,Laurie Fields &Martha Shumway• Patricia Areán:• Sharon Hall*,Judith Prochaska &Janice Y. Tsoh:• Joel Kramer*:• Dale E. McNiel:• Linda Pfiffner:Early Childhood TraumaSpanish/English Internet Research on Depression andSmokingSubstance Abuse Research-Practice LinkagesAdult Traumatic StressMental Health Services Research and GeriatricsSubstance Abuse Treatment ResearchNeuropsychological ResearchViolence and TraumaADHD/ Disruptive Behavior Disorders* Drs. Sharon Hall and Joel Kramer will not be accepting applicants for the 2011 – 2012 training yearClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research12

PUBLIC SERVICE AND MINORITY CLUSTER | James L. Sorensen, Ph.D., Cluster LeaderThe Public Service and Minority Cluster is based at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). The Department ofPsychiatry at SFGH specializes in the treatment of underserved populations. Faculty and Fellows are committedto providing services and developing innovative interventions for such groups as the chronically mentally ill, lowincomepopulations, and minorities. The Department has a strong Cultural Competence Steering Committeewith special foci on Asian-Pacific, African-American, Latino, LGBT, and women patients, as well as HIV+ patients.There are related specialty treatment teams in the inpatient units.FacultyThe Public Service and Minority Cluster faculty includes Louai Bilal, M.D., Alicia Boccellari, Ph.D., Laurie Fields,Ph.D, , Valerie A. Gruber, Ph.D., Vanessa Kelly, Psy.D., Alicia F. Lieberman, Ph.D., Miriam Martinez, Ph.D.,Ricardo F. Muñoz, Ph.D., Eddie Ong, Ph.D., Susan Scheidt, Psy.D., Martha Shumway, Ph.D., James L. Sorensen,Ph.D. (cluster leader), and Patricia Van Horn, J.D., Ph.D.ClinicalThe Public Service and Minority Cluster provides clinical training in the full range of psychiatric inpatient andemergency service roles, outpatient treatment via the Division of Psychosocial Medicine, the Child TraumaResearch Project, Division of Substance Abuse and Addiction Medicine. Fellows in this cluster typically haveclinical training experiences during the internship year as described below, with the opportunity for continuedclinical training in outpatient therapy during the postdoctoral year:a. Inpatient experience: Four-month, half time rotation on 7B psychiatric inpatient unit.The focus is on training to function as an attending psychologist in a hospital service,including admitting and discharging patients, diagnostic evaluation and treatmentplanning, legal issues, and recommendations for disposition. Close collaboration withother mental health disciplines is a major part of the experience, including consultationwith psychiatrists regarding psychopharmacological treatment issues.b.c.Crisis Intervention: Four-month, 2-days-per-week rotation at SFGH PsychiatricEmergency Services (PES) includes learning to evaluate rapidly a psychiatric emergency,diagnose the problem, and begin appropriate intervention. Fellows learn to makeclinical decisions regarding issues such as hospitalization, legal ramifications, andcoordination of community services.Outpatient experience: Outpatient training at SFGH may be offered through severalservices, including the Division of Psychosocial Medicine (DPM), the Division ofSubstance Abuse and Addiction Medicine (DSAAM), the Trauma Recovery Center (TRC),and the Child Trauma Research Project (CTRP). The Healthy San Francisco-PsychosocialMedicine Team in the DPM offers fellows opportunities to consult to primary careproviders and provide individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy with Englishand Spanish-speaking medical outpatients. The outpatient experience lasts throughoutthe intern year and may extend into the postdoctoral year.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research13

ResearchFellows become part of their mentors’ research group during the internship year. They spend about half of theirpostdoctoral year in research activities relevant to this group. Fellows in the Public Service and Minority Clusterconcentrate on one of the following collaborative research areas:a. Mentor: Alicia F. Lieberman, Ph.D.Research Area:Early Childhood Trauma, Disorders of Attachment, Parent-ChildPsychotherapy OutcomeFellows in this research area will join a multidisciplinary team studying the effects oninfants, toddlers and preschoolers of interpersonal trauma due to violence, includingdomestic violence and abuse. The research involves extensive assessments of thechildren and their parents for the purpose of ascertaining the incidence of childtraumatic stress and co-morbid conditions and the child's functioning in the areas ofcognitive development, socioemotional development, quality of attachment, moraldevelopment, and peer relations. The Child Trauma Research Program (CTRP) is acenter of the SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), a 50-siteinitiative with the mandate of enhancing access to service as well as quality oftreatment for traumatized children across the country. As a NCTSN center, CTRP is thelead program in the Early Trauma Treatment Network, a collaboration focusing ontrauma in infancy and early childhood that also includes the Boston Medical Center,Louisiana State University Health Science Center, and Tulane University. Researchfocuses on the effectiveness of child-parent psychotherapy with young children exposedto a variety of interpersonal violence. In addition, child-parent psychotherapy isassessed for efficacy in a randomized treatment model. Child-Parent Psychotherapy hasreceived a ranking of “well supported and efficacious” in the NCTSN grid for Evidence-Based Practices. This research track involves clinical training in child-parentpsychotherapy incorporating psychodynamic, attachment theory, social learning theory,and CBT principles. The clinical and research team is multiethnic and places greatemphasis on cultural issues in clinical intervention. The population served is multiethnicand includes approximately 40% monolingual Spanish-speaking families.Applications are encouraged from individuals committed to clinical research careers inthe areas of infancy and early childhood attachment, trauma, and mental health.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research14

. Mentor: Ricardo F. Muñoz, Ph.D.Research Area:Spanish/English Internet Research on Depression and SmokingThe current focus of our research program is to develop and evaluate Internetinterventions in Spanish and English via randomized intervention trials targetingdepression and/or smoking. A strong emphasis of the program is how to reach lowincomeand minority populations, especially those who use public sector primary caremedical clinics. Fellows in this track become part of the UCSF/SFGH Latino Mental HealthResearch Program (LMHRP, Muñoz, Principal Investigator), and are expected to includeSpanish-speaking samples in their research project (see LMHRP website:http://medschool.ucsf.edu/latino/). The LMHRP established the Internet World HealthResearch Center at UCSF in 2004 (see www.health.ucsf.edu).This research area is best suited for individuals dedicated to developing and evaluatinginnovative behavioral health interventions that can reach large numbers of people viathe Internet and committed to clinical research careers in the prevention and treatmentof depression. We greatly prefer applicants with 1) documented expertise in cognitivebehavioraltherapy for depression and related disorders and 2) fluency in speaking,reading, and writing Spanish. At minimum, a documented interest in working withLatinos is required. Additional skills that are very desirable are a strong background incomputer applications, research methodology, and data analysis.In order to increase the trainees' experience with depression in medical outpatients, acore element of this research track is two years of clinical training consulting andproviding brief cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression with primary care patientsas part of the Healthy San Francisco-Psychosocial Medicine Team. The cognitivebehavioralmanuals we use can be found in the LMHRP website and are based on "TheHealthy Management of Reality."(See: http://www.medschool.ucsf.edu/latino/pdf/healthy_management.pdf)See also:Muñoz, R. F. & Mendelson, T. (2005). Toward evidence-based interventions for diversepopulations: The San Francisco General Hospital prevention and treatment manuals.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 790-799.Muñoz, R. F., Barrera, A.Z., Delucchi, K., Penilla, C., Torres, L.D., Pérez-Stable, E.J.(2009). International Spanish/English Internet Smoking Cessation Trial Yields 20%Abstinence Rates at One Year. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 11, 1025-1034.Muñoz. R.F., Cuijpers, P., Smit, F., Barrera, A.Z., & Leykin, Y. (2010). Prevention of MajorDepression. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 6, 181-212Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research15

c. Mentors: James L. Sorensen, Ph.D., Valerie A. Gruber, Ph.D.Research Area:Substance Abuse Research-Practice LinkagesTraining in the Substance Abuse Research-Practice Linkages area focuses on narrowingthe gap between research and clinical practice in substance abuse treatment. Fellowsdevelop skills in conducting clinical assessment, treatment, and research in drugtreatment programs. Fellows have the opportunity to develop evidence-basedtreatment innovations for use with substance use and co-occurring psychiatric andmedical conditions.Consistent with its mission, this training area is set within the Division of SubstanceAbuse and Addiction Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital. The Division ofSubstance Abuse and Addiction Medicine provides state-of-the-art substance abusetreatment including on-site mental health and medical services, with an emphasis onunderstanding and treating clients within the context of their culture. A major clinic siteis the Opiate Treatment Outpatient Program, which includes a large clinic facility andalso operated mobile methadone services. The majority of clients have HIV, Hepatitis Cor other chronic medical conditions. Many have co-occurring stimulant use, posttraumaticstress, bipolar, attention deficit, and personality disorders, and substantialnumbers have chronic drug induced or previously undetected psychotic disorders.Clients include large proportions of African-American, Latino, Asian Pacific Islander, andNative American individuals, as well as large proportions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, andtransgender individuals. These programs have been the site of 42 funded researchinvestigations of psychological, social, and biologically-based treatment innovations.Fellows choosing to train in the Substance Abuse Research-Practice Linkages area gainexperience conducting clinically relevant research and implementing research-basedinterventions in clinical settings serving diverse urban client populations. Fellows havethe opportunity to develop and test improved psychological interventions for substanceabuse or dependence, and related psychological or medical problems.Fellows may also join in research activities through the Western States Node of theClinical Trials Network, and through the San Francisco Treatment Research Center.These NIDA-funded center grants focus on research that improves drug abusetreatment. Dr. Sorensen is Principal Investigator for the Western States Node of theClinical Trials network, and Dr. Gruber is co-investigator. Fellows can participate in theevaluation of treatment innovations and develop their own research using intramural orextramural funding.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research16

d. Mentors: Vanessa Kelly, Psy.D., Laurie Fields, Ph.D., Martha Shumway, Ph.DResearch Area:Adult Traumatic StressFellows in this research area will conduct a range of clinical and services research on posttraumaticstress and its treatment in public sector settings. Fellows will join amultidisciplinary team that has conducted a randomized clinical trial involving over 650victims of crime, demonstrating that comprehensive care for victims of crime improvesaccess to mental health services and victim restitution benefits, and reduces disparities inaccess to the victim service system. Other research efforts have focused on disparities inaccess to medical and mental health follow-up services after sexual assault and oncharacterizing the course of posttraumatic stress symptoms among victims of crime.Current research activities focus on understanding drug facilitated sexual assault,characterizing criminal victimization and its sequelae among sexual minority victims,developing and testing a brief clinical interview for PTSD and complex PTSD, developinga clinical risk prediction model for PTSD in acute medical settings, and manualizing theTRC's comprehensive model of care for dissemination.Fellows also have the opportunity to join faculty in collaborative research ongoing withother investigators in the Department of Psychiatry and other SFGH departments thatfocuses on posttraumatic stress in relation to high risk pregnancy, unintentional injury,HIV/AIDS and homelessness.This area affords fellows opportunities to integrate their research interests with theirclinical training and to gain exposure to the San Francisco public health system.Specialized trauma-focused training is provided at the TRC, an outpatient clinic that wasestablished in 2001 with funding from the state of California to empirically evaluateinnovations in mental health services for victims of crime. The TRC providescomprehensive mental health and psychosocial services for victims of violent crime,including those impacted by gun violence (victims and their family members), domesticviolence, stabbings and muggings. The TRC encompasses the San Francisco RapeTreatment Center, which provides acute forensic sexual assault exams, medical followupservices and mental health care. The TRC works closely with the San FranciscoGeneral Hospital Trauma Center, the City's only Level 1 Trauma Center, and collaborateswith the San Francisco Victims Services Office, and San Francisco Community BehavioralHealth Services. The TRC serves a diverse client population and places great value onaddressing the needs of members of racial/ethnic and sexual minority groups.Fellows participate in two years of clinical training in the assessment and treatment oftrauma patients. Core clinical training includes (1) comprehensive assessment andevaluation of the trauma patient, (2) learning and adapting evidence-based cognitivebehavioral,psychodynamic, and integrative psychotherapy (individual and group)approaches for treating the trauma patient, and (3) crisis assessment and interventionfor the acute trauma patient.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research17

See also:Boccellari, A., Alvidrez, J., Shumway, M., Kelly, V., Merrill, G., Gelb, M., Smart, S., Okin,R.L. (2007). Characteristics and psychosocial needs of victims of violent crime identified ina public-sector hospital: Data from a large clinical trial. General Hospital Psychiatry,29:236-43.Alvidrez, J., Shumway, M., Boccellari, A., Green, J.D., Kelly, V., Merrill, G. (2008).Reduction of state victim compensation disparities in disadvantaged crime victimsthrough active outreach and assistance: a randomized trial. American Journal of PublicHealth, 98:882-888.Alvidrez, J., Shumway, M., Kelly, V., Merrill, G., Gelb, M., Smart, S., Boccellari, A. (2008).Which urban crime victims enter trauma-focused mental health treatment? Journal ofLoss and Trauma, 13:288-302.Kelly, V.G., Merrill, G.S., Shumway, M., Alvidrez, J., Boccellari, A. (2010). Outreach,engagement and practical assistance: Essential aspects of PTSD care for urban victims ofviolent crime. Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 11:114-156.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research18

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONS CLUSTER | Dale E. McNiel, Ph.D., Cluster LeaderThe Clinical Assessment and Interventions Cluster offers training in evaluation, assessment, and treatmentappropriate to a wide variety of clinical situations. The cluster’s clinical settings, based at Langley PorterPsychiatric Institute (LPPI), include the Adult Psychiatry Clinic, the Adult Inpatient Program, the Moffitt-LongEmergency Department, and the Children’s Center at Langley Porter. The relative emphasis among theserotations is affected by which of two tracks the Fellow applies to work in: Adult or Child.Faculty:The Clinical Assessment and Interventions Cluster faculty includes Patricia A. Areán, Ph.D., Karen Froming, Ph.D.,Sharon Hall, Ph.D., Joel Kramer, Psy.D., William D. Hooker, Ph.D., Beverly K. Lehr, Ph.D., Rachel Loewy, Ph.D., R.Scott Mackin, Ph.D., Keith McBurnett, Ph.D., Dale E. McNiel, Ph.D. (cluster leader), Ronald M. Ruff, Ph.D., JasonM. Satterfield, Ph.D., Dianne Shumay, Ph.D., Linda Pfiffner, Ph.D., Judith Prochaska, Ph.D., Janice Y. Tsoh, Ph.D.,and Daniel E. Weiss, Ph.D.ClinicalClinical training for all Fellows in this cluster includes rotations in the Adult Psychiatry Clinic, the Adult InpatientProgram, and the Moffitt-Long Emergency Department. Fellows who pursue the Adult Track also do rotationsfocused on psychological/neuropsychological assessment and in the Partial Hospitalization Program. Those whopursue the Child Track also do rotations in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service.I. Required Rotations for All Fellows:a. Clinical experience in the major components of the Adult Psychiatry Clinic. Fellows maygain experience in group and individual psychotherapy. Training and supervisedexperience is available in cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, and psychodynamicapproaches. Trainees may participate in the UCSF Depression Center at Langley Porter,a comprehensive evidence-based treatment program for major depression. Traineesmay also gain experience in short-term cognitive-behavioral groups focusing on specificissues such as depression, stress reduction, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsivedisorder, people with medical illness, and shyness and social anxiety.b. Acute care experience in LPPI's Adult Inpatient Program, including functioning asprimary therapist for patients with major psychopathology who range in age from lateadolescence to the elderly. Supervised experience in differential diagnosis, caseformulation, development of treatment plans, supportive psychotherapy, crisisorientedfamily intervention, working with a multidisciplinary team includingcollaboration with psychiatrists regarding medication issues, and working withcommunity resources and the legal system (e.g., regarding civil commitment).c. Crisis intervention experience in the Moffitt-Long Emergency Department. Fellows learnto assess rapidly behavioral emergencies, perform differential diagnoses, and beginappropriate interventions. Fellows learn to make clinical decisions regarding issues suchClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research19

as hospitalization, legal aspects of emergency care, and coordination of communityservices.II. Additional Rotations for Fellows in the ADULT TRACK:a) Fellows receive training in neuropsychological and psychological assessment of patientswith actual or suspected neurological diseases or disorders, patients with a wide rangeof psychiatric disorders, and pediatric and general medical patients withneurobehavioral disorders. Consultations are provided to various clinical services atLangley Porter. Experiential training in assessment is complemented by relevant caseconferences, grand rounds, and seminars (e.g., neuropsychological assessment,neuroanatomy, pharmacology, etc.) Fellows develop individually tailored training plansin the amount and types of their assessment activities pertinent to their professionalgoals (e.g., those intending to become clinical neuropsychologists have differenttraining plans than those intending to become general clinical psychologists.)III. Additional Rotations for Fellows in the CHILD TRACK:IV. Elective Rotationsa) Children’s Center at Langley Porter. Fellows will participate in the Hyperactivity,Attention, and Learning Problems (HALP) Clinic housed in the Children’s Center atLangley Porter. This is a specialty clinic for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) and related Disruptive Behavior Disorders (DBD).The ADHD/DBD clinical research service provides comprehensive, multidisciplinaryevaluation of children having attention and/or behavioral problems with relatedlearning and/or emotional problems. The service also includes group and family-basedcognitive-behavioral interventions (e.g., social skills training, parent training), schoolconsultations for school-age children; medication evaluations occur in conjunction withthe general outpatient service. Trainees gain experience with a range of assessmentmethods (unstructured clinical interviews, structured diagnostic interviews, parent andteacher rating scales, and psychometric testing) with an emphasis on integration ofresults for DSM diagnoses and treatment planning. Training in the provision oftherapeutic feedback to families and preparation of written summary reports is alsoincluded. The intervention component includes training in structured, evidence-basedtreatments for ADHD including group-based social and life skills training for children,parenting skills groups for parents, and behavioral family therapy. Trainees participatein leading therapeutic groups or individual family sessions. Trainees also participate inongoing clinical research.Regardless of whether they are in the Adult or Child Track, Fellows may also pursue aminor elective rotation, depending on training needs and interests. For example, in thechild area, this may include: a) child neuropsychological assessment, or b) psychologicalassessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and their families through theChildren’s Center at Langley Porter. For instance, Fellows may provide group therapy toadolescents (e.g., dialectical behavior therapy). These opportunities allow fellows toClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research20

eceive training in evaluating and/or treating a range of child/adolescent disorders suchas mood and anxiety disorders. The variety of clinical interventions taught in this clusterby a combination of clinical experience, supervision, and seminars.ResearchResearch in several areas of clinical assessment and intervention is available within this cluster for Fellows'collaborative research during the second, postdoctoral year. These areas include violence and trauma, mentalhealth care in older adults, substance abuse, neuropsychology and ADHD/disruptive behavior disorders. As theclinical rotations vary according to whether trainees are in the Adult Track or the Child Track, these areas ofresearch are organized according to whether the research mentor is in the Adult or Child Track.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research21

Adult Tracka) Mentor(s): Patricia Areán, Ph.D. & Scott Mackin, Ph.D.Research Area: Clinical, Translational and Clinical Services Research in the Treatment ofMood Disorders in Older Adults:Fellows have the opportunity to work with both Drs. Arean and Mackin on Type 1 andType 2 translational research, as well as clinical services research. The Over 60 researchunit focuses on the management of mental illnesses in older adults using behavioralinterventions. Studies from this unit have and currently include (1) increasing access tomental health services for low-income, ethnic minority elderly with depression, anxietyand substance abuse; (2) adapting psychotherapies for nonmental health settings, lowincomeolder adults, and older adults with mild cognitive impairments; (3) researchpartnerships with community agencies serving disadvantaged elderly; (4) studyingmoderators and mediators of treatment outcome; and (5) studying cognitive, physicaland mental health co-morbidities on functioning. All studies are currently funded byNIMH and include the CARED study, a study of the treatment of LLD in low-income anddisabled older adults, CATALAC, a partnership project with the Family Service Agency ofSan Francisco to develop assessment tools, treatments and trainings for communityelderly, and Dr. Mackin’s study of MRI, neuropsychological correlates of depression anddisability in older adults.Postdoctoral fellows have the opportunity to develop their clinical and research skills inthe area of mental health services research and to specialize in research with olderadults in impoverished communities, physical disabilities and cognitive impairments.Predocs will learn state of the art psychotherapy and assessment of depression in olderadults, and will be skilled in CBT, PST, IPT and RT. Postdoctoral fellows may collaborateon or design their own studies in the following areas: (1) Treatment of mood disordersin low-income and elderly patients; (2) psychotherapy for management of treatmentresistant depression in older adults; (3) treatment of depression in home health careand; (4) correlates/moderators of depression treatment outcomes. We are particularlyinterested in working with fellows who wish to become one of the next generation oflate life psychotherapy researchers.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research22

) Mentors: Judith Prochaska, Ph.D., MPH, Janice Y. Tsoh, Ph.D.Research Area: Substance Abuse Treatment ResearchPostdoctoral research specialization is available in the area of substance abusetreatment research working with Drs. Prochaska or Tsoh. Trainees in this area maybecome members of the Treatment Research Center (TRC), a center grant funded by theNational Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The TRC provides intellectual, administrative,statistical and pilot study support to its constituent investigators and their trainees.Current TRC studies focus on the treatment of nicotine dependence in complexpopulations, including individuals with alcohol problems, HIV+ smokers, and smokerswith psychiatric disorders. We are also investigating predictors of treatment outcome inthese populations, and are developing measures and batteries to best describeoutcome, and have an ongoing interest in dissemination of treatment research findingsto clinical settings.The nature of the research project completed by trainees will depend upon their needsand the current status of ongoing research projects. Trainees may develop andcomplete a study of their own design that focuses on some aspect of drug abusetreatment and/or may collaborate in ongoing studies being completed by Drs.Prochaska or Tsoh. Possibilities include treatment outcome studies, process studies,studies of methods of disseminating research findings to the clinical community, andlaboratory studies that test processes relevant to treatment outcome. Please note thatDr. Sharon Hall will not be taking applicants for the 2011 – 2012 training year whichbegins on July 1, 2011.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research23

c) Mentor: Joel Kramer, Psy.D.Research Area: Neuropsychological ResearchResearch opportunities for pre- and postdoctoral trainees center around theneuropsychological and neurobehavioral features of normal and abnormal aging.Trainees have access to a large normal control cohort and patients with Alzheimer’sdisease, frontotemporal dementia, progressive aphasias, cerebrovascular disease, mildcognitive impairment, Parkinsonian disorders, and Huntington’s disease. Projects linkingclinical and experimental data with quantitative structural and functional neuroimagingcan be pursued. Trainees are encouraged to participate in a broad range of fundedprojects related to early detection and characterization of neurodegenerative diseases.Independent projects focusing on specific patient groups or specific aspects ofcognition/behavior are encouraged. Please note that Dr. Joel Kramer will not be takingapplicants for the 2011-2012 training year which begins on July 1, 2011.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research24

d) Mentor: Dale E. McNiel, Ph.D.Research Area: Violence and TraumaPostdoctoral research specialization is available in the area of violence and trauma. Forinterested Fellows, suitable projects may be elaborated during the predoctoral year.Potential topics of collaborative research include studies concerning development ofimproved strategies for assessing violence potential; identification of clinical,demographic, and situational correlates of violence risk; mandated communitytreatment (e.g., mental health courts); family violence and victims of violence; studies ofclinical risk management and risk reduction strategies for potentially violent patients;studies of clinical decision making about violent patients; and studies of the interactionof legal and health care systems in the treatment of violent patients. Fellows may alsoparticipate in research on suicide risk assessment.Fellows also may participate in interdisciplinary seminars on topics in mental health andlaw, such as forensic mental health services research and review of landmark cases, inconjunction with the UCSF Program on Psychiatry and Law, an accredited forensicpsychiatry fellowship.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research25

Child Tracka) Mentor: Linda Pfiffner, Ph.D. Co-mentor: Keith McBurnett, Ph.D.Research Area:1) Psychological Interventions for Children with ADHD and OtherDisruptive Behavior Disorders2) Family Factors and Child PsychopathologyAmple research opportunities are available as part of research-based clinical service forchildren with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and related DisruptiveBehavior Disorders (DBDs). Fellows are encouraged to participate in ongoingcollaborative projects and may develop their own projects in related areas. Sampletopics for collaborative projects include studies of family and social factors indevelopmental models of child psychopathology, clinical trials of new medications,clinical trials of our psychosocial treatments for different subtypes of ADHD, translatingclinic-based interventions to school-based delivery models, and investigation of thepotential utility of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo symptoms in ADHD and dyslexia.Technical assistance with design, statistical analysis, and literature integration isprovided, and the Department offers assistance with grant applications. Fellowsworking in our program have first-authored papers using data from our lab (HALP) andhave gone on to academic or research appointments in university psychology orpsychiatry departments.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research26

SAMPLE TRAINING SCHEDULESThe training schedules on the next two pages are illustrative. They include the approximate number ofscheduled hours per week allotted to each rotation. We have attempted to provide a realistic picture of what aFellow is likely to experience. The program schedules consist of 40-hour weeks, the California licensing boardaccepts up to 44 hours of supervised training per week, but Fellows report that they spend 50-60 hours per weekon program-related activities including reading the literature and preparing research proposals and manuscriptsfor publication. Each Fellow's training plan is proposed by the research mentor, taking into account the Fellow'sbackground and professional plans, and must be approved by the Cluster Leaders and the Director. Note thatthe cluster and research track chosen by the applicant have major implications for the specific rotations theapplicant will experience. The first year is a primarily clinical year. The second combines clinical services andclinical research, with greater emphasis on the latter. Postdoctoral Fellows spend 16 to 20 hours in clinicalrotations related to their research area, and the rest of their time in research activities. Fellows receive aminimum of four hours per week of supervision plus additional training activities (this may include additionalsupervision, seminars, clinical rounds and so on).Required Seminars for All FellowsI. Core Seminars and Fellows' Support Group (4 hours/week for two years).Monday afternoons are set aside from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. so that Fellows (pre and postdocs) are ableto 1) attend three mandatory meetings on the 1 st and 3 rd Monday of the month, and 2) can use this“protected time” for research-related activities (e.g., manuscript or grant preparation) during theremaining Mondays. The mandatory meetings are the only meetings at which Fellows from the twoclusters interact regularly throughout their two-year training experience, and thus represent thestructural core that makes the experience a unified program. Dr. Muñoz, the Program Director,meets with the Fellows every other month to obtain direct feedback regarding their experiences inthe program. The Monday afternoon meetings are:• The Clinical Seminar – Leaders: Janice Y. Tsoh, Ph.D. and John McQuaid, Ph.D.• The Research Seminar – Leaders: Judith J. Prochaska, Ph.D. and Yan Leykin, Ph.D.• The Fellows' Support Group – Facilitator: Danielle Ramo, Ph.D.II. Required Short-term Seminars:III.• Psychopharmacology Seminar – Six sessions at the beginning of the predoctoral year, aspart of the Clinical Seminar. Leader: Louai Bilal, M.D.Required Seminars for Public Service and Minority Cluster• Research Career Development Seminar – 1 st Thursday of each month. Leaders: JamesSorensen, Ph.D. and Sandra Larios, Ph.D.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research27

Method and Frequency of EvaluationFellows are formally evaluated in writing twice per rotation at which time they also formally evaluate theprogram and their supervisors. Each Fellow meets individually with the Director of Training to review theseevaluations and progress in the program. Opportunities to discuss concerns or complaints with the ClusterLeaders and Director of Training are readily available. Should these prove insufficient, there is a formalgrievance procedure described in the Clinical Psychology Training Program Handbook.Minimum Requirements for Completion of Internship1. Successful completion of all rotations specified in the intern’s individualized training program, asdesigned by the clinical research mentor and approved by the cluster leader and the director of training. Theobjectives of each rotation are found in the CPTP Handbook. The minimum performance requirements consistof satisfactory evaluations for all these objectives by rotation completion2. A minimum of 1500 hours of supervised training. Most interns will complete many more hours. Forexample, completion of all training days minus allowable holidays (13), vacation days (15) would result in 1856hours of supervised training. Interns who, in addition, need to use allowable sick leave days (10, if needed), andprofessional leave days (5, if needed) would complete 1736 hours of supervised training.3. For interns who have or adopt a child during the internship, paid parental/maternity leave isprovided. Arrangements must be made to ensure that the minimum of 1500 hours are completed to certifysuccessful completion of the internship.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research28

PUBLIC SERVICE AND MINORITY CLUSTER (Sample Training Schedule)Predoctoral YearREQUIRED ROTATIONSJuly- November- March-JuneOctober FebruaryInpatient Psychiatry (SFGH) 16 - -Psychiatric Emergency Services (SFGH) - 16 -Adult Outpatient (SFGH) 16 16 16Rotations Related to Chosen Research Track(one of the following)Child Trauma Research Project (Lieberman) 4 8 20Spanish/English Internet Research on Depression andSmoking (Muñoz) 4 4 20Substance Abuse and AIDSDiv. of Substance Abuse & Addiction MedicineSubstance Abuse Research (Sorensen)Postdoctoral YearCLINICAL ROTATIONS(16- 20 hours)Adult Outpatient (SFGH)Clinical Rotation Related to Research Track(as in predoctoral year above)RESEARCH(approximately 30 hours)Focuses on chosen research track(see above)-7-78-10 hours, all year8-10 hours, all year30 hours, all yearNOTE: All Public Service and Minority Cluster Fellows attend the Monday afternoon seminars (4 hrs.) plus anadditional required seminar on "Research Career Development" on the 1 st Thursday of each month at 4 p.m.1610Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research29

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONS CLUSTER (Sample Training Schedule)Predoctoral YearREQUIRED ROTATIONSJuly-SeptemberOctober-DecemberJanuary-MarchAdult Inpatient Program (LPPI) 20 - - -Moffitt-Long Emergency Department - - 8 -Adult Psychiatry Clinic (LPPI) 8 8 8 8April-JuneRotations Related to Chosen ResearchTrackADULT TRACKNeuropsychological/PsychologicalAssessment (LPPI)4 24 12 20Clinical Research 4 4 8 8CHILD TRACKChildren’s Center at Langley Porter 4 24 12 20Clinical Research 4 4 8 8Postdoctoral YearCLINICAL ROTATIONS(approximately 20 hours)Adult Psychiatry Clinic and/or:Clinical Rotation Related to Research TrackRESEARCH (approximately 30 hours)Focuses on chosen research track(see above)8 – 10 hours, all year10 – 12 hours, all year30 hours, all yearNOTE: All Clinical Assessment and Interventions Cluster Fellows attend the Monday afternoon seminars (4hrs.)Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research30

ADDITIONAL POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIESAvailable to Clinical Psychology Training Program ApplicantsIn the last few years, we have noted that many CPTP Fellows proceed to additional postdoctoral work aftercompleting the two-year CPTP program. They often apply to other UCSF programs, but sometimes move toother institutions (recent Fellows have gone on to postdoctoral programs at Stanford and Harvard, for example).Therefore, the Clinical Psychology Training Program (CPTP) has begun to explicitly encourage Fellows to apply toother UCSF research-oriented training programs to extend the postdoctoral period of training from one year totwo years. Acceptance to these prestigious NIH-funded programs allows Fellows to continue working with theirCPTP mentor for two years after their internship ends (versus only one postdoctoral year under the CPTPprogram). We have found that the one-year postdoctoral year is often burdened with the time-intensive tasksof a job search, including travel to present job talks. This means that the number of months devotedpredominantly to research may turn out to be fewer than expected. Adding an additional year allows at leastone year of uninterrupted time for research activities, after which Fellows often have more publications andgrant writing experience.We therefore recommend that applicants examine the following training programs, which are currently inoperation. Due to federal funding cycles, not all NIH training programs will be available every year. Faculty willpresent on these programs during the official interview days. Let us know if you are interested in beingconsidered for these programs by checking the appropriate boxes in the form found in UCSF ApplicationSupplement.Candidates for the postdoctoral fellowships below must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States,or must have been lawfully admitted to the United States for Permanent Residence (i.e., possess a currentlyvalid Alien Registration Receipt Card I-551, or other legal verification of such status). Individuals on temporaryor student visas are not eligible. Individuals may apply to these training programs including the F32 in advanceof admission to the United States as a Permanent Resident recognizing that no award or appointment will bemade until legal verification of Permanent Resident status is provided.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research31

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychology and MedicineThis NIMH-funded postdoctoral program trains researchers to link basic psychological theories and research topreventing and ameliorating disease. There are two areas, and cross-cutting both areas is a consideration ofdisparities in mental and physical illness and the mechanisms by which they occur. The two areas are: (1) Healthriskingbehavior: Fellows in this area focus on developing and applying theories of risk perception, social learning,cognitive development, and risk-taking to understand and modify health-risk behaviors, especially those thatcontribute to exposure to the HIV virus, as well as those contributing to addictive behaviors. There is anemphasis on developmental processes and on adolescence as a critical period. (2) Stress, depression,psychobiology and disease: Fellows in this area focus on theories of the meaning and appraisal of stress,cognitive and affective responses that result from these appraisals, and biological concomitants of theseresponses that result in disease. We emphasize common pathways to multiple disease outcomes, especiallythose spanning mental and physical illness.Fellows will be appointed for two years. In some instances, an optional third year may be possible. It is expectedthat about one-third of the fellow's time will be spent in formal seminars. All fellows take a core HealthPsychology Seminar and a Research Process Seminar in both years of the fellowship and may take other coursesand seminars. The remaining two-thirds of the fellow's time will be spent in research. Fellows will participate intheir faculty mentor's research laboratory and will develop their own research study.Nancy Adler, Ph.D. is the Director of Training. Mentors in the Clinical Psychology Training Program who alsoteach in this program are: Patricia Areán, Ph.D., Sharon Hall, Ph.D., Alicia F. Lieberman, Ph.D. and Ricardo F.Muñoz, Ph.D.See the program’s web site at: http://psych.ucsf.edu/research-fellowships.aspx?id=956Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research32

Drug Abuse Treatment and Services ResearchThis National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded postdoctoral program is offered by the University ofCalifornia, San Francisco (UCSF). Our program is one of the few that trains scientists in treatment and serviceresearch.Current research interests include trials of efficacy and effectiveness of psychosocial and pharmacologictreatment of drug abuse, including nicotine dependence; instrument development in drug abuse; diagnostictechniques and research on treatment tailored for HIV positive drug abusers and drug abusers with psychiatricand medical disorders; research on provision of services to drug abusing populations; innovative methodologyincluding Internet based studies; and treatment of complex patients in innovative settings.A variety of university-affiliated and community substance abuse programs are available as research sites. Theseinclude inpatient and outpatient setting programs that treat a range of problems related to drugs of abuse,including dependence on cocaine, nicotine, alcohol, and opiates. Our postdoctoral program encourages closeresearch involvement with your preceptor, and involvement in selected classes, seminars, and grantpreparation.At the end of our postdoctoral program, we expect scholars to have acquired the following competencies andcompleted the following tasks:• gained knowledge of drugs of abuse and their treatment;• advanced their knowledge of statistical and methodological techniques needed for clinical and servicesresearch;• understand drug abuse treatment systems and drug research projects;• conducted at least two treatment research projects in a clinical setting: One designed by theirpreceptor; and one of their own design, for which they have primary responsibility;• made multiple internal presentations;• made at least two presentations of their work at national meetings;• published one to three journal articles;• submitted a small grant application to local funding sources;• published additional manuscripts from the work completed as a scholar during the two years followingenrollment in our program.Current research interests of faculty include:• Innovative interventions to decrease drug use and improve health status among drug abusers with AIDS• Implementation of state-of-the-art drug abuse treatments in new settings• Efficacy and cost-effectiveness on innovative drug abuse treatment methodologyClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research33

• Intersection of drug dependence with other psychopathology, and the effects of dually diagnoseddisorders on treatment outcome• Treatment of nicotine dependence in complex patient populations• Methodological innovations in drug abuse treatment and services research• Studies of Web-based interventions• Organizational change and implementation of new interventions in clinical settingsJames L. Sorensen, Ph.D., is Director of Training. The training program is supported in part by a Center grant,the San Francisco Treatment Research Center and the Western States Node of the Clinical Trials Network.Resources from other significant extramural funding and R01 level grants are also routinely available toscholars. Mentors in the Clinical Psychology Training Program who also teach in this program are: Sharon Hall,Ph.D., Ricardo F. Muñoz, Ph.D. Judith Prochaska, Ph.D., James L. Sorensen, Ph.D., and Janice Tsoh, Ph.D.See the program’s web site at: http://ucsftrc.autoupdate.com/post_doctoral_program.vp.htmlClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research34

Clinical Services Research Training ProgramTrainees in the program take on an apprentice role in the context of the faculty preceptors’ clinical serviceresearch activities. This role will be progressively expanded into full collaboration on an aspect of the researchabout which substantial closure and publication can be reached within a two-year timeframe. Trainees are alsoencouraged and supported in the development of the multidisciplinary, collaborative, and negotiation skillsrequired 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 andpersistently 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 memberRequired coursework includes surveys of the current literature, clinical service research methods, biostatistics,program evaluation methods, reviews of standardized clinical assessment tools, economic and cost analysismethodologies, and professional and research ethics. A wide range of electives are also offered. Faculty includesenior, established investigators and junior faculty who have a solid research track record.Patricia Areán, Ph.D. is Director of Training, and Abram Rosenblatt, Ph.D. is Associate Director. The program isfunded by a training grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. Mentors in the Clinical PsychologyTraining Program who also teach in this program are: Patricia Areán, Ph.D., Dale E. McNiel, Ph.D., Ricardo F.Muñoz, Ph.D., Linda Pfiffner, Ph.D., Martha Shumway, Ph.D. and James L. Sorensen, Ph.D.See the program’s web site at: http://psych.ucsf.edu/research-fellowships.aspx?id=1262Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research35

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) For Individual Postdoctoral Fellows(F32)The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards individual postdoctoral fellowships (F32) to promising applicantswith the potential to become productive, independent investigators in fields related to the mission of the NIHconstituent institutes and centers.This Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (F32) is issued under the auspices of the Kirschstein-NRSA Act. The proposedpostdoctoral training must be within the broad scope of biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research and mustoffer an opportunity to enhance the fellow's understanding of the health-related sciences and extend his/herpotential for a productive research career.Fellowship awardees are required to pursue their research training on a full-time basis, devoting at least 40hours per week to the training program. Research clinicians must devote full-time to their proposed researchtraining and must restrict clinical duties within their full-time research training experience to activities that aredirectly related to the research training experience. Women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities areencouraged to apply.Before submitting a fellowship application, the applicant must identify a sponsoring institution and an individualwho will serve as a sponsor (also called mentor or supervisor) and will supervise the training and researchexperience. The applicant's sponsor should be an active investigator in the area of the proposed research whowill directly supervise the candidate's research. The sponsor must document the availability of research supportand facilities for high-quality research training. In most cases, the F32 supports research training experiences innew settings in order to maximize the acquisition of new skills and knowledge. However, in unusualcircumstances, applicants may propose postdoctoral training experiences at their doctorate institution or at theinstitution where they have been training for more than a year. In such cases, the applicant must carefullydocument the opportunities for new research training experiences specifically designed to broaden theirscientific background.This information is a summary from the program's website: http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htmApplicants to the CPTP are encouraged to discuss the potential for collaborating on an individual NRSA withtheir chosen mentor.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research36

FACULTYPATRICIA A. AREÁN is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and is a licensed ClinicalPsychologist. Her research focus is on mental health services research with a particular focus on the recognitionand treatment of mental disorders in older adults and minority populations, particularly in recognition andtreatment of depression that is identified in non-mental health settings. Dr. Areán has published several articleson the recognition and treatment of late life depression and anxiety, as well as methods for recruiting andretaining older, minority elderly into longitudinal research. She has been funded by several agencies, includingSAMHSA, NIMH, NIA, and the Hartford Foundation. She was the psychotherapy expert for the IMPACT study, amultisite trial of stepped care for depression in older primary care patients, and for the PRISMe study, an 11-sitestudy of the integration of mental health care for the treatment of depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse inolder minority medical patients. She is currently funded by NIMH to study the efficacy of PST and ST in treatingdepression in older adults with executive dysfunction, to study the role of mild memory impairments on theefficacy of psychotherapy for late life depression and to study the combination of clinical case management andPST in treating depression in homebound elderly. She also works with a number of departments within theschool of medicine, including neurology, family medicine, and rheumatology. Dr. Areán directs the ClinicalServices Research Training Program and the Community-Academic Research Training Alliance Program for UCSF,both are NIH funded post doctoral fellowships. Fellows in Dr. Areán’s lab will learn state of the art treatmentand assessment of psychiatric problems in late life across different settings (medicine, home care, psychiatryand minority and impoverished communities). Past fellows have gotten academic positions in prestigiousacademic centers nationally (University Of South Florida, Colorado University, UCSF, UCSD, Colorado State,University of Southern California) and internationally (Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv).LOUAI BILAL is a clinical Assistant Professor with the department of psychiatry at UCSF and an inpatientpsychiatrist at Kaiser Santa Clara. Dr Bilal completed his medical training at Szeged University in Hungary, hisresidency training in general adult psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA and his Mastersin Clinical Pharmacology from Jefferson College for Graduate Studies in Philadelphia, PA. He is board certified ingeneral adult psychiatry and is certified by the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology as an advancedpractitioner. His main clinical and teaching activities involve acute treatment of psychiatric disorders,psychopharmacology, and diagnostic interviewing. He is an established educator at the department ofpsychiatry, UCSF with a focus on psychopharmacology. He has won major departmental and school ofmedicine teaching awards.ALICIA BOCCELLARI is a Clinical Professor of Psychology in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry, San FranciscoGeneral Hospital. She received her B.A. in Psychology in the Richmond Scholars Program at City University ofNew York and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology. Shecompleted Pre- and Postdoctoral Specialty Training in Neuropsychology at the San Francisco V.A. MedicalCenter. For the past 15 years, Dr. Boccellari has been the Director of the Division of Psychosocial Medicine atSFGH. In this capacity she currently oversees 7 clinical programs that provide mental health services tounderserved populations. These programs include: the Neuropsychology Service, Consultation LiaisonPsychiatry, Consultation Liaison Nursing, the Emergency Department Case Management Program, the HealthySan Francisco Psychosocial Medicine Team, the Trauma Recovery Center and the Child and Adolescent SupportAdvocacy and Resource Center. Dr. Boccellari’s primary research focus is designed at investigating innovativeclinical interventions in the public sector, to see if these interventions can reduce barriers to care and improveClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research37

clinical outcomes in patients who have extensive and complex medical, psychiatric, substance abuse andpsychosocial problems. An overarching goal of this research is to not only contribute to evidence based clinicalpractices, but to potentially influence public policy and to improve healthcare services for underservedpopulations in the public sector.LAURIE FIELDS is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the USCF Department of Psychiatry. She received her B.A. inpsychology from the University of Maryland (1992) and her Ph.D. in clinical and community psychology from theUniversity of South Carolina, Columbia in 1998. Dr. Fields is based at the UCSF Trauma Recovery Center whereshe serves as primary instructor for the Traumatic Stress Treatment Seminar and as a senior clinical supervisor.She completed pre- and post-doctoral fellowship training at the University of California, Davis in the Departmentof Psychiatry from 1997-1999, and subsequently served as clinical faculty in psychiatry there. Observation of theoverwhelmingly large percentage of general psychiatry patients whose chronic symptoms were driven byunrecognized and unresolved trauma led her to develop a strong interest and specialization in the treatment ofpsychological trauma. Her clinical and research interests include further developing, refining, manualizing, andtesting an integrative model of psychotherapy for acutely and chronically traumatized complex public-sectorpatients; and associations among early attachment, trauma, the self, and medical illness. She has publishedarticles on integrative treatments for anxiety disorders, stress and coping, and education in psychiatry.KAREN BRONK FROMING is a board certified neuropsychologist (ABPP-ABCN) and Assistant Clinical Professorof Psychiatry at the University of California in San Francisco where she is responsible for teaching clinicalinterviewing, differential diagnosis, and neuropsychological assessment. In addition to her teaching duties, Dr.Froming serves as an expert in Neuropsychology for the State of California Boards of Psychology, VeterinaryMedicine, and Medicine in professional reviews and is a work sample reviewer for the American Board ofProfessional Psychology and the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology. She has developed, with a grantfrom the National Academy of Neuropsychology, the Comprehensive Affect Testing System (CATS), acomputerized test of emotional facial, prosody, identification and recognition, in collaboration with Drs. SarahSchaffer, Paul Ekman and C. Michael Levy. Dr. Froming’s most recent dedication has been to the genocide/civilwar ravaged country of Rwanda. She has made several trips there studying the circumstances of the genocideand civil war as part of a longstanding interest in genocide and its precursors; and in performing and teachingself-help trauma symptom reduction techniques at the National University of Rwanda. Dr. Froming is licensedin California, Idaho, Arizona, Alabama, and HawaiiVALERIE A. GRUBER is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, and Director ofthe Stimulant Treatment Outpatient Program at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Gruber is a licensedpsychologist, and holds an APA certificate in the treatment of alcohol and other substance use disorders. Shecompleted a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Kent State University, an M.P.H. at the University of CaliforniaBerkeley, and postdoctoral training in clinical services research at UCSF. Dr. Gruber's main area of interest ispsychodynamically informed cognitive-behavioral interventions with culturally diverse clients with substanceabuse and co-occurring psychiatric and medical conditions. She supervises program directors, staff, interns, andfellows, oversees program development and evaluation, and provides clinical services including substance abusetreatment, psychotherapy and psychological assessment. Dr. Gruber’s program of research aims to improvesubstance abuse treatment and medical care for stimulant users from sexual and ethnic minority communities,using both pharmacological and psychosocial approaches. She has been site PI for clinical trials of medicationsfor cocaine and methamphetamine dependence, and has published research on medication adherenceinterventions. In addition, she is PI for an evaluation of harm reduction in outpatient treatment forClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research38

methamphetamine dependence that assesses changes in drug use goals, use of various drugs, HIV risk behavior,and health outcomesSHARON HALL is a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry. She is the director of theTreatment Research Center, in which investigators are developing and assessing treatments for complex patients- those with multiple substance abuse, medical, and psychiatric disorders. The center also provides access topilot study funds for postdoctoral fellows. Dr. Hall has served as director of the postdoctoral training programsince its inception in 1990. Most of Dr. Hall’s current research is in tobacco dependence. She has completedboth theoretical and treatment studies of dually diagnosed patients, most notably the intersection betweentobacco dependence and depression. Dr. Hall is also interested in the intersection of tobacco dependence andsubstance abuse. Other current work involves multi-modality studies of interventions for chronic and oldersmokers. Dr. Hall is a Charter Fellow of the American Psychological Society, and Fellow of the Academy ofBehavioral Medicine Research, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, the American Psychological Association, andthe Association for Clinical Psychosocial Research. She earned her B.S. degree in Psychology in 1967, her M.S.degree in Psychology in 1969 and her Ph.D. degree in Psychology in 1971 all from Washington State University.In 2003, she received the George Sarlo prize for teaching from the Department of Psychiatry. In 2007, shereceived the Ove Ferno Award for Excellence in Clinical Research from the Society on Research in Nicotine andTobacco.WILLIAM D. HOOKER is Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and LPPI. He earned the B.A. degreein psychology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978, the Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology fromMichigan State University in 1984, and was a postdoctoral Fellow in neuropsychology at the San Francisco VAHospital in 1985. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology. His primary clinicalinterests are psychological and neuropsychological assessment for diagnostic and forensic purposes. Dr. Hookerhas published in the areas of neuropsychology, electrophysiology, pharmacokinetics, computer assisted testingand psychological testing in the workplace.VANESSA KELLY is an Associate Clinical Professor at the UCSF Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco GeneralHospital. Dr. Kelly serves as a senior clinical supervisor and Coordinator of the Traumatic Stress TreatmentSeminar at the Trauma Recovery Center. She earned her MA in Psychology from Antioch University in 1983,and her Psy.D. from the California School of Professional Psychology - Alameda in 1997. Dr. Kelly has 25 yearsof experience in the assessment and treatment of those who have experienced sexual assault and abuse,domestic violence, and family members of homicide victims. She served as the executive director of the RapeCrisis Center in Boulder, Colorado, chair for the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and co-producer of adocumentary about the psychological sequelae following sexual violence. She was co-chair of the San FranciscoAdult Sexual Assault Task Force, and was an invited member of the Ending the Exploitation of Youth Task Forceto provide safe housing for children involved in prostitution. Her clinical and research interests includetreatment outcome for low-income, ethnic minority victims of interpersonal violence, psychological effects ofprostitution; and the influence of early attachment patterns and object relations on the treatment of posttraumaticstress.JOEL KRAMER is a Clinical Professor in the Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Pediatrics, and directsthe neuropsychology program at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. He received a Psy.D. from BaylorUniversity in 1982 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology at the V.A. Medical Center inMartinez. He is an ABPP diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology. Current NIH-funded research activities includeClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research39

studies of cognitive aging, memory and executive functioning in neurodegenerative disease, differentialdiagnosis of dementia, and neuroanatomical correlates of cognition. Dr. Kramer has also been active in thedevelopment of neuropsychological measures of executive functioning and memory.BEVERLY K. LEHR is Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF and is a staffneuropsychologist in the LPPI Adult Psychiatry Clinic, where she coordinates training in Cognitive BehaviorTherapy. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 1986, completed her clinicalinternship at the Palo Alto V.A. Medical Center, and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Rush-Presbyterian, St.Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Her major interest is in the psychological treatment of neurologicallyimpaired adults.LEYKIN, YAN is an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the in the Department of Psychiatry at the University ofCalifornia, San Francisco. He received his B.A. in Psychology from University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D.in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his pre-doctoral psychology internshipat the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the UCSF Psychology and MedicineTraining Program. He joined the UCSF Department of Psychiatry faculty in 2010. His two main research areasare: 1. depressive decision-making, including the manner in which depressed individuals make decisions andways to improve decision-making of depressed persons, and 2. using information technology to optimize thedelivery of empirically supported interventions for depression. He co-leads the Research Seminar with Dr. JodiProchaska.ALICIA F. LIEBERMAN holds the Irving B. Harris Endowed Chair of Infant Mental Health at the UCSFDepartment of Psychiatry, where she is Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs. She is Director of theChild Trauma Research Program, San Francisco General Hospital. She is also clinical consultant with the SanFrancisco Department of Human Services. She is the Director of the Early Trauma Treatment Network, a fouruniversitynational collaborative that is one of the centers of the SAMHSA-funded National Child TraumaticStress Network. Dr. Lieberman received her BA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ph.D. from TheJohn Hopkins University. Active in major national organizations involved with mental health in infancy and earlychildhood, she is President of Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, on the Board ofTrustees of the Irving Harris Foundation, and consults with the Miriam and Peter Haas Fund on projectsinvolving early childhood education for Arab-Israeli children. Dr. Lieberman has served on peer review panels ofthe National Institute of Mental Health. She is the author of The Emotional World of the Toddler (The FreePress, 1993), which has been translated to several languages, and senior author of Losing a Parent to Death inthe Early Years: Treating Traumatic Bereavement in Infancy and Early Childhood (Zero to Three Press, 2004),Don't Hit My Mommy!: A Manual for Child-Parent Psychotherapy with Young Witnesses of Family Violence(2005), and Psychotherapy with Infants and Young Children: Repairing the Effect of Stress and Trauma on EarlyAttachment (Guilford Press, 2008)RACHEL LOEWY is an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University ofCalifornia, San Francisco. She is the Clinical Director of the Prodrome Assessment, Research and Treatment(PART) program and is a licensed clinical psychologist. She received her B.A. in Psychology from EmoryUniversity, her M.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology fromUCLA. She completed her pre-doctoral psychology internship at the Sepulveda VA (APA-accredited) and aPostdoctoral Fellowship in the UCSF Clinical Psychology Training Program. She joined the UCSF Department ofPsychiatry faculty in 2006. Her research focuses on early identification and intervention in psychotic disorders,Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research40

etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia, and community-academic partnerships in early psychosistreatment.SCOTT MACKIN is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Assistant Adjunct Professor in the UCSF Department ofPsychiatry. Dr. Mackin received his PhD in clinical psychology at the Pennsylvania State University, completed hisinternship training in clinical neuropsychology at the Medical University of South Carolina, and completed hispost doctoral residency training in clinical neuropsychology at the at the University of California, DavisAlzheimer’s Disease Center. Dr. Mackin’s program of research is focused on delineating the relativecontributions of cognitive impairment, structural brain abnormalities, and depression severity on disability in latelife depression. Dr. Mackin's research is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.KEITH McBURNETT is Associate Professor (Adjunct) in Psychiatry at LPPI. He trained in child clinicalpsychology at The University of Georgia and as a rehabilitation psychology intern (neuropsychology) at NewYork University Medical Center, graduating in 1989. He held a faculty appointment in Pediatrics at University ofCalifornia at Irvine from 1990 to 1997. From 1997 through 2001, he held a faculty appointment in ChildPsychiatry at the University of Chicago. He came to LPPI in 2001 to launch research and clinical programs indisruptive behavior disorders (ADHD, ODD, CD), in collaboration with Linda Pfiffner, Ph.D. Dr. McBurnettmaintains an active clinical research program (multiple grants and clinical pharmacology trials; over 75 scientificpublications), focusing on diagnostic categorization, treatment outcome, and biological factors (endocrine,neurocognitive, genetic) factors in child externalizing psychopathology. From 2003 through 2006, he served asAssociate Editor of the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. He and Dr. Pfiffner edited a text, Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder: Concepts, Controversies, New Directions, which was published in 2008.DALE E. McNIEL is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and ChiefPsychologist at LPPI. He earned the B.A. degree from Lewis and Clark College in 1978, and completed the Ph.D.in clinical psychology with a minor in neuropsychology in 1983 at the University of Arizona. He completed apostdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, and is Board Certified in both ClinicalNeuropsychology and Forensic Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He is aFellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions of Clinical Psychology and Psychology and Law), andis a former President of the Section on Clinical Emergencies and Crises in the APA’s Division of ClinicalPsychology. His research interests focus primarily on violence and mental disorder, including issues such as theassessment of violence potential, mental health courts, family violence and victims of violence, the role ofviolence in health care resource allocation, clinical decision-making in the treatment of violent patients.JOHN MCQUAID is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, and AssociateChief of Mental Health at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. He completed his Ph.D. at the University ofOregon, and is an alumnus of the CPTP internship and postdoctoral fellowship. Dr. McQuaid’s clinical expertiseis in the use of cognitive-behavioral interventions for mood disorders. His research interests focus on thedevelopment of CBT interventions for psychiatric disorders as well as health behaviors and pain management.He currently is funded for a randomized controlled trial of CBT combined with visual feedback intervention forphantom limb pain.MIRIAM MARTINEZ is a UCSF Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Pediatrics; Director of the Division of Infant,Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the UCSF Department of Psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr.Martinez received her B.A. from Hunter College, City University of New York, and both her Masters and Ph.D. inClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research41

Clinical Psychology from University of California, Berkeley. After completing her Ph.D. in 1989, Dr. Martinezcompleted an NIMH funded Postdoctoral Fellowship with the UCLA, School of Medicine, NeuropsychiatricInstitute of Hospital. Prior to being hired to plan Child Outpatient Services for the Dept. of Psychiatry at SanFrancisco General Hospital, Dr. Martinez directed The Family Mosaic Project (FMP), a nationally recognizedcommunity based mental health case management agency. Dr. Martinez was associated with FMP for 6 yearsproviding clinical direction, working with fiscal, community based intermediaries, negotiating contracts, hiringand coordinating a multidisciplinary and culturally diverse staff, and managing a capitation contract with theCalifornia State Department of Health. Outcome data for FMP indicate large and statistically significant decreasesin psychiatric hospitalizations, juvenile detention and arrests, and out of home placements of the childrenserved. Dr. Martinez has a dedication to prevention and early intervention and to underserved populations,traumatized youth and children in foster care. She was recently appointed by the San Francisco Mayor to serveon the San Francisco Mental Health Services Act Task Force, also serving as a subcommittee co-chair fortransitional age youth. She was recently selected for participation in the UCSF Coro Faculty Leadership Program,funded by the Chancellor’s Council on Faculty Life. Current research activities and interests are in the area oftrauma & mental health treatment outcomes, understanding and treating high utilizers of pediatric care andmulticultural health issues. Dr. Martinez has also consulted for the California State Victim’s Compensation Boardand for other local units of government, on topics that include, for example, mental health best practices foryouth within our juvenile justice system. Dr. Martinez, co-authored “Ethic minority communities: Problems,resources, services” in Handbook of Community Psychology (1998) and “Parent satisfaction with case managedsystems of care for seriously emotionally troubled children and youth,” for the Journal of Child and FamilyStudies (1998).RICARDO F. MUÑOZ is Professor of Psychology at the UCSF Department of Psychiatry, and Chief Psychologistat San Francisco General Hospital. His A.B. is from Stanford University (1972), and his Ph.D. in clinical psychologyfrom the University of Oregon (1977). He is co-author of Controlling Your Drinking (Guilford, 2004), Control YourDepression (Fireside Books, 1992), Prevention of Depression: Research and Practice (Johns Hopkins UniversityPress, 1993), and Social and Psychological Research in Community Settings (Jossey-Bass, 1979), and editor ofDepression Prevention: Research Directions (Hemisphere Press, 1987). He is Fellow of the AmericanPsychological Association and of the American Psychological Society. He received mentoring awards from APADivisions 27 and 45 in 1998 and the UCSF Department of Psychiatry George Sarlo Prize for Excellence inTeaching in 2001. He conducts research in Spanish and English on the prevention and treatment of depressionand Internet-based intervention research on smoking cessation and/or depression.EDDIE ONG is a Clinical Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Francisco, at the SanFrancisco General Hospital campus (a UCSF teaching facility). He is also the Attending Psychologist in theinpatient service at San Francisco General Hospital. He earned his B.S. from Arizona State University in 1977and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Oklahoma State University in 1984. Dr. Ong worked at the RichmondArea Multi-services Center (RAMS) in San Francisco, from 1984-1993, an APA-approved community training sitefor psychology interns. His last position was Chief Psychologist at RAMS. Dr. Ong also worked as the SummerTraining Director at the Sunset Day Treatment Center from 1990 through 1993. His special interests includeworking with the chronically mentally ill Asian population and their families. He is fluent in both written andspoken Chinese. Dr. Ong supervises the inpatient rotation at SFGH, with strong emphasis on work with Asianpatients.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research42

LINDA PFIFFNER is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at LPPI and is a licensed Clinical Psychologist.She received her B.A. from UCLA and her Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Prior tojoining UCSF in 2001, she held academic appointments at UC Irvine and the University of Chicago. Her researchand clinical interests are in the development of multi-targeted psychosocial treatments for ADHD, and in howpsychosocial factors (especially family factors) predict the development of comorbid psychopathology in childrenwith ADHD. She developed and piloted an integrated multicomponent behavioral intervention for theinattentive type of ADHD through funding from NIMH. Components of the intervention include parent and childskills groups and school-based intervention. During 2008, she initiated a 5-year NIMH-funded dual-site (with UCBerkeley) efficacy trial of the intervention. Dr. Pfiffner is also conducting a 3-year study, funded by the USDepartment of Education, to adapt the psychosocial treatment for the Predominantly Inattentive Type to fit alltypes of ADHD, and to modify the model so that the treatment can be delivered by school-based mental healthprofessionals. Her work in the area of developmental psychopathology includes recent publications examiningparent psychopathology, parenting practices and social factors predictive of comorbid internalizing andexternalizing disorders among children with ADHD.JUDITH PROCHASKA is an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry. She received herB.A. in Psychology from Duke University and her Ph.D. in the Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology atSan Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Prochaska completed fellowshiptraining in the UCSF Clinical Psychology Training Program and the NIDA Postdoctoral Traineeship in SubstanceAbuse Treatment and Services Research at UCSF and joined the UCSF Department of Psychiatry faculty in 2004.With grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the California Tobacco-Related Disease ResearchProgram, Dr. Prochaska's research focuses on developing and evaluating effective treatments for tobaccodependence in smokers with co-occurring psychiatric disorders, both adults and adolescents. Dr. Prochaska coleadsthe Research Seminar with Dr. Yan Leykin.RONALD M. RUFF is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF. He received his Lizenziat andPh.D. degrees in applied psychology from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. In 1980 he completed a two yearpostdoctoral fellowship in the Neuropsychological Laboratories of the Department of Psychology at StanfordUniversity. He is Board Certified in Rehabilitation Psychology Psychotherapy and as a Forensic Examiner. Hisprimary clinical interests are neuropsychological assessment for diagnostic and forensic purposes andneuropsychological rehabilitation. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division ofNeuropsychology) and the National Academy of Neuropsychology, of which he was also President. In 2002 Dr.Ruff was appointed by the Governor of California to the Board of Psychology. He serves on the editorial boardsof three neuropsychological journals. Dr. Ruff has published several neuropsychological tests and is an author ofmore than 100 research articles and book chapters.JASON M. SATTERFIELD is Associate Professor and Director of Behavioral Medicine in the Division of GeneralInternal Medicine. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995 where he worked withDrs. Martin Seligman and Aaron T. Beck. Dr. Satterfield's interests include cognitive models of depression,explanatory style, stress and coping, and the role of depression in medical adherence and the experience ofillness. His current projects include integrated behavioral health models for primary care, learned helplessnessin the somatically-focused patient, emotional intelligence in primary care, and the integration of culture andbehavioral sciences in medical curricula. Dr. Satterfield currently provides CBT supervision, teaches behavioralmedicine to primary care physicians, and coordinates behavioral science education for medical students.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research43

SUSAN SCHEIDT is a Clinical Professor of Psychology in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry, San FranciscoGeneral Hospital. She studied at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, received her B.A. degree in psychology fromCalifornia State University, Fresno, and the Psy.D. from Rutgers University. Dr. Scheidt was a Fellow in the UCSFClinical Psychology Training Program from 1983-85, and subsequently was an Attending Psychologist and UnitChief on the Women's and Latino focus inpatient unit at SFGH. For the past fourteen years, Dr. Scheidt hasdeveloped her interests in behavioral medicine, serving as the Coordinator of Training for the PsychosocialMedicine CAPIC Psychology Training Program, and developing a model for primary care psychology with primarycare clinics. Her current clinical interests are focused on the primary care-mental health interface, substanceabuse interventions, and teaching and supervision issues. Currently she is the coordinator of the Healthy SanFrancisco-Psychosocial Medicine Team, with continued interest in the primary care-mental health interface,substance use interventions, and teaching and supervision interestsDIANNE SHUMAY is a Staff Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF. She received her B.A. ineconomics from John Carroll University (1987), M.A. from Stanford University (1996) and Ph.D. in clinicalpsychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (2005). She completed a pre-doctoral internship with anemphasis in medical health psychology at the University of Florida (2004-2005) and a visiting traineeship inrehab psychology at Manchester College Oxford University, UK (2005). She also completed a post-doctoralfellowship in clinical psychology with an emphasis in palliative care and hospice at the VA Palo Alto. Dr.Shumay’s current clinical and research responsibilities are in psycho-oncology at the Helen Diller FamilyComprehensive Cancer at UCSF. Her research involves designing and testing cognitive, behavioral andmindfulness interventions to target the psychological and physical symptoms of cancer and cancer treatment,such as stress, insomnia, pain, and other symptoms.MARTHA SHUMWAY is Associate Professor in Residence in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry. She holds aPh.D. in quantitative psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She conducts research on theoutcomes and costs of health and mental health services with emphases on methodology and underservedpopulations. Dr. Shumway has played a central role in the development and conduct of research at theUCSF/SFGH Trauma Recovery Center since its inception in 2001 and has received funding from a UCSF HellmanFamily Award and the National Institute of Mental Health for methodological research related to posttraumaticstress disorder. Dr. Shumway is co-author of the textbook Cost-Outcome Methods for Mental Health, serves asa regular grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute on Disability andRehabilitation Research, and is on the editorial board of the journal Medical Decision Making.JAMES L. SORENSEN is Professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital(SFGH). He earned the Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Rochester in 1975. For three years he wasassistant professor in the clinical psychology training program at Bowling Green State University, after which hetook a National Research Service Award postdoctoral traineeship at UCSF. He served as Chief of SubstanceAbuse Services at SFGH for 13 years. His research has focused on developing better treatments to help peoplewith substance abuse problems. Dr. Sorensen is a member of the NIH National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse,has chaired the Services Research Review Committee at National Institute on Drug Abuse, serves on theeditorial board of Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Journal of Community Psychology, Journal of Maintenance inthe Addictions, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, and Science & Practice Perspectives. He is senior authorof A Family Like Yours: Breaking the Patterns of Drug Abuse (Harper & Row), Preventing AIDS in Drug Users andTheir Sexual Partners (Guilford), and senior editor of Drug Abuse Through Collaboration: Practice and ResearchPartnerships That Work (American Psychological Association). Dr. Sorensen is active in teaching with severalClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research44

programs in addition to the CPTP, including leadership of the Drug Abuse Treatment and Services ResearchPostdoctoral Training Program, leading the Research Training Core of the San Francisco Treatment ResearchCenter, and co-leading the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies Visiting Professor ProgramJANICE Y. TSOH is an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at LPPI and a licensed clinicalpsychologist. She received her B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1990 and her Ph.D.in clinical psychology from the University of Rhode Island in 1995. She completed her clinical internship at theUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center/VA Medical Center Consortium specializing in behavioral medicine. Shecompleted a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer prevention at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texasand a fellowship in substance abuse treatment research at UCSF. Dr. Tsoh's research program has beensupported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the CaliforniaTobacco Related Disease Research Program. Her research focuses on nicotine dependence and depression, andsmoking cessation treatment in special populations including Asian Americans in community and primary caresettings, depressed patients, and smokers in drug abuse treatment. Dr. Tsoh co-leads the Clinical Seminar withDr. John McQuaidPATRICIA VAN HORN is an Associate Clinical Professor of in the Department of Psychiatry at the University ofCalifornia San Francisco. She is Associate Director of the UCSF Child Trauma Research Project located at SanFrancisco General Hospital, where she teaches and supervises psychology fellows in the Clinical PsychologyTraining Program and other pre-and post-doctoral psychology and social work interns. She is co-author of thebooks Losing a parent to death in the early years: Guidelines for the treatment of traumatic bereavement ininfancy and early childhood, and “Don’t Hit my Mommy!”: A manual of child-parent psychotherapy with youngwitnesses of family violence. Her research is with children under the age of six who witnessed or experiencedviolence in their families or communities. She is also interested in developing models of training to assistcommunity-based professionals to apply principles of child-parent psychotherapy in a variety of settings whereviolence-exposed young children and their families are served.DANIEL S. WEISS is Professor of in the Department of Psychiatry. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in 1973 from theJohns Hopkins University and received the PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where he pursuedboth clinical and personality psychology studies. He maintains an active faculty practice in adult psychology andhas served as a licensure Examiner for the California Board of Psychology from 1983 through 2001 when theBoard eliminated the oral exam. His research interests in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder have been recognizedby his being awarded the Robert S. Laufer Award for Excellence in Research by the International Society forTraumatic Stress Studies. A relevant publication is a meta-analysis of the predictors of developing PTSD whichappeared in Psychological Bulletin. He served on the National Institute of Mental Health’s ClinicalPsychopathology Grant Review Committee from 1995-1999, and currently reviews grants for the NIH, the Army,and Navy. He was Director of Research of the PTSD program at the SFVAMC from 1990-2001. Currently he is anAssociate Editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress. His other research interests are in the phenomenology ofcrying, especially in psychotherapy, dissociative processes as they relate to PTSD, and in classification research,especially in an approach termed taxometrics.Clinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research45

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INTERNSHIP ACCREDITATIONThe UCSF Clinical Psychology Training Program Predoctoral Internship Year has earned APA accreditationthrough 2010. We were site visited in May 2010 and are awaiting word from the APA Committee onAccreditation on the results of our review For more information regarding our accreditation please contact:Office of Program Consultation and AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association750 First Street, NEWashington, DC 20002-4242Phone: 202-336-5979Fax: 202-336-5978TDD/TTY: 202-336-6123Web: www.apa.orgClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research47

BROCHURE DESIGNJennifer C. LoClinical Psychology Training Program: Developing leaders in clinical and translational research48UCSF Department of Psychiatry