UW Graduate Training in Addiction Research & Treatment
UW School of Nursing
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program
The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specialty (PMHNP), within the Master of Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs, prepares nurses to address the healthcare needs of individuals with psychiatric disorders who may have co-morbid substance use problems or medical conditions requiring referrals or collaboration for treatment. Contact:
UW Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Addiction Psychiatry Residency Program
The University of Washington Addiction Psychiatry Residency Program is fully accredited as a one year program for residents entering in their PGY-5 year after completion of a General Psychiatry Residency Program. The overarching mission of the program is to provide psychiatric physicians with advanced training in the skills, clinical judgment, and knowledge necessary to the practice of Addiction Psychiatry to enable them to assume leadership positions in the field. The Addiction Psychiatry Residency Program is also closely affiliated with the VA Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education at VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
UW School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology
Pre- and Postdoctoral Training in Molecular Pharmacology of Abused Drugs
The UW training program in the Molecular Pharmacology of Abused Drugs is designed to provide a cohesive training environment for 4 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral fellows per year, interested in the molecular, cellular and behavioral pharmacological aspects of opioid, cannabinoid, and psychostimulant drug action. The program emphasizes training in research skills along with career development professional skills and responsible conduct of research-ethical skills. Faculty mentors provide training in a broad range of research approaches including molecular pharmacology, electrophysiology, neurochemistry, mouse genetics, viral-based gene expression and behavioral pharmacology. In addition to the general, ongoing training typical at this vibrant institution, trainees in this program experience a coordinated series of events specifically designed for their benefit including: invited speaker seminar sessions featuring internationally respected drug abuse researchers; monthly research progress meetings featuring local experts in abused drug research; weekly journal clubs on the current literature of opioid, cannabinoid and psychostimulant research; frequent opportunities for the trainees to enhance their presentation skills; courses organized for them on the ‘Molecular Basis of Addiction,” and ‘Addiction: Mechanisms, Treatment, Prevention,” and career development seminars designed to strengthen their scientific and professional foundations. Faculty mentors are highly collaborative, and trainees benefit from a strongly interactive, multidisciplinary research program. The training program will continue to be a catalyst for research collaborations among the participating labs, for technology transfer between labs, and for newly funded collaborative NIDA-grants. Trainees are drawn from an outstanding pool of candidates recruited to the participating graduate programs in pharmacology and neurobiology and to the well-respected laboratories as post-doctoral fellows. We have an active outreach program designed to encourage participation of underrepresented minorities and fellows from disadvantaged backgrounds. We actively train our students and fellows in responsible conduct of research and ethical treatment of animal subjects. The program is proud of its 15-year history of success in training fellows who have gone on to very successful scientific careers.
UW Department of Psychology & Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Psychology Training in Alcohol Research Fellowship
This is a two-year appointment, commencing no earlier than July 1st and no later than December 31st of each year, within the Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Addictive Behaviors Research Center in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington, and is funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Principal Investigator Mary Larimer and Co-Investigator Ilene Bernstein). This fellowship will provide training for individuals who wish to pursue a career in alcohol research, with an emphasis on the etiology and prevention of problem drinking and alcohol dependence. As this topic will be approached from both psychosocial and bio-behavioral perspectives, individuals with background training in relevant areas of psychology (clinical, health psychology, behavioral neuroscience, social, developmental, cognitive, behavioral pharmacology, etc.) are encouraged to apply. Both human and animal research will be supported.
Veterans Administration Puget Sound
Psychology Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship
The VA Puget Sound offers both Internships and Postdoctoral Fellowships. Both are fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association.
Internship: Doctoral students in APA-accredited Clinical or Counseling Psychology programs are eligible to apply. All coursework required for the doctoral degree must be completed prior to the start of the internship year, as well as any qualifying, comprehensive, or preliminary doctoral examinations. We prefer candidates whose doctoral dissertations will be completed, or nearly completed, before the internship. However, because internship is part of the pre-doctoral training requirement, interns must not be granted their degree by their academic institution prior to successful completion of the internship year.
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Applicants for postdoctoral fellowships must be graduates of APA-accredited doctoral programs in Clinical or Counseling Psychology and must have completed APA-accredited internships. All requirements for the doctoral degree must be completed prior to the start of the fellowship year. Persons with a PhD in another area of psychology who meet the APA criteria for re-specialization training in Clinical or Counseling Psychology are also eligible.
