| Subject: | Postdoctoral Fellowship for Studies in Depression |
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| Date: | Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:49:18 +0000 |
| From: | David Dunkley <david.dunkley@mcgill.ca> |
| To: | David Zuroff <zuroff@ego.psych.mcgill.ca> |
Hi David,
We are now taking applications for The Douglas Utting
Fellowship for Studies in Depression for the year
2016-2017. We would much appreciate if you would please
forward the description of this postdoctoral fellowship (see
below and attached) to any recent or soon-to-be graduates
from your lab/program that you feel might be interested and
appropriate. The fellowship year will focus on learning
skills and conducting clinical research in the area of
cognitive-personality vulnerability factors, psychological
processes, prevention and psychotherapeutic treatment of
depression.
Many thanks,
Dave
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The Douglas Utting Fellowship for
Studies in
Depression
Department of
Psychiatry
S.M.B.D. Jewish General Hospital and
McGill
University
2016-2017
The
Douglas Utting Fellowship for Studies in Depression has
been established by the Utting Family to provide funding
for postdoctoral research training in mood disorders,
particularly depression. The intent of this Fellowship
is to prepare students to pursue academic careers in
clinical research, teaching and practice that will
advance our understanding of risk factors, psychological
processes, prevention and psychotherapeutic treatment of depression.
To be eligible, candidates must have
completed an accredited training program at the doctoral
or post-doctoral level in the mental health field. In
addition, they must have demonstrated a high level of
skill and commitment to clinical and academic psychiatry
or
psychology.
The
fellowship year will focus on learning skills and
conducting clinical research in the area of the
psychological risk factors/processes and psychotherapy
of mood disorders, particularly depression. Fellows may
also further develop their clinical expertise under the
supervision of members of the Faculty of the Department
of Psychiatry, at the Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish
General Hospital. The fellowship is also recognized by
the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University. The
fellowship program will usually require a one-year, full
time commitment on the part of the student. In some
cases, fellows have completed the fellowship half-time
over two years. Any additional academic or clinical
activities will be limited and must be approved by the
program
faculty.
The Fellowship has a core research
seminar led by Dr. J. Christopher Perry. This has often
led to joint projects and papers. The major training
component is the individual research and research
supervision, commonly using existing project data, with
one or both of the following primary supervisors,
reflecting the Fellow’s interests.
Dr. J.
Christopher Perry, Professor of Psychiatry, and General
Vice-President of the Society for Psychotherapy
Research, has conducted a number of studies, including
naturalistic, follow-along studies of patients during
and after psychotherapy, and small randomized controlled
psychotherapy trials of major depression (CBT and
Dynamic psychotherapy). Depending on interest, the
fellow will have the opportunity to learn to assess and
study defense mechanisms, motives, dynamic conflicts,
coping mechanisms, cognitive errors, psychodynamic
interventions, process measures such as the accuracy of
interpretation, longitudinal assessment methods and data
analytic techniques
(using SAS), and health economic and
cost-effectiveness
methods.
Dr. David Dunkley, Associate Professor of
Psychiatry and Associate member
of
Psychology,
has multi-wave longitudinal studies that examine stress
generation and stress reactivity as processes through
which cognitive-personality vulnerability factors
instigate and maintain depressive symptoms over
time.
The
samples include both non-depressed adults in the community
who are vulnerable to the emergence of major depression,
and depressed patients in CBT. The fellow will have the
opportunity to acquire experience with daily diary
methods, assessing stress, appraisals, coping, and mood, a
life stress interview, and neurobiological markers of
stress, as well as advanced data analytic techniques
(e.g., multi-level modeling and structural equation
modeling).
The Douglas Utting Fellowship is a central
feature of our department's commitment to promoting the
understanding and psychotherapy of mood disorders,
particularly depression. We are developing an
internationally recognized center of excellence in
psychotherapy studies and fellows will participate as
members of a team of researcher-clinicians at both junior
and senior
levels.
In addition to providing financial
assistance, the Utting Family has expressed their desire
to meet fellows from time to time during the fellowship
year as a way of demonstrating their continuing
encouragement and
support.
For 2016,
one one-year fellowship position is available. The stipend
will be commensurate with level of training for that
discipline. Potential applicants may make inquires to Dr.
Perry (514 340-8222 ext 4643 or jchristopher.perry@mcgill.ca) or Dr
Dunkley (514 340-8222 ext 5176 or
david.dunkley@mcgill.ca)
Deadline for applications is March 1, 2016.
Applicants should send a letter of interest (2 page
maximum) along with a curriculum vitae to the Utting
Fellowship Program Director. After receipt of the
application, references may be
requested.
J.
Christopher Perry, M.P.H., M.D. Director of Psychotherapy
Research
S.M.B.D. Jewish General Hospital
Institute
of Community and Family Psychiatry 4333 Côte Ste-Catherine
Road