Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Children's Hospital Los Angeles

09 Nov 2023    

The Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles seeks applicants interested in clinical opportunities to specialize in the following emphasis areas:

1. Adolescent Medicine 
2. Child & Family Community Psychology
3. Early Childhood Mental Health 
4. Early Childhood/Pediatric Psychology
5. Pediatric Psychology
6. Trauma Psychology

The Clinical-Child Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles offers advanced training at a leading pediatric academic medical center, affiliated with the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Postdoctoral fellows serve children and/or adolescents and their families in interdisciplinary settings. The program is currently accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) as a two-year fellowship.  We are in the process of revising our program to be a one-year fellowship with an option for a second year.  (Please reach out to Sara Sherer, PhD, Training Director, with questions about this process.)

The program is designed to train psychologists to assume expert leadership roles in clinical psychology in pediatric, community and medical settings. Depending on the emphasis area, fellows may gain professional experience in outpatient medical and mental health clinics, community clinics, field-based services, schools, primary care clinics, or in-patient training in pediatric hospital units. Through intensive supervision, didactic lectures and seminars, research and program development activities, and direct patient contact and consultation opportunities, fellows develop advanced clinical skills in their emphasis area.  Specific information about fellowship rotations is available on our website at: https://www.chla.org/fellowship/psychology-postdoctoral-fellowship The current website description is being revised to reflect increased flexibility within a one-year fellowship with optional second year.

Requirements: Candidates must have completed a doctoral degree in clinical, school, or counseling psychology from an APA-accredited graduate program, and an APA-accredited doctoral internship working with children/adolescents by August 2024.

Openings: Pending budgetary approval, the department anticipates twelve fellowship positions.

Deadline: The program will review applications and invite applicants for interviews starting on December 15, 2023. The program has a rolling deadline and applications will be accepted until vacancies are filled. 

Stipend:  The current annual stipend is $70,034 plus benefits; licensed fellows receive $75,712 plus benefits.  Application Information: The program uses the APPA CAS (APPIC Psychology Postdoctoral Application) online system. For more information about the application process please go to https://www.appic.org/Postdocs Please see the program website for application and additional requirements.  A mandatory fellowship orientation will begin September 1, 2024.  Please contact Sara Sherer, PhD, Training Director, with inquiries, at SSherer@chla.usc.edu.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from BIPOC and bilingual candidates (especially Spanish-speaking) and members of other underrepresented groups are specifically encouraged to apply.