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Research

Resident Research

Although it is not required, we encourage all residents to participate in supervised independent research. Residents who wish to present at a national meeting may apply for up to $500 in departmental funding. They may also use their annual professional stipend to fund attendance at national meetings.

For residency applicants who want to eventually become clinician-researchers and do significant research during residency that can lead toward funded research as part of their careers after residency, there is a mentored research pathway. Planning begins after matching here and before beginning. The PGY-1 year can include attendance at a pertinent research conference and the creation of a mentored poster suitable for national presentation. The PGY-2 year includes the development of an Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol for research that would begin before or by PGY-3. The PGY-3 & 4 years have research time built into the clinical schedules. Participants can build research skills through coursework and attend the monthly Journal Club with Department researchers across all 4 years. Those in the research pathway must show solid clinical skills to stay in the pathway.

This pathway can also be adjusted for residents who want to do some research but envision their careers as being mainly clinicians.

Major research themes in the Department of Psychiatry

The Study and Prevention of Suicide; Women’s Mental Health; Interpersonal Violence; Family Research; Delirium; Preventive and Symptomatic Therapeutics for Dementia; Deaf Wellness and the Impact of Mental Illness on the Deaf Community; Pain, Sleep and Neurophysiology; Treatment of Seriously Mentally Ill Persons; Psychoneuroimmunology; and Psychotherapy Comparative Effectiveness Research.

Research

Resident Research

Major research themes in the Department of Psychiatry

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