How to Apply

Thank you for your interest in the Health Service Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center. We select the most qualified candidates and value the richness of a variety of backgrounds and experiences. 

Fellowship Start Date:   August 1, 2026

Hello everyone! On behalf of the entire Psychology Training Program I want to extend a warm welcome to our internship and fellowship programs in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. We will be conducting Zoom interview days that will include an orientation to the program, interviews with faculty, and time with current trainees to ask questions and learn about their experience. We have also created videos hosted by previous trainees and faculty that highlight different aspects of our training program (Adult and Child and Adolescent) and for the fellowship program. We hope that together with the website, these videos will help you decide if our program offers what you are looking for in advanced training.  And, if so, that you will submit an application.  We look forward to hearing from you. ~Jennifer West, Ph.D.

Admission requirements and program information:

• Residency Admissions, Support, and Outcome Data
• Required tasks for on boarding

All applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Must have completed an APA accredited clinical, counseling, or school psychology graduate training program
• Must have completed an APA accredited clinical, counseling, or school psychology internship

All applications are reviewed by training program faculty. Interviews will be offered to applicants whose goals and experiences are aligned with our training program's opportunities for gaining specialized expertise as a health service psychologist. 

For any offers to be made, each applicant will need to clear the NYS Justice Center's Staff Exclusion List. 
View here for more information: Requirements to be offered a position.

Recruitment for the 26-27 year opens October 1st, 2025

• Child and Adolescent Track
  - Outpatient
  - Acute/ Inpatient
• Integrated Care Family Track
  - Primary Care- Internal Medicine
  -Functional Neurologic Disorders
• Adult Track
   

Our Fellowship adheres to the APPIC guidelines and utilizes APPA CAS (APPIC's application system). 2026-2027 recruitment opens fall October 1st, 2025. The preferred application deadline is December 15th, 2025, with continued rolling deadline until positions are filled.

• Letter of interest stating which track and concentration you are interested in
• Curriculum vitae
• Official graduate transcript(s) 
• Three letters of recommendation - addressed to Jennifer West, Ph.D. 
• One clinical work sample (de-identified)   (e.g. treatment or case summary)
• A statement from your Training Director, or Dissertation Chair with the status of your dissertation
   

Our Training Coordinator will be happy to help answer any of your questions regarding the application process.

Linda Brown
University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
300 Crittenden Blvd.
Rochester, NY  14642
Phone: (585) 275-3563
Fax: (585) 273-1117