Maryland Pao, MD
Entry Id: TP-72

Eligibility Criteria
The National Institute of Mental Health Division of Intramural Research Program (NIMH DIRP) offers a unique training experience accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for PGY-4 residents.  In addition, it offers a clinical research fellowship for PGY-5’s and beyond.  Applicants for the PGY-4 training year must successfully complete three years (including all clinical requirements for certification) in an ACGME-approved general psychiatry residency prior to matriculation.

Overview
The Clinical Associates Program of the NIMH DIRP offers extensive training opportunities in clinical and basic psychiatric research for PGY-4 residents and beyond.  The core training program is mentorship-driven and focuses on the acquisition and refinement of research skills including the evaluation and clinical care of research subjects, development of research protocols, performance of clinical and/or laboratory research, and preparation and presentation of study results.  Clinical Associates join specialty research groups that study the mechanisms or treatments of major psychiatric illnesses.  Emphasis in these programs is on psychopharmacology, behavioral endocrinology, psychosomatic medicine, child psychiatry, brain imaging, molecular biology, and neurogenetics.

Structure of the Clinical Training Program
Clinical and research training are integrated during the two-year psychiatry training program at the NIMH DIRP.  Residents and Fellows assume responsibility for the evaluation and clinical care of inpatient and/or outpatient research subjects in addition to providing psychiatric consultation to NIH patients.  The trainee is encouraged to develop areas of research that may be translated into clinical protocols.  Research design, methodology, statistical analysis, and data presentation skills are developed through interaction with mentors, didactic sessions, and practical experiences.  For trainees with primarily laboratory interests, basic research training opportunities are also available.

Office of the Clinical Director

•  Maryland Pao, M.D., Clinical Director

Office of Fellowship Training

• Barry Kaplan, Ph.D., Director
• Margarita Valencia, Assistant Director 

Clinical Investigators

• Peter Bandettini, Ph.D., Chief
  Section on Functional Imaging Method
• Karen Berman, M.D., Chief
  Section on Integrative Neuroimaging
• Wayne Drevets, M.D., Acting Chief
  Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology
  Chief, Section on Neuroimaging, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
• Jay Giedd, M.D., Chief
  Unit on Brain Imaging, Child Psychiatry Branch
• Christian Grillon, M.D., Chief
  Unit on Neurophysiology and Behavior
• Robert Innis, M.D., Acting Director
  Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program (MAP)
  Chief, Molecular Imaging Branch
• Joel Kleinman, M.D., Chief
  Neuropathology Section
• Ellen Leibenluft, M.D., Chief
  Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience
•  Alex Martin, Ph.D., Chief
  Section on Cognitive Neuropsychology
• Francis McMahon, M.D., Chief
  Unit on Genetic Basis of Mood and Anxiety Disorders
• Dennis Murphy, M.D., Chief
  Laboratory of Clinical Sciences
• Daniel Pine, M.D., Chief
  Emotion and Development Branch
• Judith L. Rapoport, M.D., Chief
  Child Psychiatry Branch
• Section on Pharmacolog
• Peter J. Schmidt, M.D., Chief
  Section on Behavioral Endocrinology Branch
• Carolyn Smith, Ph.D., Chief
  Section on Neuroadaptation and Protein Metabolism
• Esther Sternberg, M.D., Chief
  Section on Neuroimmunology and Behavior
• Susan E. Swedo, M.D., Chief
  Pediatric Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch
• Leslie Ungerleider, Ph.D., Chief
  Laboratory of Brain and Cognition
• Daniel Weinberger, M.D., Director
  Genes, Cognition and Psychosis Program (GCAP)
  Chief, Clinical Brain Disorders Branch

Applicants must successfully complete three years in an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approved general psychiatry residency (including all clinical requirements for certification) prior to matriculation.  Interested applicants are encouraged to apply during their PGY-2 or PGY- 3 training years.  The expected length of stay for residents participating in the program is two years (an additional year of fellowship following the conclusion of residency training).

Electronic Application
The quickest and easiest way to find out more about this training program or to apply for consideration is to do it electronically. 

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