Postdoctoral Training Opportunities in Gerontology

Note: This is an obsolete guide, left on this server for archival reasons only. For current geropsychology training (internships/postdocs) please visit http://www.geropsych.org

Cognitive Aging in a Social Context,

Margie Lachman, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Brandeis

University, Waltham, MA 02254, e-mail: LACHMAN@BINAH.CC. BRANDEIS.EDU.

Epidemiology and Aging,

Julie E. Buring, Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital, 900 Commonwealth Avenue East, Boston, MA 02215, (617) 732-4965.

Social Aspects of Health and Aging,

Eva Kahana, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, (216) 368-2700.

Emotional, Cognitive, and Social Aspects of Competence Throughout Adulthood,

Delores Pushkar Gold, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7174 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal Quebec, Canada, H4B 1R6.

Clinical Geropsychology Fellowship,

Gregory A. Hinrichsen, Ph.D. , Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, 718-470-8184.

Research Training in Mental Health and Aging,

Steven H. Zarit, Ph.D., Gerontology Center, Penn State University, S-210 Henderson Building, University Park, PA 16802, e-mail: Z67@PSUVM.PSU.EDU.

Training in Aging Research and Methodology,

Michael Rovine, Ph.D., Penn State University, Methodology Center, S-211 Henderson Building, University Park, PA 16802, e-mail: MR7@PSUVM.PSU.EDU.

Population Biology, Generations, and Cohort Succession,

Dennis P. Hogan, Ph.D., Population Research Institute, 601 Oswald Tower, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, (814) 865-0486.

Health and Aging,

David A. Snowdon, Ph.D., Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, 800 South Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40536.

Research Training Program in Economics of Aging and Health Services,

Ms. Holly Wilson, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, (510) 643-8571.

Training Program in Sociocultural Gerontology,

Linda S. Mitteness, Ph.D., Box 0850, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, (415) 731-1880.

Multidisciplinary Research and Training in Geriatrics and Gerontology,

Dr. Donald Heistad, The University of Iowa Center on Aging, E323 GH, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, (319) 356-2706.

Medical Behavioral Science,

Michael A. Andrykowski, Ph.D., Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536.

Research Training Program in Communication and Aging,

Susan Kemper, Ph.D., Gerontology Center, 4089 Dole, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (913) 864-4130, e-mail: SKEMPER@DOLE.LSI.UKANS.EDU.

Research Training in Public Health and Aging,

William Weissert, Ph.D., Program in Health and Aging, M3023, School of Public Health, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (313) 936-1218.

Language and Aging,

Mark Seidenberg, Ph.D., University of Southern California, e-mail: MARKS@NEURO.USC.EDU

Clinical Geropsychology Fellowship,

Deborah A. King, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, 300 Crittenden Blvd, Rochester, NY 14642, (716) 275-3535.

Research Scientist Fellowship,

Eric D. Caine, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, 300 Crittenden Blvd, Rochester, NY 14642, (716) 275-3535.

Neuropsychology Fellowship,

Sharilyn Rediess, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, 300 Crittenden Blvd, Rochester, NY 14642, (716) 275-3535.

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Cognitive Aging, Behavioral Medicine and Aging, Sleep and Aging, Neuropsychology of Aging. Contact:

Dr. Ute Bayen, Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Memphis TN 38152. Phone (901) 6785461. Email: ubayen@irvin.psyc.memphis.edu Good stipend and research support. US citizenship is NOT required.

The following postdoctoral positions are funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs at 10 sites across the country.

Gero-neuropsychology Behavioral Medicine,

Dale Cordes, Ph.D., Little Rock, Arkansas, (501) 370-6664.

Training Program in Geropsychological Research,

Larry W. Thompson, Ph.D., Older Adult and Family Center, VA Medical Center (182C/MP), 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, (415) 617-2774.

General,

Glenn Grace, Ph.D., Gainesville, Florida, (904) 374-6020.

General,

Mary Jenkins, Ph.D., Knoxville, Iowa, (515) 828-5035.

General,

Jerald Biddle, Ph.D., Brockton/West Roxbury Massachusetts, (508) 583-4500 x3124.

Geriatric

Health Care, Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Cleveland, Ohio, (216) 791-3800 x4971.

Geriatric

Rehabilitation Gero-neuropsychology, Linda Gonzales, Ph.D., Portland, Oregon, (503) 273-5187.

Geropsychiatry,

Victor Molinari, Ph.D., Houston, Texas, (713) 794-7116.

Gero-neuropsychology,

Pete Donahoe, Ph.D., San Antonio, Texas, (210) 617-5121.

Long-term Care,

James D. Hart, Ph.D., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (414) 384-2000 x1672.

The following opportunities are relevant for individuals who are interested in aging who desire a neurologically-oriented postdoctoral position.

Aging and Development

Martha A. Storandt, Washington University, Box 1125, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Training in Geriatrics and Neurobiology of Aging

Paul D. Coleman, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642

Research Training in Dementias of Aging

Jason Brandt, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD, 21205

Forming Science Careers in Developmental Neurocognition

John L. Horn, University of Southern California, University Park, MC 1061, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061

Forming Careers in Developmental Neurocognition

John L. Horn, University of Southern California, University Park, MC 1061, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061

Research Training in Geriatric Sleep Disorders Medicine

William C. Dement, Stanford University School of Medicine, 101 Quarry Road, Room 3211, Stanford, CA 94305

Dementia and Behavioral Neurology: Research Fellowship

David F. Benson, UCLA Department of Neurology, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1769

Aging and Cognitive-Neuroscience

William J. Hoyer , Syracuse University, 430 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244-2340

Behavioral Neuroscience of Aging

Gabe J. Maletta, University of Minnesota Medical School, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417

Training in the Neuroplasticity of Aging

Fred H. Gage, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0624

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