Emory Healthcare - Emory Brain Health Center

Emory Healthcare’s Brain Health Center combines psychiatry and behavioral sciences, rehabilitation medicine, neurology, neurosurgery and sleep medicine to offer complete, coordinated care for disorders of the brain. Bringing these specialties together allows more than 400 researchers and clinicians from different specialties to work in collaboration and predict, prevent, treat or cure devastating diseases or disorders of the brain. These unique collaborations are demonstrated in some of the more than 20 centers and programs within the Brain Health Center. Emory’s Brain Health Center is based on a model of collaborative, interprofessional patient care that is individualized.

This placement in the Division of Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Programs in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences allows the resident to work with a multidisciplinary team to provide diagnostic and intervention services to children and adolescents, 0-21, exposed to alcohol and other drugs, illicit and prescription and their families as well as children with a history of abuse/neglect and foster placement. The multidisciplinary team includes psychologists, physicians and educators. The ENEC Clinic serves a diverse community with a wide range of developmental and behavioral problems and provides a comprehensive experience in developmental psychopathology. Typical problems of children presenting at the Clinic include fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, prenatal exposure to cocaine and prescription drugs, learning and developmental disorders, behavioral and emotional disorders associated with abuse, neglect and institutionalization, issues associated with international adoption or foster care and a variety of genetic disorders. A Medication Management Clinic is part of the activities of ENEC. The resident’s clinical activities include participation in interdisciplinary diagnostic evaluations, individual evaluations, therapy with children and families and interactions with other educational and social agencies. In addition, as part of ongoing research activities, residents can participate in community intervention, development of educational methods and evaluation of research outcomes. As part of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine, residents can participate in prevention activities that include the design and implementation of workshops and teaching modules, as well as outcome research. Under the supervision of the primary investigators, residents may design and carry out their own independent research or prevention activities as well.

This placement, embedded in the Adult Outpatient Clinic in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, allows the resident to work with an interdisciplinary team (psychologists, physicians, social workers) in an intensive two to three week specialty clinic format. They provide team-based care for diagnostic and intervention services to adolescents and adults aged 15-65 experiencing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), social anxiety or panic disorder. The program offers one full-time training opportunity and aims to prepare the resident for the clinical, training and program evaluation/research aspects of independent practice within an academic health center setting. The resident will provide diagnostic evaluations and individual therapy (primarily exposure therapy with response prevention) within the context of an intensive outpatient treatment program, as well as group therapy through the Adult Outpatient Clinic. Residents will attend team rounds and work on cases with attendings, assist with the supervision of doctoral practicum students and undergraduate research assistants, participate in program intakes and facilitate continuity of care after discharge. Residents can participate in outcome research or design and carry out their own independent research activities as well. Residents participate in community-based projects in collaboration with OCD Georgia, the state affiliate of the International OCD Foundation.

This position is based in the Adult Outpatient Clinic in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The focus of this postdoctoral residency position is on providing short- and longer-term couples/family interventions within an interdisciplinary team (psychologists, physicians, nurses and social workers). Our training model comfortably represents differing theoretical orientations that include structural, family systems, integrative behavioral, emotionally focused and psychoeducational approaches to couples and family treatment. Short-term couples and family interventions the resident will deliver include Family Engagement Planning and psychoeducational groups for families of patients with diagnoses such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD and borderline personality disorder. Longer term couples/family therapy will be delivered using integrative, evidence-based, culturally humble, anti-racist interventions. Residents also can provide individual psychotherapy interventions based on their preferences regarding the competencies they would like to develop. Incoming residents do not need extensive couples/family experience; however, their individual psychotherapy skills should be well established.

This position, at the Emory Autism Center, focuses on assessment and intervention with opportunities to supervise practicum students and engage in research as interested. The EAC serves a diverse population of individuals on the autism spectrum and their loved ones. In both assessment and treatment, residents will work with individuals across the lifespan with varied levels of support needs. The postdoctoral resident spends approximately half of their time conducting diagnostic and psychological assessments as part of ongoing studies, and on community cases. The other half of the postdoctoral resident’s time is spent providing individual, family and/or neurodiverse couples counseling, as well as running groups through the EAC’s myLIFE social engagement program for autistic adults. Our counseling clinic is guided by cognitive behavioral principles; however, our client centered approach allows for therapists to pull from other theoretical orientations as interested and appropriate. In addition to autism spectrum disorder, our patients present with ADHD, learning disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma, bipolar, BPD, genetic conditions and other medical complexities. The myLIFE program is rooted in naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBI) implemented in naturalistic settings with neurodiverse peers. Residents may also participate in ongoing research at the EAC or, under the supervision of primary investigators, conduct their own research project. Preferred qualifications include experience in intervention with this population as well as familiarity with assessment measures specific to this population such as the ADOS-2, ADI-R, CARS-2, and/or SRS-2. This is a one-year position with potential for a second year based on discussion with the candidate and supervisors.

(We will be recruiting for one resident for the 2025-2027 training cycle.). The Division of Rehabilitation Neuropsychology is an integral part of the interdisciplinary Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. Based largely in the Emory Rehabilitation Hospital (ERH), it is part of Emory Healthcare, which is the largest most-comprehensive health system in Georgia with more than seven hospitals and 1,800 hospital beds. As an academically based medical treatment center and a division of the world-renowned Emory University School of Medicine, we have access to state-of-the-art technologies and the collaborative resources of a full range of specialty and sub-specialty physicians. As the ERH is located on campus of Emory University, the resident has access to exciting opportunities at both Emory University Hospital and Emory University. It includes a 56-bed adult inpatient facility that offers comprehensive inpatient services for Adults with Stroke, Brain Injury, Neurological Disorders, Spinal Cord Injury, Amputation and other orthopedic conditions. Additionally, ERH offers comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation services for individuals following inpatient rehabilitation. Consults are received from various departments within the Medical School including Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurology, the Emory Epilepsy Center, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neurosurgery and Cardiac Surgery. Services include neuropsychological assessment, cognitive rehabilitation, individual psychotherapy and behavioral health interventions. Faculty provide consultation to interdisciplinary teams on cognitive and behavioral disorders and play a vital role in developing rehabilitation programs for persons recovering from stroke, traumatic brain injury, tumor surgery and other conditions affecting the central nervous system. Rehabilitation neuropsychology faculty also maintain an active research program and serve as project directors or consultants on federal grants.

The postdoctoral residency in adult neuropsychology meets International Neuropsychological Society/APA Division 40 training guidelines. The program has been approved for affiliation by APPCN. Please refer to the fellowship webpage for more detailed information regarding our program.

The residency provides two years of intensive training and supervised clinical experience in neuropsychological diagnosis, cognitive rehabilitation and team consultation. Neuropsychological assessments incorporate both quantitative and qualitative approaches to testing and focus on the diagnosis of cognitive syndromes, the specification of functional strengths and weaknesses and the development of detailed and practical recommendations for patient rehabilitation. The approach to cognitive rehabilitation emphasizes the enhancement of real-world performance using compensatory aids and strategies. Residents conduct neuropsychological examinations, provide feedback to patients and family members, provide consultation to rehabilitation teams, develop and carry out cognitive rehabilitation programs, and acquire supervisory skills as they work with practicum students and technicians. Optional supervised psychotherapy experiences and inpatient neurorehabilitation rotations are available.

In addition to receiving individual supervision, residents participate in a variety of conferences and seminars including Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurology and Psychiatry Grand Rounds, as well as Neuropsychology Case Seminar, and Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Seminar. Residents are involved in research; they develop a research idea by the end of the first year and conduct a study during the second year. Residents receive supervised grant writing experience.

ECPS is a partnership between the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Emory Spiritual Health, and includes faculty from Psychiatry, Spiritual Health, Palliative Care, Oncology, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Nursing, Family and Preventive Medicine and Anesthesiology. We are recruiting for two postdoctoral residents with a research focus and opportunities to gain supervised clinical experience for licensure. These postdoctoral clinical scientists will be involved in developing, implementing and analyzing research; preparing and publishing scientific manuscripts; and helping to coordinate a research team with mentorship and guidance from the Principal Investigator and other senior investigators on our team. The initial appointment is for one year; renewal for a second and third year is available if progress is satisfactory.

Dynamic Complexity in Clinical Change: This clinical-research focused postdoctoral position involves a clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression. The postdoctoral resident will be involved in collecting multi-method, intensive longitudinal data and applying qualitative and quantitative approaches to identify determinants of differential response. Strong applicants will have interests in some the following topics: intensive, multimethod, longitudinal data collection include EMA, daily voice diaries and the electronically activated recorder (EAR); language analysis; computation approaches to clinical change such as complex dynamic systems modeling; assessment and analysis of behaviors in daily life; clinical trials of combined psychosocial and pharmacological interventions; determinants of differential response to an intervention; and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Adverse Effects: Measurement, Chronicity, Risk and Resilience. This clinical-research-focused postdoctoral position is focused on understanding the nature of persistent challenges that can occur after psycho-spiritually impactful practices such as meditation or psychedelics, yielding data that are likely to have lasting implications for clinical, social-scientific and humanistic perspectives on meditation, psychedelics and other practices with notable psycho-spiritual consequences. Strong applicants will have interests in some of the following topics: measure development and psychometric analysis; nosology and clinical syndrome/symptom specification, longitudinal analysis and evaluation of risk and resilience variables in a cohort study; qualitative analyses and mixed methods; language analysis; role of adverse effects of psycho-spiritually impactful interventions; data collection from a nationwide sample in partnership with state, federal, and private sector entities; interdisciplinary collaboration; and patient advocacy in mental health.