The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio invites applications for Pre and Post Doctoral fellowships working in research related to Latino mental health. Since more effort is needed to elucidate the mental health issues of the largest minority population in the United States, the National Institute of Mental Health has funded our program.

The program offers a 2-3 year Neuroscience-oriented curriculum and a 1-3 year Clinical-oriented curriculum. Fellows that are accepted into these programs will benefit from already established clinical and genetics databases on Schizophrenia at the UTHSCSA and the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, a well equipped Neurogenetics Laboratory for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with established banks of DNA samples and cell lines, access to the Research Imaging Center outfitted with state of the art neuroimaging equipment, ongoing research in genetics of Bipolar Disorder, collaborations with several sites in the United States and Latin America and a large Latin population available for research.

Depending on the program of interest, applicants must be graduates of a master's level program in Psychology, Social Work or related field; graduates of an accredited Psychiatry Residency program or from a PhD Psychology program; or graduates of a PhD program in one of the Biomedical Sciences. Salary will be based on qualifications. Interested applicants should request an application via email to Rolando A. Medina, MD, MPH, medinar@uthscsa.edu. Upon arrival of your request, we will send you the application and additional information that is required. The deadline is March 10, 2006.

The UTHSCSA is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. All postdoctoral appointments are designated as security sensitive positions.