Research Environment
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Department of Psychiatry describes research as a central departmental mission, with activity spanning precision psychiatry, genetics, transcriptomics, neuropsychiatric therapeutics and translational neuroscience. The Phoenix Bioscience Core also connects the College with entities including the Translational Genomics Research Institute and other University of Arizona health-sciences colleges.
Proposed Scholarly Requirement
By the end of the fellowship, each fellow should complete at least one substantial scholarly product, such as a submitted manuscript, scientific abstract, clinical research project, quality-improvement project, systematic review, educational innovation or formal clinical protocol, and present the work within the department.
A manuscript submission should be strongly encouraged but not required for graduation because publication timelines are often longer than a one-year fellowship.
Education and Leadership
Fellows develop as educators as well as clinicians. Teaching opportunities include bedside and procedural teaching, psychiatry resident education, medical student instruction, journal clubs and case-based conferences.
Fellows receive mentorship in communicating the scientific foundations and practical application of interventional psychiatric treatments and in developing the skills needed to lead multidisciplinary clinical programs.
Career Development
The program should explicitly prepare graduates for careers in academic psychiatry, interventional psychiatry service leadership, neuromodulation programs, mood-disorders programs, hospital-based psychiatry, research or community interventional practice.