Post-Doctoral Fellowship
in
Mental Health Services Research

The Division of Health Policy Research and Education at Harvard University offers advanced training in mental health services and policy research to individuals who have already completed all requirements for Ph.D., M.D., or other relevant doctoral degrees in economics, sociology, psychology, social work, psychiatry, public health or other related fields. This training is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health under the National Research Service Award programs. Fellows accepted for enrollment enter the program for periods of up to two years, depending on the nature of their chosen areas of interest and the time required for the kind of project activity they identify in conjunction with a program mentor.

Training emphases are the organization, financing, utilization, quality and political analysis of mental health care. The program provides experience in a well-funded research environment with excellent opportunities for faculty collaboration and publication. We have funding for two post-docs each year, and awards will be made for a two-year period. Pre-doctoral training grants in mental health services research are also available through the Harvard Ph.D. Program in Health Policy (www.fas.harvard.edu/~healthpl).* As the program is committed to increasing the diversity of its population, minority candidates, including African-Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans, are especially encouraged to apply.

The deadline for applications is January 31, 2008 and applications should be mailed to:

Richard G. Frank
Professor of Health Economics
Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
180 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5899

Applications should consist of the following items:

-Curriculum Vitae
-Statement of Purpose
-Three recommendations which should be included with the application. Recommenders should seal their letters in envelopes, and sign over the envelope flaps.

If you have any published articles, you may want to include copies of one or two of them with your application.
 
 

For further information, please contact: Richard G. Frank, Ph.D., Margaret T. Morris Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Care Policy Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-5899 phone: (617) 432-0178, fax: (617) 432-1219, e-mail: frank@hcp.med.harvard.edu * For further information on the pre-doctoral training grants in mental health policy, please contact:

Joan Curhan, Director, Ph.D. Program in Health Policy at: joan_curhan@harvard.edu
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~healthpl