BUMC-MGH T32 Global Fellowships

The Boston University Medical Campus–Massachusetts General Hospital Global Psychiatry Clinical Research Training Program aims to develop independent clinical scientists to address global mental health challenges. The program prepares postdoctoral fellows to collaborate across disciplines and cultures to respond to the burden of mental health-related diseases in low- to middle-income countries and resource-limited areas, and to develop strategies that advance global delivery and scale-up of mental health services.

The program is administered by Boston Medical Center (BMC) and combines didactic instruction with clinical research methods training from Boston University and Harvard University. Fellows also receive practice working effectively with disadvantaged communities and immersive, mentored clinical research experiences in global settings.

A maximum of four fellows are drawn from a deep pool of talent. Each fellow has at least one senior mentor at the primary training site (BUMC or MGH), an onsite mentor at the international site, and an additional mentor specializing in research methods based on individual needs and experience.

Fellows complete a mentored research project at one of six international training sites in Barbados, Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Uganda or Ukraine. The program expects fellows to be well situated for a NIH or equivalent K award application by the end of the third year. With heavily circumscribed clinical responsibilities, trainees focus on refining research projects, developing international collaborations, and strengthening clinical research skills.

• Applicant must be a postdoctoral fellow.

• Didactic instructionClinical research methods training from Boston University and Harvard UniversityPractice working effectively with disadvantaged communitiesImmersive, mentored clinical research experiences in global settingsMentored research project at an international training siteHeavily circumscribed clinical responsibilities