Predoctoral Research Training in the
Psychology of Adult Development and Aging
The University of Florida, through the Department of Psychology & Department of Clinical and Health Psychology currently has a strong group of faculty mentors in the Psychology of Adult Development and Aging. We are funded by an institutional training grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Interested students should apply to our unique program combining solid multidisciplinary research training with strong grounding in psychology.
Key aspects of the program:
· highly collaborative and collegial environment
· regular colloquium and professional development series
· responsible, active, and responsive mentoring by your primary advisor
· regular interaction with a multidisciplinary mentoring team
· gerontology certificate option in addition to Ph.D.
Financial support includes eligibility for:
· year-round NIA research funding and tuition support
· research assistantships through grant-funded faculty
· teaching assistantships with full tuition support in Psychology
· conference and travel awards
· annual awards for student research on aging
The University of Florida is a premier research university located in a community with excellent quality of life. We invite prospective doctoral students to join our energetic and enthusiastic group. The Psychology doctoral program is detailed at http://www.psych.ufl.edu. Available faculty mentors in adult development and aging include:
§ LISE ABRAMS (abrams@ufl.edu) Language production, comprehension, and memory retrieval
- SUSAN BLUCK (bluck@ufl.edu) Social cognition; autobiographical memory, reminiscence, the life story
- MICHAEL MARSISKE (marsiske@ufl.edu) Cognition and everyday competence, natural and intervention-guided change processes in cognition
- CHRISTINA MCCRAE (csmccrae@ufl.edu) Sleep and aging, behavioral insomnia treatments
- ROBIN WEST (rwest@geron.ufl.edu ) Memory training, everyday memory, and memory beliefs
Feel free to email any one of us to hear more about our individual research programs!!
For further information about our NIA Predoctoral Research Training Program, contact:
Michael Marsiske
Director, UF Aging Training Program
University of Florida, PO Box 100165
HSC, Gainesville, FL 32610-0165
(352) 273-5097 (Phone) (801) 720-5897 (Fax)
marsiske@ufl.edu
For program details please visit: www.agenetwork.phhp.ufl.edu
Also visit the website of our partner department:
Clinical and Health Psychology, www.phhp.ufl.edu/chp
Posted by:
Susan Bluck, PhD.
Psychology
University of Florida
P.O. Box 115911
Gainesville, FL 32611-5911
(352) 392-7059 www.psych.ufl.edu/lifestorylab
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