Postdoctoral Fellowship

Institute of Law, Psychiatry, & Public Policy at the University of Virginia
and Western State Hospital
Charlottesville, VA

The University of Virginia Postdoctoral Fellowship in Forensic Psychology is accepting applications for the 2012-2013 academic year. The postdoc divides time between the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, & Public Policy at UVA, and the forensic unit of Western State Hospital.

The Western State Hospital (WSH) forensic unit provides opportunities for inpatient forensic assessments such as competency to stand trial, mental status at the time of the alleged offense, and evaluations to inform the court about treatment needs. The fellow works within a multidisciplinary treatment team model.

As part of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP) clinic, the forensic fellow conducts intensive evaluations on various criminal forensic issues (e.g., competence, sanity, risk assessment, capital sentencing, waiver of rights, etc). Fellows typically have some opportunity to assist in civil forensic evaluations as well.   The ILPPP provides formal training programs in a variety of areas pertinent to conducting forensic assessment, including pertinent law; basic knowledge and skills necessary for conducting forensic evaluations; civil commitment; competency to stand trial, mental status at the time of the alleged offense, juvenile competency to stand trial, sex offender evaluations, risk assessment, capital sentencing, and others.

For additional details, see http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/psychiatry/residency/psychology and http://www.ilppp.virginia.edu/   Applications are due by January 10, 2012  

Please feel free to contact:
Daniel Murrie, PhD
Director of Psychology, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
University of Virginia School of Medicine
434.924.8308
Murrie@Virginia.edu