Careers after graduating from our program
Graduates of our program are prepared for diverse career paths in academia, health care, government, industry, and non-profit organizations. These careers represent training in clinical child and pediatric psychology, clinical health psychology, neuropsychology, and clinical neuroscience, and cognitive and emotion neuroscience. Most frequently our graduates are employed in academic medical centers, non-academic health care centers, VA medical centers or university settings; and to a lesser extent private practice.
Alumni surveys indicate the following placements:
64% are in medical centers
19% in non-hospital based academic programs
18% are in exclusively clinical service positions
66% are actively involved in research
36% are teaching
47% are in consultation activities
49% report to be involved in administration or leadership positions
80% are engaged in at least some patient care activities