Director: Judy Garber, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
Co-Directors: David Cole, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
Steven D. Hollon, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry

This program trains research scientists studying the development, life course, and prevention of abnormal behavior. Its goals are to (a) prepare trainees to become leading research scientists in the interdisciplinary fields of developmental psychopathology and prevention science; (b) provide a national forum for the maturation and evolution of these fields; and (c) enhance the quality of research being conducted in these fields. During the14 years of funding to date, this program has been successful in achieving all three goals. Faculty and trainee research has focused on internalizing disorders, externalizing disorders; disorders of cognition and learning; basic emotional, cognitive, and biological processes; and prevention and treatment.

Funds support two types of trainees: (a) advanced predoctoral trainees, six positions per year; and (b) postdoctoral trainees, six positions per year. The program emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the field in that trainees come from diverse backgrounds and faculty are represented from clinical, developmental, social, and quantitative psychology; psychiatry; pediatrics; pharmacology, sociology; and education. The foundation of the program is apprenticeship-based research mentoring. All trainees participate in an ongoing weekly proseminar attended by program faculty and renowned Visiting Scholars. Individualized programs are developed for trainees through course work, workshops, and other experiences. The program is a joint venture of the Departments of Psychology and Human Development (Peabody College), Psychology (College of Arts & Science), and Psychiatry (School of Medicine), administered through the Kennedy Center. The program has 34 faculty preceptors. It is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Program Faculty

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Judy Garber, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology*
David Cole, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology*
Steven Hollon, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor of Psychiatry*
Jo-Anne Bachorowski, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology*
Leonard Bickman, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry*
Tony Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology
Bruce Compas, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology*
Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology*
Michael Ezell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology
Dale Farran, Ph.D., Professor of Education*
Ann P. Kaiser, Ph.D., Professor of Special Education and Psychology*
Craig Kennedy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education*
Kathleen Lane, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Special Education*
Pat Levitt, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology*
Peter Loosen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine*
David Lubinski, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology*
Peter Martin, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology*
Herbert Meltzer, M.D., Bixler/Johnson/Mays Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Pharmacology
Sohee Park, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology*
John Rieser, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology*
Elaine Sanders-Bush, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry*
Howard Sandler, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
Richard Shelton, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology*
Craig Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology*
Wendy Stone, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology*
Peggy A. Thoits, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology
Andrew Tomarken, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology*
Tedra Walden, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology*
Lynn Walker, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology*
Niels Waller, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology*
Joseph Wehby, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Special Education*
Bahr Weiss, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology*
Paul Yoder, Ph.D., Professor of Special Education*
David Zald, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology*

To Apply

This fellowship program is intended for predoctoral psychologists (entering year three or four of their doctoral programs) and postdoctoral psychologists (zero or one year since degree). U.S. citizenship is required. Fellows are selected on the basis of overall academic excellence and evidence of interest and facility in working with colleagues in other disciplines. The program is designed to build the research skills needed for an academic research career. Application is initiated by submitting the following information:
1. A one- to two-page letter describing applicant's career interest in developmental psychopathology,
2. A curriculum vitae, and
3. Three letters of reference sent directly to the program director.
Please send this material to:

Judy Garber, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Peabody Box 512
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203

For additional information, contact Dr. Garber at (615) 343-8714 E-mail: judy.garber@vanderbilt.edu