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The Department of Psychiatry offers unique opportunities for active research involvement with close mentoring by award-winning research faculty. Research tracks can begin as early as the PGY-I year, and can be tailored to address individual interests and needs. Less formal involvement is also encouraged for those who select to participate in research at a more general level.
Research mentoring affords access to faculty members with outstanding credentials. Francisco Moreno, M.D. chairs the Research Department and serves as a direct mentor to residents with research interests. Richard Lane, M.D., Ph.D. is world-renowned expert in the field of cognitive neuroscience. Eric Reiman, M.D., the Scientific Director of the Samaritan PET Center in Phoenix, and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona recently received national press coverage when his research using brain imaging and genetic screening to test potential treatments of Alzheimer's was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Residents in the research program have been very successful—winning fellowships in Minority Research Training, fellowships to the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, New Investigations Award to the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit, and NIMH-sponsored fellowships and awards.
A wide spectrum of research opportunities exists, including: clinical services and service systems research in the public sector; neurobiological research, primarily focused on the biological aspects of mood disorders and on PET studies; psychopharmacology research, exploring treatments for depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; emotion research; health psychology research related to the psychological aspects of medical illness and consult-liaison issues; cross-cultural research, with an emphasis on Hispanic and Native American mental health; and research in child psychiatry. Individualized research tracks can be created to accommodate any combination of interests in these areas.
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