Career Paths

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