Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital Psychology Fellowship

University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital
Iowa City, Iowa

Starts on Monday, September 1, 2025

Applications due Monday, December 2, 2024

This training experience is not an APPIC Member program and is not APA Accredited. Applicants should be aware that this training experience has not undergone a formal external quality review process.

Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training

This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure. Yes

This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities. Yes

This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience. Yes

This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience. Yes

This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.   Yes

This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities. Yes

This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures. Yes

This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training. Yes

The University of Iowa Stead Family Department of Pediatrics is currently recruiting two Postdoctoral Fellows in Pediatric Psychology for the 2025-2026 academic year. The overall goal of this fellowship is to prepare the next generation of scientist-practitioners for careers in academic research and clinical applications. Currently, we are offering a fellowship focused on pediatric health psychology services and pediatric neuropsychology. The fellow will spend about 70% of their time in clinical services and will have opportunities for research and structured educational activities.

The Health Psychology track will spend clinical time embedded in outpatient specialty clinics working with children and adolescents with various health conditions including diabetes, cystic fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and chronic pain and will collaborate with various medical specialties. Depending on the successful applicant’s interest, they may choose to focus on one or two specific subspecialties of pediatric psychology (e.g., Pediatric Gastroenterology, Cardiology, etc.). Opportunities for inpatient consultation/liaison service are also available.

The Pediatric Neuropsychology track focuses on psychological assessment of learning and attention disorders and neuropsychological testing with youth with various medical conditions (including seizures, cancer, and kidney transplant patients). The fellow will spend clinical time in outpatient clinics including the LD/ADHD Clinic, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinic, and Pediatric Neuropsychology Clinic.

At the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Psychology is housed within the Division of Pediatric Psychology within the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics. Our team of psychologists have specialties in three distinct areas including Neuropsychology, Health Psychology, and Behavioral Psychology.

A one-year postdoctoral fellowship position is available for candidates who will have obtained their PhD in clinical, counseling, or school psychology and completed an APA/APPIC approved internship before September 1, 2025. The fellow must obtain a provisional license to practice in Iowa by the start date.

All applicants should send a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and a letter of intent describing clinical and research interests. Applicants applying to the Pediatric Neuropsychology track should also send a de-identified diagnostic report. Applications are being accepted immediately. Virtual interviews will be held January 10th and January 31st. Please identify a preferred interview date in the letter of intent. If there is no preference, please indicate that too. We will be flexible with your schedule.

Stipend is commensurate with NIH guidelines, and includes health benefits, paid vacation and sick leave, and time to attend national conferences.

https://https://medicine.uiowa.edu/pediatrics/education/psychology-fellowship

Additional Information

Agency Type: Childrens Hospital
APPIC Membership: No
APA Accredited: No
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Child Psychology
Emphasis or focus area: Child/Adolescent
Other Emphasis: Pediatric Psychology
Research Time: Less than 25%
Training Director: Tammy Wilgenbusch
Contact Email: tammy-wilgenbusch@uiowa.edu
Contact Phone: 319-384-6912
Virtual Interviews: Strongly Preferred
Duration in Months: 12
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 11
Number of Positions: 2
Applications recieved last year: 3
Stipend: $53,760
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards: Yes
Estimated offer date: Thursday, February 1 2024
Created Date: Saturday, September 12 2020
Unfilled Positions: 0
Fringe Benefits: Paid Time Off; Insurance Options
Research opportunities: Various Pediatric Psychology focused data
Additional Comments: Job description and application: https://jobs.uiowa.edu/postdoc/view/4281
Application Instructions: The application deadline is 12/2/2024 or until the position is filled. Send application materials to Tammy Wilgenbusch at tammy-wilgenbusch@uiowa.edu Application materials include: • Curriculum vitae • Three letters of recommendation (can be sent directly to tammy-wilgenbusch@uiowa.edu) • Letter of Interest describing clinical and research interests. Please include what day you are available for interview, January 10th or 31st, 2025. • Deidentified diagnostic report (If applying for Neuropsychology track) • Proof of completion of a doctoral degree (to be sent before an applicant starts the position) Tammy Wilgenbusch, PhD Director of Psychology Training, Department of Pediatrics Clinical Associate Professor, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital 100 Hawkins Dr., Room 148 Iowa City, Iowa 52242 tammy-wilgenbusch@uiowa.edu

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