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Mental Illness, Addiction, & Primary Care Fellowship

Fellowship Benefits & Other Information
Erin Kelly, PhD
Jeff-MAP Director

Mental Illness, Addiction, Preventive Care, & Promotion of Nutrition & Wellness in Primary Care (Jeff-MAPPP)

T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

In 2021, the Departments of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM), Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, the Jefferson Maternal Addiction Treatment Education and Research (MATER) program, created the Jefferson Mental Illness, Addiction, and Primary Care (Jeff-MAP) posdoctoral fellowship program. This renewed program will expand its focus, and the Jefferson Mentral Illness, Addiction, Prevenative Care, and Promotion of Nutrition and Wellness in Primary Care T32 Fellowship (Jeff-MAPPP), as well as the  Center for Connected Care, the Center for Supportive Healthcare, the Center for Cancer Health Equity, the Jefferson Addiction Multispecialty Services (JAMS), the College of Population Health, and the Stephen and Sandra Sheller Bridge program at TJU. 

This collaborative, multi-department, interdisciplinary training program prepares exceptional postdoctoral trainees to develop research projects in areas of urgent need in our region and nationally, focusing on prevention, screening, and improving the health and health care of populations experiencing or at risk for chronic diseases, cancer, and behavioral health issues. Jeff-MAPPP is led by experienced faculty with demonstrated success in mentorship, training, grant writing (e.g., NIMH, CDC, NIDA, PCORI, SAMHSA, Scattergood, FORE), and research, whose work has made meaningful impacts on the delivery of primary care services. Jeff-MAPPP aims to prepare a new generation of primary care researchers with advanced knowledge and skills to implement and evaluate innovative programs that improve the health and health care experience of populations seen in an integrated primary and behavioral care setting. 

Leadership Team

The Jeff-MAP fellowship is led and supported by an interdisciplinary Leadership Team who are in key positions in multiple departments that must coordinate services for people with mental illness/opioid use disorder. All of our Leadership Team have significant experience in successfully applying for foundation and federal grants, publications in high impact journals, and presentations with local and national professional forums.

Faculty Publications

Career Development

Weekly
Weekly mentorship meetings with at least two mentors is expected to ensure that fellows make timely progress in their skill development and completing their research. Fellows are encouraged to work with multiple mentors to ensure they get multiple perspectives on their work and careers.

Monthly
Monthly workshops will provide additional instruction on the skills required for a career in research. Workshop topics include:

  • Protocol development
  • Grant writing, federal and non-federal grants
  • Software orientation and trainings
  • Data management and cleaning
  • Working on teams and leadership skills
  • AI in research
  • Presentation skills
  • Intervention development
  • Research dissemination strategies
  • Effective writing techniques
  • Interview and negotiation skills

Quarterly
Fellows will participate in quarterly webinars with HRSA fellows and the Program Officer to learn more about research nationally.

Annually
Fellows will attend the HRSA annual meeting and present their research to local stakeholder groups and at national conferences.

Other
Fellows who require additional formal training, such as a Master’s in Public Health, will receive tuition assistance as part of their participation in this fellowship.

Leadership Team

The Jeff-MAPPP Fellowship is led and supported by an interdisciplinary Leadership Team who are in key positions for clinical care and/or research. All of our Leadership Team have significant experience in successfully applying for foundation and federal grants, publications in high-impact journals, and presentations at local and national professional forums.

Application Instructions

  • Go to the Jefferson HR website

    Select the Search Jobs tab (Yellow Box).

    Click “Search Jobs Now” button on the bottom of the page.

    This will take you to our Careers website. You will need to register a username and password to begin the application if you have never submitted an application with us. If you have, log in using your existing username and password.

    Once you have created an account click on Keyword Search.

    Enter the Job Opening ID 9292988 or 9309575  (two openings) and click “Search”.  This will take you to the job posting to complete application and submit your CV and cover letter. 

    Kindly condense all of your application materials into one simple doucment for submission. 

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