Professional Geropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship - Application Due Date December 19, 2025

Oct 12, 2026

Professional Geropsychology postdoctoral fellowship information for VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, including accreditation status by the American Psychological Association’s Commission on Accreditation and directions for accreditation-related questions. The material describes VAPHS campuses, services, and outpatient infrastructure, plus FY2024 care and staffing scale. It outlines program organization within the Behavioral Health Service Line and emphasizes evidence-based training using geropsychology frameworks to prepare fellows for independent clinical practice with older adults.

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Accreditation Status

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VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and Psychology Staff

Facilities, Services, and Veteran Population

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Program Philosophy, Training Model, Program Goals & Objectives

Professional Geropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Director of Clinical Training Behavioral Health Service Line (116A-U) University Drive C Pittsburgh PA 15240-1001 (412) 360-1290 Application Due Date: December 19, 2025 Accreditation Status The postdoctoral fellowship in Professional Geropsychology is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association. We are extremely proud of our training programs and their accreditation by the American Psychological Association. Questions related to the program’s accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation: Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation American Psychological Association 750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) [336-5979 / E-mail:](336-5979 / E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org)[ ](336-5979 / E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org)[apaaccred@apa.org](336-5979 / E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org) [Web:](Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation)[ ](Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation)[www.apa.org/ed/accreditation](Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation) VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and Psychology Staff The VAPHS is a 500-patient bed, joint commission accredited facility comprised of two primary campuses. The University Drive campus, near the University of Pittsburgh, is the medical-surgical facility and includes specialty medical clinics, inpatient medicine units, outpatient behavioral health clinics, three inpatient psychiatry units, and the Center for the Treatment of Addictive Disorders. This campus also includes a referral center for liver and renal transplants and regional cardiac surgery, bariatric, and oncology services. A Fisher House is located at the University Drive campus to support Veterans’families and our Research Office Building houses a wet lab, animal facility, investigational drug service, and clinical research trials. The H. J. Heinz III campus includes the Community Living Center, Veteran Recovery Center, Neuropsychology outpatient clinic, primary care clinic, and other clinical services to include dental and rehabilitation medicine. These two campuses are within 10 miles of each other and rotations are offered at both campuses. In July 2023, the majority of our primary care clinics transitioned to our new Monroeville clinic, located in an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh. This large outpatient clinic includes integrated primary and behavioral health care along with specialty and diagnostic services such as rehabilitation, optometry, imaging, lab, and acupuncture. In addition to these two campuses and our Monroeville outpatient clinic, the VAPHS also includes five communitybased outpatient clinics (CBOC’s) in our catchment area (4 in Pennsylvania and 1 in eastern Ohio) to provide integrated primary and behavioral health care to our Veterans residing in more rural locations. We are proud of our National Centers of Clinical Excellence for renal, dialysis, women Veteran healthcare, and Geriatric Center of Excellence. In FY2024, VAPHS provided care to 94,558 Veterans and conducted 817,904 outpatient visits. Veterans span the cohorts from Post 9/11 to WWII, the majority of whom include Vietnam War and Persian Gulf War Veterans. Given the large catchment area of the VAPHS to include western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and parts of West Virginia, our Veteran population includes a mix of urban and rural Veterans. The VAPHS serves a diverse Veteran population, including racial, ethnic, and socio-economic diversity. In FY2024, the VAPHS employed 4,697 employees, 25% of whom are Veterans. VAPHS provides training to over 1,000 interdisciplinary trainees annually. All staff and services at the VAPHS are organized into “service lines.” The fellowship program is located within the Behavioral Health Service Line. The majority of psychologists at VAPHS are assigned to the Behavioral Health Service Line. The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System currently employs over 50 fulltime

FAQs

When is the application due date for the fellowship?

The application due date is December 19, 2025.

Who accredits the Professional Geropsychology postdoctoral fellowship?

The fellowship is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association.

What setting and focus does the training aim to prepare fellows for?

The program aims to prepare geropsychologists for independent clinical practice with older adults across professional roles and health service settings using evidence-based practices.

Oct 12, 2026

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