Department Profile
We have 5 faculty neuropsychologists, 2 of whom are board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology (ABPP).
Clinical: Fellows receive broad clinical training with diverse adult neurologic, psychiatric, general medical, and neurodevelopmental, populations. In addition to providing outpatient evaluations in the Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI), fellows manage the Inpatient Neuropsychology Consult Service. Outpatient, inpatient, and consultation/liaison rotations in other medical clinics are also available based on fellow interest, including:
- Interdisciplinary Memory Clinic
- Transplant Neuropsychology Service
- Adult Sickle Cell Disease Clinic
- Neurology (e.g., general, epilepsy, movement disorders)
- Neurosurgery
- Psychiatry
- EEG Lab
- Emergency Medicine
Research: Fellows contribute to and initiate research programs under the mentorship of faculty. Active research programs include, but are not limited to:
- Aging and Memory Disorders
- Solid Organ and Stem Cell Transplant Surgery
- Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)
- Long COVID
- ADHD
- Performance Validity
- Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Chronic Pain
- Vascular Neurology
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Electrical Injury
- Epilepsy
- Neurosurgery (e.g., Cerebral Bypass, Deep Brain Stimulation)
Our service also has a robust research database of monolingual Spanish-speaking patients across clinical populations, particularly memory disorder, chronic pain, and transplant surgery.
Didactics: Fellows participate in a variety of didactic activities, including a Medical Neuroanatomy course, and teaching/supervision of interns and practicum students. Our service has weekly neuropsychology-specific didactics, including Case Conference, Applied Neuropsychology Seminar, and Clinical Neuroanatomy. Fellows take an active role in teaching these topics and organizing the didactics schedule. Fellows are also encouraged to participate in didactics available throughout the UI Heath, as interested.
Please see the curriculum page, https://www.psych.uic.edu/education/psychology-training-programs/neuropsychology-fellowship/fellow-life/curriculum, for our full fellowship description/brochure.