The CPP Program at OHSU recognizes that excellence requires both (a) representation of diverse voices, including people traditionally under-represented because of race or ethnicity, and (b) anti-racism education and active engagement in anti-racism efforts to affect positive change in research, clinical activity, and education. We are dedicated to providing excellent training to the next generation of clinical psychologists, and welcome applications from students from diverse backgrounds, especially Black or African-American, Latinx or Hispanic, Indigenous or Native, and other Persons of Color, and first-generation students who have historically been excluded from our field.
Please see the full version of the American Psychological Association's Apology to People of Color for APA's Role in Promoting, Perpetuating and Failing to Challenge Racism, Racial Discrimination and Human Hierarchy in the U.S.
https://www.apa.org/about/policy/racism-apology
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the original inhabitants and traditional village sites of the land Oregon Health & Science University is occupying and built upon: the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Tumwater, Watlala bands of the Chinook, the Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, Wasco and many Indigenous nations of the Willamette Valley and Columbia River Plateau. We take this opportunity to thank the original caretakers of this land - past, present, and future.
What makes our program unique?
The Clinical Psychology PhD program provides students with an in-depth focus on the following key areas:
- Health psychology is the study and use of psychological methods to improve physical health and address physical disease in children and adults. This area closely overlaps with what is also referred to as behavioral health.
- The neuroscience of mental health disorders, entails the study of brain structure, function, and connectivity that is associated with mental health conditions.
- Implementation science emphasizes training in the development, implementation, and evaluation of behavioral and psychological interventions for mental disorders and behavioral health problems.
Thus, our graduates will have a complement of skills that bridge and unite health psychology, neuroscience, and implementation science.
Our Current Cohort
Meet the program director
Dr. Leeza Maron is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, licensed clinical psychologist (specializing in neuropsychology) and certified forensic examiner by the Oregon Health Authority. She directs the Adult Neuropsychology Clinic in the OHSU Department of Psychiatry, which provides comprehensive clinical and forensic neuropsychological evaluations of adults with suspected neurocognitive disorders. The clinic has been a training site for many students and interns over the years. Dr. Maron additionally serves as the Associate Director of the OHSU Psychology Division. Her research interests involve the development and implementation of new neuropsychological paradigms to study executive dysfunction and attentional failures in those with ADHD and other psychiatric disorders.