Training Opportunities

Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI)

KL2 Post-doctoral Mentored Career Research Development Award

The three-year KL2 Mentored Career Development Program supports the research career development of promising individuals who have recently completed professional training and who are commencing basic, translational, and/or clinical research. KL2 Scholars must have a research or professional doctoral degree in a clinical discipline. Applicants should be junior faculty members or anticipate promotion to faculty status. Applicants must be seeking a career in clinical and/or translational research. PhD faculty in the health professions seeking a transition into a clinical research career also qualify for this program. Their departments are expected to support their development as researchers on completion of the program. Individuals will work with their mentors and ECDE advisors to choose appropriate graduate-level clinical research coursework to achieve core competencies in clinical and translational research. In the process of acquiring these competencies, scholars are encouraged to obtain a Master of Science in Clinical and Biomedical Investigations from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program (K12)

The Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program educates and trains future rehabilitation scientists. Funded by the National Center Medical Rehabilitation Research (NICHD) and the National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke (K12 HD055929), the RRCD program is geared towards rehabilitation scholars who are occupational and physical therapists, and builds on the extensive rehabilitation research infrastructure of the University of Texas Medical Branch, the University of Florida, and the University of Southern California, along with a nationwide network of NCMRR Research Infrastructure Cores, VA Centers of Excellence, rehabilitation research institutes, and physical therapy and occupational therapy educational departments.

Physical therapy and occupational therapy scholars from across the nation will be recruited and trained to become future leaders and mentors in rehabilitation. Scholars will acquire extensive research experience, generate, analyze, present and publish research data, and become equipped to compete for independent external research funding. The program will take advantage of its extensive rehabilitation research network to negotiate faculty positions in research supportive academic environments.

USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is in Accreditation–Inactive status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org.

Professional program graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.