Student Mental Health Fellowship Program
The Student Mental Health Fellowship provides advanced psychiatry fellowship training for graduates of psychiatry residency programs. It is one of only a few programs in the U.S. that focuses on training in college and university mental health delivery, the mental health of transitional and young adults, and systems-based practice with stakeholders in a major university. Fellows work at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, as well as the Vaden Student Health Center on campus at Stanford University, with undergraduate and graduate students, in both outpatient psychotherapy/pharmacotherapy and inpatient consults.
The fellowship includes administrative and systems aspects of student mental health, outreach efforts to undergraduates on campus, didactics, and a scholarly project. Flexibility exists to customize the curriculum to include the fellow’s particular areas of interest (e.g., eating disorders, mood disorders, first episode psychosis, adult ADHD, addiction, etc.) and to work with special populations (e.g., first generation college students, athletes, people of color, survivors of sexual assault, etc.).
Please note that Stanford Health Care does not sponsor H-1B Visas; only J-1 Visas can be sponsored for this fellowship.
Contact Us
Romola L. Breckenridge
Administrative Program Coordinator
romola@stanford.edu
Ph: (650) 736-1743
Liz Kortenkamp
Residency/Fellowship Program Coordinator
ekortenk@stanford.edu
Ph: (650) 497-5966
Program Faculty
Stipends and Benefits
Stipends 2023-24
| Year | Annual | Per Month |
| I | $74,027.20 | $6,168.81 |
| II | $77,771.20 | $6,480.81 |
| III | $83,657.60 | $6,971.33 |
| IV | $88,400.00 | $7,366.53 |
| V | $93,953.60 | $7,829.32 |
| VI | $98,092.80 | $8,174.24 |
| VII | $103,604.80 | $8,633.57 |
| VIII | $108,326.40 | $9,027.03 |
For more information, please visit the GME Office site.
Benefits
Annual educational allowance $2,000* |
Paid in November providing, all required HealthStream and EPIC/LINKS modules are completed by house staff's assigned deadline |
Cell phone allowance $1,000* |
Automatically added to paycheck in July |
Food allowance $10 per day (shifts of 12 hours or longer for clinical rotations only at SHC & LPCH)* |
Payments made on last paycheck of each month Meal money is taxable income |
Housing stipend $7,200 per year (paid as $600 monthly)*+ |
Automatically paid on 1st paycheck of each month |
Medical, dental, vision, and long-term disability insurance provided |
Eligible to participate on house staff's hire date |
Moving allowance (new hires only) $3,000* |
Automatically added to a paycheck in August |
1% annual bonus based on completion of a Quality Improvement Project* |
Automatically paid at the end of each academic year in June |
Cost of initial CA MD license and renewals |
Paid upon reimbursement submission for academic year expense occurrence |
Cost of initial DEA and renewals |
Paid upon reimbursement submission for academic yearexpense occurrence |
Cost of USMLE Part Ill for Interns |
Paid upon reimbursement submission for academic year expense occurrence |
* Please see House Staff Policies and Procedures for full details.
Subject to appropriate taxes
Previous Graduates
Current Positions and Fellowship Projects/Presentations
2020-21
Dr. Aaron Winkler
2021 Department of Psychiatry Trainee Innovator Grant: "Development and Validation of an Experience Sampling Mobile Application to aid ADHD Medication Titration and Adherence in College Students"
2019-20
Dr. Kerstin Asquith
2020 APA Presentation: "Finding the Common Threads in a Tapestry of Diversity and Intersectionality: Complex Cases of Student Mental Health"
Staff Psychiatrist
Kaiser Santa Clara
2018-19
Dr. Francesco Dandekar
2019 APA Presentation: "Millennials Helping Millennials: Exciting the Next Generation of Psychiatrists about College Psychiatry"
Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Director
Sports Psychiatry Clinic
Stanford University
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
2017-18
Dr. Mehak Chopra
2019 APA Presentation: "Millennials Helping Millennials: Exciting the Next Generation of Psychiatrists about College Psychiatry"
Additional projects since graduating:
2020 APA Presentation: "Overcoming Challenges in College Mental Health Services and Delivery"
Journal Article: "Addressing Depression and Suicidality in the College Population." Current Psychopharmacology, 2021, 10, 1-11.
Book Chapter: "National Trends in College Mental Health" (in press)
Staff Psychiatrist
Facebook
Clinical Instructor
Sports Psychiatry Clinic
Stanford University
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences