Learning Opportunities through the CSCAT

Predoctoral and Postdoctoral study and research experiences are available through CSCAT's CAM Clinical Research Program, depending upon positions and availability of funding. Predoctoral trainees must be enrolled in a clinically-related doctoral program at the University of Virginia. See CAM Research Training Program for details.

Short-term learning opportunities at the University of Virginia for undergraduate and graduate students through the CSCAT are many and varied.  Students have an opportunity to:

• assist with the creation and maintenance of a literature database;
  
  
  
• participate in the design, implementation, and evaluation of collaborative studies with interdisciplinary researchers and scholars in academic and service settings;
  
  
• screen and schedule patients to participate in selected studies;
  
  
• code and analyze pilot data for research projects;
  
  
• work with other students, pre- and postdoctoral fellows, and CSCAT faculty and collaborators in implementing research protocols;
  
  
• examine the potential role of selected CAM practices and products in bringing about improved physical and psychological functioning and health-related quality of life for individuals; and
  
  
• participate in the development of CSCAT-initiated grant proposals aimed to sustain CSCAT funded studies and the center infrastructure.