Interns will work 40 hours per week, typically being on-site from approximately 8 or 9 a.m. to 4 or 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This includes all core and elective rotations, meetings, administrative activities, and didactics. The internship faculty value balance, and support the notion that interns have commitments, interests and activities outside of work. The internship is a one year full-time (2,000 hour) program, and must include a minimum of 500 patient contact hours.
No, interns are not on call or expected to work at night or on the weekends. Interns are only expected to respond to patient emergencies during the work day; psychiatry residents, fellows and faculty cover call for evenings and weekends.
Yes, there are post-doctoral fellowship positions available annually. While the exact number and nature of these positions varies from one year to the next, for the 2026-2027 year these include: two positions in Autism, three to four in Child/Adolescent Outpatient, one to two in Pediatric Psychology, one in Adult Transplant, one in Substance Use and Addiction, and one in Adult Outpatient. In addition, there are pediatric and adult positions in neuropsychology through the Department of Neurology. Specific positions for the 2027-2028 training year are not yet confirmed, but we anticipate that the number/nature of positions will be similar.
Interns receive a stipend which will be at least $36,500 for the 2026-2027 training year. Benefits offered at no cost to interns include: health insurance for the intern and family members, life insurance, disability insurance, malpractice coverage, vision and dental insurance, and on-campus parking. This package of benefits, fully funded by the internship program, is worth up to $12,000. Each intern is appointed to the House Staff of Indiana University School of Medicine and receives 10 paid holidays and 20 PTO Days (Paid Time Off) as part of the training year.
A total of eleven internship positions are available for the 2026-2027 year. One position will be in the Autism Track, two positions in the Child/Pediatric Track, one in the Child/Autism Track, one in the Pediatric Neuropsychology Track, two in the Adult Health Track, two in the HRSA GPE Child/Pediatric Track, one in the HRSA GPE Adult Health Track and one in the HRSA GPE Substance Use and Addiction Track.
Living in Indianapolis is very affordable! Indianapolis has a 91.5 Cost of Living Index based on the National Average of 100! This means it is 8.5% lower than the national average.
The theoretical orientation of the faculty is diverse, including behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, including third wave interventions, multimodal and interpersonal.
The Neuroscience Center, Indiana University Health Hospital clinics, Riley Hospital for Children and the Pediatric Care Center (PCC) are all located on the 500-acre campus of Indiana University Indianapolis in downtown Indianapolis. University Hospital, Riley Hospital and the PCC are within walking distance of each other. The Neuroscience Center (Goodman Hall) is connected to the campus by way of free shuttles, a 10 minute drive, or a 15 to 20 minute walk. The IU Health North – Meridian Crossing location is approximately a 30 minute drive from downtown. Efforts are made to minimize days in which interns must travel between the northside and downtown locations.
Please contact:
Ann Lagges, PhD, HSPP, ABPP
Director of Training
alagges@iu.edu