Washington University-B-JH-SLCH Consortium Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a flagship academic psychiatry program anchored at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital, built around a top-tier NIH-funded research infrastructure (150+ affiliated faculty, multiple T32/R25 mechanisms, and a formalized longitudinal research pathway, PRREP, that has moved 16 of 22 completers into academic careers). Clinical training emphasizes early resident autonomy—interns manage their own care teams with attending support—across high-acuity inpatient, consult, addiction, interventional, and specialty outpatient settings, culminating in a substantial PGY3-4 outpatient continuity caseload (150-200 patients). Rather than fixed tracks, the program offers a flexible curriculum letting residents calibrate research intensity individually, from minimal exposure to an intensive T32-feeder research pipeline, reflecting a department that explicitly organizes itself around a tripartite research-education-clinical mission. The program values residents who can function with early clinical independence while also engaging seriously with faculty-mentored investigation, whether or not they ultimately pursue academic research careers.