An intensive global summer program, Clinical Neuroscience Immersion Experience (CNI-X) introduces students to topics in neuroscience, psychiatry, and psychology through interactive seminars led by Stanford faculty and researchers.

Non-credit

Commuter

Online, live

Accepts International Students

Financial Aid

Final project

During each session, students from across California, the country, and the world are exposed to the breadth of research found in the Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Through interactive seminars with Stanford faculty and researchers, students learn about principles of neuroscience, clinical neuropsychiatry, neuroscience research, psychiatric epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, and more. CNI-X also covers topics important to young people, including professional and career opportunities in medicine and science, plus self-care strategies in the transition to adulthood.

In addition to participating in interactive lectures, students in each session will spend guided time working in small teams to develop innovative, novel solutions to social issues related to psychiatry, psychology, or neuroscience. These ideas and solutions will then be presented at a final capstone session in front of an audience of classmates, families, and the program’s faculty and staff.

Examples of past topics and activities:
- Eating Disorders: Body Image
- Early Intervention Programs
- Mindfulness: Reducing Stress and Promoting Wellness for Youth
- Emotions and Building a Brain
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Design Thinking for Clinical Innovation
- Why Sleep?
- Gender Differences in the Brain
- Sports Psychiatry
- Psychosocial Intervention for Early Psychosis
- Brain Stimulation
- Human Brain Models of Disease
- Intolerance of Uncertainty Across OCD and Related Disorders
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Neuroimaging
- The Mind and Diet
- Zebra Fish Laboratory Tour
- Addictions in our World
- Treatment for Autism
- Genetics in Everyday Life and Mental Health
- Trauma, Mental Health and Human Rights

The theme of this summer’s program is “Innovation in Clinical Neuroscience.” Each session will feature a selection of our faculty working on some aspect of cutting-edge brain and behavior research and/or clinical care. We have intentionally chosen teachers, who represent a mixture of diverse disciplines, approaches, and research areas, to give you some sense of the many professional entry points available in clinical neuroscience. We use the term “clinical neuroscience” to refer to the fields of neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, and behavioral sciences. Thus, clinical neuroscience is vast and robust; we cannot cover it comprehensively, or even survey it, in just two weeks. The curriculum is like a sampler menu of innovative work from these fields.

Session 1 (In-person)

Jul 10 - Jul 21

2 weeks

Commuter

2590 USD

Session 2 (Virtual)

Jul 24 - Aug 04

2 weeks

Online

1295 USD

Financial Aid

Scholarships are available for students in need of financial aid.