Integrated Substance Use Disorder in Primary Care FellowshipManagement

Integrated Substance Use Disorder in Primary Care Fellowship

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sept. 15th, 2025
FELLOWSHIP START DATE: Fall 2025

Please submit your application when you have all required documents (see below for detail for Required Items for Application).

The primary goals of this program are to:
1) Develop APRN fellows into independent practitioners and scholars that can have high impact endeavors in a variety of primary care and teaching environments;
2) Advance fellows into autonomous clinician educators who possess in-depth therapeutic knowledge in caring for patients with substance use disorders;
3) Position fellows to be superior candidates for their desired career goals especially in primary/care substance use disorder.

Required Qualifications
1) Applicant must have received a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree in the past five (5) years
2) Board-eligible (or currently board-certified) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (AGNP)
3) Meet all requirements for employment by the University of Illinois at Chicago, which includes a background check
4) Eligible for APRN licensure in Illinois (or hold active APRN licensure in Illinois)

Candidates must also present evidence of experience or interest in Primary Care and Substance Use Disorder leadership and practice.

Required Items for Application
Using the form below, ALL applicants must submit:
1) An up-to-date CV/Resume
2) Three (3) letters of recommendation. You will need to provide their names and contact information in the application below, and solicit their individual letters. You will submit the recommendation letters using the form below.
NOTE: One of your recommendation letter writers must be your clinical supervisor or academic mentor; indicate as such in the provided "Relationship to candidate" field.
3) An application letter that identifies the applicant's areas of interest in interprofessional team-based care, SUDs, and primary prevention; and outlines career objectives to be achieved through the traineeship, and a proposed plan for implementation.

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APPLICATION FORM
Note: this form must be submitted with all required documents. Please submit only when you have all required documents (see above).

Information about You:

Your Name (First/Last):

Academic Email Address (if applicable):

Personal Email Address:

Your Phone Number:

Mailing Address (Street/PO Bx):

Mailing Address (City, State & ZIP):

Educational Background:

School attended/attending for DNP degree:

Degree Program (FNP, AGNP):

Graduation Date (Month/Year):

Your National Provider Identifier (NPI) Number: (what's this?)

Note: if you do not currently have an NPI number, please leave this space blank. Please initiate the application process for an NPI number as soon as possible, as future employers will require it.

Please upload a copy of your current CV below (in PDF or MS Word):

Please provide the required information for Recommendation Letter Writer #1 in the spaces below:

Name

Relationship to Candidate:

Professional Title (e.g. Professor, Manager):

Affiliation (e.g. University of Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern Medicine)

Phone Number:

Email Address:

Please submit the letter written by Recommendation Letter Writer #1 in the field below (MS Word or PDF):

Please provide the required information for Recommendation Letter Writer #2 in the spaces below:

Name

Relationship to Candidate:

Professional Title (e.g. Professor, Manager):

Affiliation (e.g. University of Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern Medicine)

Phone Number:

Email Address:

Please submit the letter written by Recommendation Letter Writer #2 in the field below (MS Word or PDF):

Please provide the required information for Recommendation Letter Writer #3 in the spaces below:

Name

Relationship to Candidate:

Professional Title (e.g. Professor, Manager):

Affiliation (e.g. University of Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern Medicine)

Phone Number:

Email Address:

Please submit the letter written by Recommendation Letter Writer #3 in the field below (MS Word or PDF):

Please upload your application letter in the space below (in PDF or MS Word format) that identifies your areas of interest in interprofessional team-based care, SUDs, and primary prevention; outlines career objectives to be achieved through the traineeship, and provides a proposed plan for implementation.