News and Information from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Notables is a monthly e-newsletter to share stories about discoveries and best practices that are opening doors and transforming lives for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
A new paper* authored by Vanderbilt Kennedy Center member T A McDonald reports on the structural validity of the Autism Spectrum Identity Scale (ASIS) with individuals diagnosed and self-diagnosed with autism and compares the demographic characteristics, stigma,…
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A Nicholas Hobbs Discovery Grant and a Director’s Strategic Priorities Grant have been awarded to Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) investigators for 2020-21. The grants aim to further our understanding of the neurocognitive effects of neonatal opioid…
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A Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) partnership with Special Olympics Tennessee and the Strong Minds program teaches athletes coping strategies to reduce stress while providing trainees with hands-on learning opportunities. Strong Minds is the latest of eight…
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From new roles that advance autism research and primary care training at Vanderbilt to overseeing statewide licensure in Applied Behavior Analysis, faculty members from Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD)…
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Tyler Reimschisel, former director of Division of Developmental Medicine and the Center for Child Development, and former director of the Vanderbilt Consortium LEND program, has been appointed to founding associate provost for interprofessional education, research, and…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s annual Science Day, held on Sept. 17, hosted 250 people, showcased more than 100 research posters and four data blitz presentations, and highlighted findings from the collaborative studies on sensory and multisensory contributions…
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Three pilot studies led by Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) researchers are competing to serve as the signature project of the VKC Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC). The VKC’s IDDRC grant is up for renewal…
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ACM Lifting Lives® and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) partnered again to bring a week of country music and research to campers with Williams syndrome. 2019 marks the 10th year of the ACM Lifting Lives Music…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) Director Jeffrey Neul, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues studied the safety and effectiveness of the drug trofinetide in female children and adolescents (age 5-15) with Rett syndrome (RTT). Findings were recently published in…
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On a two-day visit to Tennessee, Julie Hocker, Commissioner of the U.S. Administration on Disability (AoD), met with Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) leadership, faculty, and trainees as well as with Tennessee Developmental Disabilities Network partners. Hocker visited at…
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This is a monthly email of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Notables published by the Communications staff of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Between issues of Notables, you can stay up to date on the latest Vanderbilt Kennedy Center news, information, and resources via the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Facebook page.