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.

Author Archive: Paul Govern

Malow receives grant to mount sleep program for children with autism

Author: Paul Govern April 11, 2024

Beth Malow, M.D., M.S., Burry Chair in Cognitive Childhood Development, professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, and a member of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, has received a three-year, $249,660 grant from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine…
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April 2024

VUMC designated a Tourette syndrome center of excellence

Author: Paul Govern March 9, 2022

8 team members from the Vanderbilt Center for Tourette Syndrome stand outside

The Vanderbilt Center for Tourette Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders has been designated a Tourette Association of America (TAA) Center of Excellence. TAA currently recognizes 19 centers of excellence. The program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is…
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March 2022

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center works with and for people with disabilities and their family members, service providers and advocates, researchers and policy makers. It is among only a few centers nationwide to include a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, a Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Training Program, and a Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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