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.
In the bustling labs of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, professor Richard Sando’s enthusiasm for neuroscience is palpable. His eyes light up as he discusses the intricacies of synapses and neural circuits. It is…
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Laurie Cutting, Ph.D., Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor and professor of Special Education, Psychology and Human Development, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Radiology, and Pediatrics, and associate director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, has been appointed associate…
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For the first time, graduates from the Next Steps at Vanderbilt inclusive higher education (IHE) program for students with intellectual disability fully participated in the full Vanderbilt University Commencement ceremony. The eight Next Steps students of…
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Associate professor of Pharmacology Colleen Niswender, Ph.D., who also is director of Molecular Pharmacology for the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (WCNDD) and a member of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC), was awarded the ASPET…
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Two Vanderbilt faculty have received an $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health as part of a groundbreaking, multi-institutional overview of variables influencing infant and child brain development, including substance exposure. Laurie Cutting, Ph.D.,…
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