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.
Two VKC faculty in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences have been recognized with annual awards from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), VUMC’s credentialing organization. Anne Marie Tharpe, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Hearing…
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Flying on a plane for the first time can be anxiety-inducing for anyone, let alone an individual with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD). With the help of autism researchers, local disability organizations, and Nashville International…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Investigator James R. Booth, Ph.D., has been awarded a $3.2 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to better understand how children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) excel at reading. Millions…
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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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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.