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.
Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in our state, nation, and world face disparities in health care compared with the general population. Dr. Tom Cheetham, a Family Medicine physician, dedicated his career to addressing this injustice….
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A study of the Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program, which employs peer mentors, found that this home visiting program was effective in improving maternal and child health outcomes in Hispanic mothers. The MIHOW Program…
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Each summer, individuals with Williams syndrome travel to Nashville to participate in the weeklong ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp. The campers arrive eager to connect with friends and to work with their favorite country music stars…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center member Katherine Gotham, Ph.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, has a number of clinical research interests, including (1) the autism phenotype and its measurement, (2) depression science and its translation to…
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Research has increasingly shown a co-occurrence (also known as comorbidity) of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, and aggressive or compulsive behavior. The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) has released…
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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.