Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

Specialist working with a child

The Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Center (KIDDRC) supports high quality, high impact basic and applied research within themes that are relevant to the etiology, identification, prevention, and treatment of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The Center is focused on four basic themes:

  • Language, Communication Disorders and Cognition
  • Risk, Intervention, and Prevention
  • Neurobiology of IDD
  • Cellular and Molecular Biology of Early Development

For more information, please visit the KIDDRC website.

Visit the Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center Website

kiddrc.ku.edu

Current Projects

Using PCORnet to Expand the DS-CONNECT Cohort Through Healthcare System Recruitment, Incorporating Electronic Health Records, and Assessing Self-Determination
Motor abnormalities and functional brain mechanisms in the autism spectrum disorder
Prenatal DHA and Neurofunctional Development (PANDA)
Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (KIDDRC)
Kansas Program to Improve the Health of People with Mobility Limitations and Intellectual Disabilities
Measuring Early Communication Development in Children with ASD
Interactive book reading to accelerate word learning by children with SLI
Adapting the Diabetes Prevention Program for a Developing World Context
Mead Johnson Postnatal Supplementation Project: University of Cork
Weight Management for Adolescents with IDD
Morphosyntactic Abilities of SLI Probands

News

Rat study ties Rett syndrome gene to pain processing ( )
Colombo to lead Office of Research ( )
Book reading to treat a language impairment ( )
The University of Kansas Medical Center honors four faculty as University Distinguished Professors ( )
Nutritional supplement could prevent thousands of early preterm births ( )