Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

For the first time, graduates from Vanderbilt’s Next Steps program for students with developmental disabilities will walk in the full campus Commencement ceremony.  Read More

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers, as part of the CDC Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring network, report an increase in the number of children in Tennessee with autism spectrum disorder. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Conversation Series on Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities will host "Studying the Connection Between Reading Comprehension and Math Word Problem-Solving" on Monday, May 16, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT. Read More

The Autism Laboratory of Affective Sensory Research (LASR) is seeking participants for a study investigating relationships between emotion and interoception, which is the physical sensation of internal organs working, such as the feeling of your heartbeat. Read More

Researchers in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences are running a study to better understand why some people are more sensitive to everyday sounds than others and how this relates to the way the brain processes sound. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD) announces the hiring of Adithyan Rajaraman as director of Behavior Analysis Research. As an assistant professor in pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a VKC investigator, Rajaraman will lead the research and dissemination of TRIAD’s innovative behavior analytic services and the growing portfolio of related projects. Read More

Class of 2022: Growing up, Dillon Pruett didn’t know anyone who stuttered like he did, but he was well aware of how widely misunderstood the disorder was, both among children and adults. As he learned more about the science behind it, he became determined to dispel those misconceptions. Today the Basic Sciences Ph.D. candidate is conducting novel genetic research to provide a better understanding of stuttering and ultimately develop new therapies to treat it. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center has introduced two brand-new toolkits created to alleviate fear and stress in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities when needlesticks are part of a medical appointment. Read More

Researchers are seeking families with a child age 3-6 diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to study the use of an assistive listening device in the home. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will hold its IDDRC Data Sciences Core spring training, “Applying Foundational AI Models to Research: A Hands-On Workshop,” on Thursday, Feb. 10, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. CT. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will host its next Research Ethics Grand Rounds panel discussion, “Ethical Applied Behavior Analysis in Practice,” on Thursday, Feb. 24, from noon to 1 p.m. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will host its annual Educate to Advocate disability public policy workshop on Wednesday, Feb. 9, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is teaming up with the Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee to host a virtual workshop on “Risks of Alzheimer's Disease in Adults with Down Syndrome and Introduction to a Research Study.” The discussion will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 25, from 2 to 3 p.m. CT. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities has produced three brief videos to build COVID-19 vaccine confidence in the disability community. Read More

The 2022 spring semester of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Virtual Reading Clinic will run from Jan. 31 through April 28. Read More

Karthik Ramadass will present “Introduction to XNAT and DAX” on Monday, Nov. 22, from 9 to 11:00 a.m. CT over Zoom. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's next Kennedy Center Lecture on Development and Developmental Disabilities will be Thursday, Nov. 18, from 4:10 to 5:10 p.m. CT. Katharine Zuckerman, associate professor of pediatrics at Oregon Health and Science University, will discuss “Digital Equity in Autism Screening and Assessment.” Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Conversation Series on Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities presents "Understanding How Research Works" on Monday, Nov. 8, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will welcome Anna Esbensen, assistant professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, as its first speaker for the 2021-22 Kennedy Center Lectures on Development and Developmental Disabilities. Esbensen will present her virtual lecture, “Down Syndrome and ADHD,” on Monday, Oct. 25, from 4:10 to 5:10 p.m. CT. Read More

A memorial service to honor the life of H. Carl Haywood, professor of psychology, emeritus, and an early director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 19, at Christ Church Cathedral, 900 Broadway, in Nashville. Read More