Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
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Prominent Peabody scholar on education for visually impaired dies
Randall Harley, a retired professor of special education at Peabody College who was noted for his scholarship on visual impairment education, has died. Read MoreJan 17, 2020
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VKC’s Educate to Advocate public policy training session set for Jan. 16
Educate to Advocate prepares disability self-advocates, family members and allies of individuals with disabilities to speak with their elected representatives at Disability Day on the Hill, planned for Tuesday, Feb. 4. Read MoreJan 10, 2020
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All-Stars: Dynamic educators and researchers join Vanderbilt’s distinguished faculty
This fall Vanderbilt welcomed its newest faculty members to campus, and their impact is already being felt, both in the classroom and through their wide-ranging research. Read MoreNov 7, 2019
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Register for the 2019 Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters Conference
Register for the upcoming 2019 Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters (TABS) Conference on Nov. 9, 2019. The conference is for adult siblings who have a brother or sister with a disability, siblings-in-law and professionals or other family members interested in sibling issues. Read MoreOct 17, 2019
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New faculty Elizabeth Biggs: Nurturing potential in students with disabilities
Peabody College assistant professor Elizabeth Biggs’ introduction to the academic field that would become her passion started with a misunderstanding. Read MoreSep 29, 2019
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Register to attend 2019 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Science Day through Sept. 12
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's 2019 Science Day will showcase more than 100 posters submitted by undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and research faculty and staff conducting research in the labs or programs of VKC members and investigators. Science Day is set for Tuesday, Sept. 17, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. Read MoreSep 11, 2019
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Vanderbilt celebrates opening of Frist Center for Autism and Innovation
The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation, a new center that brings engineers, business scholars and disabilities researchers together with experts in neuroscience and education to understand, maximize and promote neurodiverse talent, celebrated its grand opening on Thursday, July 25. Read MoreJul 29, 2019
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Health professionals who serve individuals with disabilities needed for research study
Vanderbilt researchers are seeking health professionals from various health care fields who currently work professionally with individuals with disabilities in their professional practice to share their experiences as part of a research study. Read MoreJul 11, 2019
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center U54 Research Project Grant deadline extended to June 21
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development announces a call for proposals for the U54 Research Project Grant. This grant award competition is open to VU and VUMC faculty who are investigators or members of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, or who have begun the process for membership at the time of the application submission. Read MoreJun 17, 2019
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Treating core Rett syndrome symptoms
A new study published in Neurology reports the drug trofinetide has proven safe and effective in treating core symptoms of Rett syndrome in female children and adolescents. Read MoreJun 6, 2019
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Vanderbilt KidTalk seeking toddlers with language delays for research study
Researchers with Vanderbilt KidTalk are looking for families willing to participate in a study looking at the effects of a language intervention for children 27-30 months with language delays. Read MoreMay 17, 2019
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center call for proposals for disabilities research project
The mission of the VKC is to facilitate discoveries and best practices that make positive differences in the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. Read MoreMay 14, 2019
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VKC Hobbs Discovery and Strategic Priorities grants announced
A Nicholas Hobbs Discovery Grant and a Director’s Strategic Priorities Grant have been awarded to Vanderbilt Kennedy Center investigators for 2019-20. The grants aim to further understanding of how social information is processed within the reward circuit and explore the creation of an objective measure of social information processing. Read MoreMar 7, 2019
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Chancellor’s Letter: Shaping the Course of Things
At Vanderbilt, there is no shortage of exploration. Every day our talented faculty, students and staff are driven to make discoveries—not just for the recognition, but for the chance to move the dial, to permeate the boundaries, to affect our society at large and for the better. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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The Innovation of Autism: The newly endowed Frist Center for Autism and Innovation seeks to unlock unique talents
The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation seeks to transform workplaces by developing new technologies based on the specific skills and talents of people with autism, effectively inspiring advances that can lead to meaningful employment and a fuller life. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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SENSE Theatre to perform ‘The Makeover’ March 8-9
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center investigator Blythe Corbett and her winter 2019 participants of the SENSE Theatre program will bring the original musical The Makeover to life March 8 and 9 at Belmont University’s Troutt Black Box Theater. The performances are the culmination of practice and hard work put in by research participants on the autism spectrum as well as trained typically developing peer actors who will join them on stage. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Study finds children with autism more likely to face maltreatment
Middle Tennessee children with autism spectrum disorder are 2.5 times more likely than children without ASD to be reported to the Child Abuse Hotline by age 8. Read MoreFeb 15, 2019
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s ‘Educate to Advocate’ event Feb. 4
Educate to Advocate is held each year to prepare disability self-advocates, family members, and allies of individuals with disabilities to speak with their elected representatives on Disability Day on the Hill, which will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Read MoreJan 30, 2019
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Robert Fox, early leader in Vanderbilt’s vision research, dies
A memorial service for the late Robert Fox, an emeritus Vanderbilt professor who was renowned internationally for his landmark studies of human and animal vision, is being planned for early spring. Read MoreJan 8, 2019
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center MLK lecture: Lance Robertson, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will welcome Asst. Sec. Lance Robertson, administrator and assistant secretary for aging, Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as its 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Series keynote speaker. Read MoreJan 2, 2019