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March 12, 2018

Vanderbilt study affirms effectiveness, promise of telemedicine for autism evaluations

By VUMC News and Communications
February 23, 2018

Mark Seidenberg delivers Educational Neuroscience talk April 6

The lecture will focus on the need to look closely at linguistic differences between language used in the home and in schools.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 25, 2018

AAIDD honors three Kennedy Center investigators

The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) announced its 2018 award recipients, which include three people affiliated with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC).

By VUMC News and Communications
January 15, 2018

Vanderbilt leads study investigating impact of theatre on youth with autism

By VUMC News and Communications
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January 10, 2018

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center announces Discovery and Strategic Priorities grants

Three Nicholas Hobbs Discovery Grants and two Director’s Strategic Priorities Grants have been awarded for 2018-19, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center has announced.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 8, 2018

Children’s Hospital opens comprehensive Prader-Willi syndrome clinic

By VUMC News and Communications
October 17, 2017

Making connections in autism research across VU and VUMC focus of Nov. 17 event

"Surprising Connections in Autism and Innovation,” a day of presentations, poster sessions and cross-discipline conversations, will be held Friday, Nov. 17, at The Commons Center, rooms 237 and 235.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 27, 2017

Initiative focuses on empowering young adults with autism

A new Vanderbilt initiative aims to improve the lives of young adults with autism spectrum disorders who often end up socially isolated once they leave school.
By Tom Wilemon
June 28, 2017

Three from Vanderbilt Kennedy Center recognized

Two national disability-related organizations representing professionals and families are recognizing the accomplishments of three Vanderbilt Kennedy Center members.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 17, 2017

Remembering Floyd Dennis, disability civil rights advocate

H. Floyd Dennis, professor of special education, emeritus, died April 17 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was 89. As a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researcher, Dennis was founding director of the Kennedy Center Institute on Youth and Social Development.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 7, 2017

Neul named new director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

Jeffrey Neul, M.D., Ph.D., division head of Child Neurology and vice chair for Developmental Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego, has been named the new director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. He will join Vanderbilt on Aug. 1.
By John Howser
February 2, 2017

Gene mutation discovery may hold autism clues: study

Researchers at Vanderbilt have identified what may be a genetic “smoking gun” for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — a mutation in the gene for the critical neuronal protein CaMKII.
By Bill Snyder
December 22, 2016

Discovery sheds new light on Angelman, Prader-Willi syndromes

A mutation associated with epilepsy and autism also is responsible for a “pale eye” trait in two rare genetic disorders, Angelman syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome, neuroscientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center reported this week.
By Meredith Jackson