The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center has a Core grant as a Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (P30) from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. An important purpose of this grant is to facilitate collaborations among investigators. The Core research support units help accomplish this goal by supporting research, by providing activities that promote interaction, and by attracting new investigators to the field. Four Core units provide research support services to Kennedy Center investigators. Services provided and how to access services are described for each core.
Statistics and Methodology Services
Clinical Assessment and Phenotyping Services
Participant Recruitment and Assessment
Download Quick Guide; it lists center research programs and support services and provides contact information for Vanderbilt Kennedy Center members and staff.
Investigators: If you make use of Kennedy Center services or facilities, please acknowledge this support in publications, as required by NICHD. A sample acknowledgement sentence is: "This research was supported by [your grant number] and NICHD Grant P30 HD15052 to the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development."
Periodically, Kennedy Center cores organize training in response to investigators' requests and needs. Submit requests to core director or jan.rosemergy@vanderbilt.edu.
User surveys are distributed annually to assess service quality and the match with investigators' needs. A Core Advisory Committee, advisory to the Director, meets twice a year to assess Core services center-wide. Questions? Contact jan.rosemergy@vanderbilt.edu (615) 322-8238.
IDDRC Portal-- Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers and core staff can access information about research and support services within the national network of Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers through the IDDRC web portal (see overview of portal contents). Before you log into the portal for the first time, you will need to request a user account: go to www.aucd.org/ddrcportal and send an email requesting a log-in; or contact info@aucd.org.