Vanderbilt Kennedy Center News Thursday, October 30, 2025

The Order of Things [Art Exhibit]

The Order of Things [Art Exhibit]

Last Updated: 10/9/2025 1:53:50 PM

More than 120 poster presenters showcased their work among fellow colleagues across Vanderbilt and VUMC on Oct. 6.

2025 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Science Day winners announced

Last Updated: 10/8/2025 10:14:10 AM

Evidence showed that deficiency in musical rhythm perception is a “modest but consistent risk factor for developmental speech, language and reading disorders.”

Studies find connection between impaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language disorders

Last Updated: 10/8/2025 9:09:30 AM

VUMC has published information and resources for providers, patients, and families.

FAQs on ASD, acetaminophen, and leucovorin

Last Updated: 10/1/2025 12:49:29 PM

If you are an educator—or work with educators—then it’s likely you have encountered Section 504 plans. These plans support more than 1.3 million students with disabilities across the country, but they differ from Individualized Education Plans, or IEPs.

An educator’s guide to Section 504 plans: Q&A with Vanderbilt special education researcher Meghan Burke

Last Updated: 9/12/2025 1:33:39 PM

VKC 60th Anniversary Virtual Celebration: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Future

VKC 60th Anniversary Virtual Celebration: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Future

Last Updated: 9/11/2025 12:49:24 PM

After a hard day of work, a parent reading a bedtime story to their child might feel too tired and stressed to think of questions that could spark insightful conversations about the story with their child. But these conversations—which scholars call dialogic reading—are critical to literacy development. They strengthen children’s reading comprehension and vocabulary, as well as their love of reading. What if there was a mobile app that could help these families?

Vanderbilt researchers develop AI-based app to strengthen children’s literacy skills

Last Updated: 9/5/2025 4:10:00 PM

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are on their way to finding out what science has to say about why music is important for health.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab is a space for learning for everyone involved

Last Updated: 8/5/2025 3:09:23 PM

TN-SOARING is hosting a four-session virtual speaker series focused on follow-up care for NICU graduates.

TN-SOARING Speaker Series on developmental follow-up care for NICU graduates begins Aug. 22

Last Updated: 7/31/2025 11:27:26 AM

Annette Schaffer Eskind, a civic leader and philanthropist who, with her late husband, Irwin Eskind, MD, made transformational contributions to Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and throughout the city of Nashville, died July 13. She was 97.

Longtime Vanderbilt supporter Annette Eskind dies

Last Updated: 7/18/2025 10:45:04 AM

Kindred Stories: Behavior Supports and Practices in Tennessee Schools [Art Exhibit]

Kindred Stories: Behavior Supports and Practices in Tennessee Schools [Art Exhibit]

Last Updated: 6/26/2025 4:28:20 PM

Special note on proposed elimination of UCEDDs

Special note on proposed elimination of UCEDDs

Last Updated: 6/12/2025 4:44:51 PM

The Path Forward: Insights from the Tennessee DD Network Needs Assessment Survey

The Path Forward: Insights from the Tennessee DD Network Needs Assessment Survey

Last Updated: 6/11/2025 12:14:10 PM

Melissa Duff, PhD, professor and vice chair for Research for Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, has been named chair of the department. She will assume this new role July 1.

Melissa Duff named chair of Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Last Updated: 6/2/2025 8:55:57 AM

VKC Member Beth Malow was recently awarded the Pat Edmiston Leadership in Advocacy Award by the Tennessee Council on Autism Spectrum Disorder in recognition of her outstanding advocacy and contributions to improving the lives of individuals with autism in Tennessee.

Beth Malow receives Patricia Edmiston Leadership in Advocacy Award

Last Updated: 5/6/2025 1:02:29 PM

Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, professor of Medicine in the Section of Hospital Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was elected a Master in Hospital Medicine (MHM) by the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) during its recent annual meeting.

Sunil Kripalani recognized for leadership, innovation in field of hospital medicine

Last Updated: 5/1/2025 2:45:50 PM

What is Project ECHO and How Could It Be Useful to Me?

Last Updated: 4/28/2025 11:03:45 AM

The Firefly Program was established after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, through the Maternal Opioid Misuse model in partnership with TennCare, provided funds for women with substance use disorder and their children.

Neurodevelopmental care initiative supports infants and young children exposed to opioids in utero

Last Updated: 4/24/2025 11:28:05 AM

Vacation planning can be overwhelming, but for families with children on the spectrum, the process is often even more complex. USA TODAY asked experts for their recommendations ahead of the busy summer travel season.

Planning starts months ahead: What traveling with autistic kids looks like

Last Updated: 4/22/2025 2:11:36 PM

Stop, Zigzag, Repeat [Art Exhibit]

Stop, Zigzag, Repeat [Art Exhibit]

Last Updated: 4/11/2025 2:00:13 PM

Neuronal Recruitment in the Temporal Lobes of Young Children

Neuronal Recruitment in the Temporal Lobes of Young Children

Last Updated: 4/10/2025 12:54:44 PM

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers, as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) network, have reported an increase in the number of children in Tennessee and the U.S. with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

VUMC researchers report the number of children with autism in Tennessee has doubled in the past decade

Last Updated: 4/7/2025 1:10:35 PM

Lisa M. Monteggia and Matthew J. Tyska are among the 471 scientists, engineers and innovators who have been recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements by the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.

Monteggia, Tyska named fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Last Updated: 3/31/2025 8:45:43 AM

Laurie E. Cutting, a pioneering educational neuroscientist devoted to unlocking the mysteries of brain function in learning, has been named the 2025 SEC Faculty Achievement Award winner from Vanderbilt University.

Cognitive neuroscientist Laurie Cutting wins SEC Faculty Achievement Award

Last Updated: 3/31/2025 8:42:37 AM

In two recent studies, TBI was associated with difficulties in remembering spoken language and integrating information in gesture with speech.

Vanderbilt research discovers new brain injury impairments to everyday communication skills

Last Updated: 3/25/2025 9:28:22 AM

The scholarship, with funds provided by Vanderbilt University, will support students in the Next Steps at Vanderbilt program. Based in Peabody College of education and human development, Next Steps is a four-year, postsecondary certificate program for neurodiverse students.

New scholarship opens doors for neurodiverse learners

Last Updated: 3/5/2025 1:46:55 PM

Multidisciplinary Approaches for Challenging Behavior

Multidisciplinary Approaches for Challenging Behavior

Last Updated: 2/25/2025 4:02:28 PM

Educate to Advocate Virtual Public Policy Workshop

Educate to Advocate Virtual Public Policy Workshop

Last Updated: 1/29/2025 3:35:19 PM

On Jan. 14, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. Among the awardees were six Vanderbilt faculty members and three alumni: Jessica Ancker, Erin Calipari, You Chen, Maithilee Kunda, Eric Tkaczyk, Steve Townsend, Lauren Brinkley-Rubenstein, MS’11, PhD’15, Rachel Carter, PhD’17, and Keersten Ricks, PhD’15.

Faculty members and alumni recognized by the White House for the Presidential Early Career Award

Last Updated: 1/27/2025 8:58:39 AM

Two Vanderbilt faculty members are among the 23 recipients of the 2024 National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation—the nation’s highest honors for exemplary achievement and leadership in science and technology.

VKC Member Stassun awarded National Medal of Science at White House

Last Updated: 1/14/2025 10:15:48 AM

This is Us [Art Exhibit]

This is Us [Art Exhibit]

Last Updated: 1/8/2025 9:37:05 AM

In a groundbreaking study published Nov. 21 in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, researchers have uncovered significant genetic connections between human language abilities and musical rhythm skills, providing new insights into the biological underpinnings of these fundamental human traits.

Vanderbilt scientists discover shared genetic foundations between musical rhythm and human language

Last Updated: 12/5/2024 2:32:02 PM

The Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics continues to grow its class of members elected to the American Pediatric Society (APS) with four new inductees for 2025.

Julie Lounds Taylor elected to American Pediatric Society

Last Updated: 11/20/2024 2:10:06 PM