EKS NICHD Priorities for IDD Research

Faculty Membership

VKC IDDRC Advisory Committees

VKC IDDRC Cores

IDDRC Research Project

Resources for Researchers

IDDRC Home


Attention Investigators!

If you make use of these services or facilities, please acknowledge this support in publications, as required by the EKS NICHD.

Sample: "Research supported in this publication was supported by the EKS NICHD of the NIH under Award #1P50HD103537-01. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH."

External Advisory Committee

The External Advisory Committee (EAC) evaluates IDDRC services and functioning, advises leadership on new or emerging core-related technologies, and recommends ways to improve integration of P50 project and cores. Its members are seasoned scientists in IDD translational research and IDDRC scientific leadership and management. In 2015-16, a family disability advocate was added. The EAC meets annually.

  • Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D.
    Tsakopoulos-Vismara Endowed Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    Director, MIND Institute
    University of California-Davis

  • Carrie Bearden, Ph.D.
    Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Psychology
    University of California Los Angeles

  • Daniel Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D.
    Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Chair in Human Genetics, Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
    Director, Neurogenetics Program
    Director, Center for Autism Research and Treatment
    Co-Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics
    UCLA School of Medicine

  • Pat Levitt, Ph.D.
    Pat Levitt, PhD Chief Scientific Officer, Vice President, and Director, The Saban Research Institute
    Simms/Mann Chair in Developmental Neurogenetics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
    WM Keck Professor in Neurogenetics, Department of Pediatrics
    Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

  • Bradley L. Schlaggar, M.D., Ph.D.
    President and CEO
    Kennedy Krieger Institute

  • John Shouse
    Parent and Disability Public Policy Advocate
    Former Chair, VKC Community Advisory Council

  • Timothy Shriver, Ph.D.
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    Special Olympics


IDDRC Leadership

Core Directors

The VKC Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center is funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant #1P50HD103537-01.