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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

Director, Principal Investigator - Jeffrey Neul, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director - Laurie Cutting, Ph.D.
Director of Operations - Tim Stafford, MMHC
Director of Training and Education Services and Communications - Courtney Taylor

Core Directors

Core A Director - Jeffrey Neul, M.D., Ph.D.
Core B Director - Beth Malow, M.D., M.S.
Core C Director - Laurie Cutting, Ph.D.
Core D Directors - Sarika Peters, Ph.D., Fiona Harrison, Ph.D., Mark Wallace, Ph.D.
Core E Director - Hakmook Kang, Ph.D.

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.