Kansas intellectual and evelopmental disabilities research center (KIDDRC)


This is a current project.


Description

The mission of the KIDDRC is to promote the highest quality research aimed at understanding the causes and consequences of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and developing intervention strategies aimed at ameliorating its impact.

In order to provide KIDDRC investigators with world-class research support, the Center has spearheaded efforts to bring the latest in behavioral and biomedical research technology to the state of Kansas. Core support services and facilities include: design and implementation of measurement tools for behavioral research; experimental design and analysis; bioinformatics; genomics expression analysis; histology and biological image acquisition and analysis; digital video acquisition and editing; and 3-D image manipulation and model output.


Project Administration

John Colombo, principal investigator

Peter Smith, co-principal investigator


Project Contact

John Colombo, Ph.D.
Director
Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
1052 Dole Human Development Center
colombo@ku.edu
785-864-4295 (phone)
785-864-5323 (fax)


Funded by:

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development


Project Website

Publications and Presentations

For a complete list of publications and links to full-text articles, click here.


Send corrections/comments/questions to lifespan@ku.edu


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