IDDRC

The UW IHDD has been awarded a $240,000 grant from the Kuni Foundation to support the development of a groundbreaking data platform for children and young adults with intellectual and/or [...]

The IHDD Brain Imaging Core is excited to announce the arrival of a state-of-the-art 128-channel EEG system from Magstim EGI. This advanced system is designed for both simultaneous EEG and MRI [...]

Are you passionate about pioneering research in the realm of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)? We are excited to announce the availability of pilot grant funding aimed at fueling [...]

William A. “Bill” Catterall, aged 77, passed away on February 28, 2024. As a distinguished figure in the study of electrical signals in living cells, he served as a professor and former chair of [...]

After a remarkable 32-year tenure as a faculty member at the University of Washington's DEOHS and the Director of the UW IHDD’s IDDRC Animal Core until 2023, Professor Thomas Burbacher retired. [...]

The first annual Research Day will showcase the IHDD's research and highlight its collaborations with other departments and organizations at the UW and beyond.

Most large-scale randomized controlled pharmaceutical clinical trials for children with neurodevelopmental disorders have failed in the past decade.

The genotypic and phenotypic complexity related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is extraordinary. Even mutations in single genes strongly associated with ASD...

One of the most common brain disorders, epilepsy affects around 1% of the United States population: close to 3 million adults and more than 450,000 children. It was first mentioned in ancient [...]

Down syndrome affects more than 6,000 babies born each year in the United States, including 1 in 700 newborns and even more pregnancies. From a scientific perspective, much has happened...