Research

The Institute on Human Development and Disability’s 2nd Annual Research Day will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 from 9am to 4:30pm at the University of Washington South Campus Center (Room [...]

The Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) will be hosting its 7th semi-annual Research Day at the Autism CARES Meeting 2024 in July 2024.

The Wheels in Motion study discusses the impact of accessibility in the built environment on the usage of adapted ride-on cars for children with mobility issues. The research involved providing [...]

Project ENGAGE wants to learn what adults with intellectual disability think about being included in a new type of health research. We will use what we learn to create new resources to help [...]

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.

Dr. Kendell German, MD, is a medical professional and researcher specializing in neonatology and child development. With a passion for improving the long-term outcomes of high-risk infants

The Arc of Washington Trust Fund has, since 1950, supported research aimed at benefiting the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).

The University of Washington recently hosted the 1st annual UW Institute on Human Development and Disability (IHDD) Research Day, a significant milestone in the field of human development and [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first gene therapy for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients ages 4 through 5 years with a confirmed mutation in [...]

UW Medicine genome experts made significant scientific contributions to a National Institutes of Health Human Genome Research Institute reference collection that better represents the genetic [...]