Research

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 [...]

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...