Research Grants: The Larry Jones Legacy Award
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).
A Remarkable Milestone: Celebrating the Inaugural UW IHDD Research Day
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 [...]
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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 [...]
IHDD Affiliate Evan Eichler Contributes to Human Pangenome Research
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 [...]
1st Annual IHDD Research Day – June 15, 2023
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.
UW and IHDD: Autism Biomarker’s Consortium for Clinical Trials
Most large-scale randomized controlled pharmaceutical clinical trials for children with neurodevelopmental disorders have failed in the past decade.
For Autism: Asking Why a Gene Mutation’s Symptoms May Vary
The genotypic and phenotypic complexity related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is extraordinary. Even mutations in single genes strongly associated with ASD...
Using Big Data to Treat Epileptic Seizures
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 Greek...
Building a Down Syndrome Atlas
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...
Understanding How Low Levels of Domoic Acid Affect Brain Development
Alfred Hitchcock may have taken inspiration for his film The Birds from an episode of shellfish poisoning. To back up a bit, after hundreds of seabirds slammed into houses, cars, and people in a [...]