Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

Funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) at Children’s National Health System conducts multidisciplinary, translational, clinical and community research in intellectual and developmental disabilities.

More than ninety affiliated scientists from Children’s, the George Washington University, Georgetown University and Howard University investigate how the healthy brain develops and acquires mature functions, as well as disorders that limit growth and cause damage to the brain.