Center for Biobehavioral Neurosciences in Communication Disorders

Contact

Mabel L. Rice, BNCD Director

phone 785.864.4570

email
bncd@ku.edu

fax
785.864.4571

BNCD Center
University of Kansas
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
3031 Dole Human Development Center
Lawrence, Kansas 66045

funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders,
National Institutes of Health
www.nidcd.nih.gov
grant P30 DC005803

© 2012 The BNCD Center at the University of Kansas. The BNCD is affiliated with the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies.

BNCD Research Programs

Projects by BNCD researchers are funded by a variety of granting agencies -- the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation -- and also private corporations. This is a list of current projects by grant type, number and title.

Mabel Rice

R01 - DC05226

Twins and Singletons with Specific Language Impairment - funded by NIDCD - collaboration with researchers in Australia

R01 - DC01803

Morphosyntactic Abilities of SLI Probands and Families - funded by NIDCD

U01 - HD052104

Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) - funded by NICHD

T32 - DC00052

Training Researchers in Language Impairments - funded by NIDCD for training graduate students

R01 - MH059630

Autism: Social and Communication Predictors in Siblings - funded by NIMH

Steven Barlow

R01 - DC03311

Sensorimotor Control of the Human Orofacial System - funded by NIDCD

R01 - DE13814

Functional Outcomes to Cleft Lip Surgery (PI: Carol-Ann Trotman, University of North Carolina) -funded by NIDCR

Nancy Brady

P01 - HD18955

Communication of People with Mental Retardation (Project III - Child and Environmental Predictors of Communication Success by Beginning VOCA Users)- funded by NICHD

R01 - HD003110

Family Adaptation to Fragile X Syndrome (PI: Don Bailey, University of North Carolina) - funded by NICHD

R01 - DC007684

Communication Success and AAC: A Model of Symbol Acquisition - funded by NICHD

Hugh Catts

IES grant - R3324A080118

Early Identification of Reading Disabilities in an RTI Framework

IES grant - R305F100002

Language Bases of Skilled Reading Comprehension (PI - L. Justice)

R01 - HD048528

Generalization of Within-syllable Units in MR (PI - Kathryn Saunders) - funded by NIDCD

John Colombo

 

Mead Johnson Nutritionals

The Effects of Infant Formula Supplemented with Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Visual and Cognitive Development in Term Infants (PI: Susan Carlson, University of Kansas Medical Center) - funded by private industry

T32 HD057844

Postdoctoral Training in Translational Research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Co-PI: Saunders) - funded by NICHD

R03 - MH004861

Pupil Size and Circadian Salivary Variations in Autism Spectrum Disorder- funded by NIMH

P30 - HD002528

Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center - funded by NICHD

R01 - HD048528

DHA Supplementation and Pregnancy Outcome (PI: Susan Carlson) - funded by NICHD

Marc Fey

R01 - DC007660

Effects of Intensity of Early Communication Intervention (PI: Steve Warren) - funded by NIDCD

Robert Fiorentino

R03 - DC009494

Timing and neural bases of complex word recognition: electrophysiological studies - funded by NIDCD

BCS 951900

Examining Development and Ultimate Attainment in Second Language Processing: An ERP Investigation (Co-PI: Gabriele)- funded by NSF

Yolanda Jackson

R01 - MH079252

Determinants of Resilience: Mental Health, Maltreatment and Adaptive Behavior- funded by NIMH

Susan Kemper

BCS 826654

DHB: Measuring Spoken Language Variability in Elderly Individuals (PI: B. Roark, OHSU) - funded by NSF

Diane Loeb

R01 - DC03311001

Sensorimotor Control of Human Orofacial System (Co-PI: Barlow) - funded by NIDCD

Erik Lundquist

R01 - NS040945

Cytoskeletal Signaling and Axon Guidance - funded by NINDS

R21 - NS070417

Using RNA-seq to Identify Hox Transcriptional Targets in Neuronal Migration - funded by NINDS

Kathryn Saunders

P01 - HD055456

Component 1: Transition State Analysis of Chronic Aberrant Behavior in Laboratory, Clinical, and Naturalistic Settings (Component PI: D. Williams; P01 PI, M. Cataldo, Johns Hopkins Univ.)- funded by NICHD

P01 - HD055456

Component 3: Treatment Generalization and Contingency Coherence (Subcontract PI, K. Saunders: P01 PI, M. Cataldo, Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins Univ) - funded by NICHD

T32 - HD057844

Postdoctoral Training in Translational Research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Co-PI: J. Colombo)- funded by NICHD

R01 - HD044731

Laboratory Models of Maladaptive Escape Behaviors (Dean Williams, PI) - funded by NICHD

R01 - HD048528

Recombinative Generalization of Within-syllable Units in MR - funded by NICHD

Hinrich Staecker

R01 - DC008424

Development of Atonal Therapy for Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction - funded by NIDCD

PR081241

Hair Cell Regeneration in a Rat Tinnitus Model- funded by USAMRAA

Private

Evaluation of hath1 based vectors - funded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp

Holly Storkel

T32 - DC000052

Training Researchers in Language Impairments Across the Life Span (Co-PI: M. Rice)- funded by NIDCD

R01 - DC008095

Word Learning in Children - Normal Development and Language Impairment - funded by NIDCD

Michael Vitevitch

R01 - DC006472

Processing Neighbors in Speech Perception and Production - funded by NIDCD

Steven Warren

H326M070005

Promotion of Communication and Language Development with Infants and Young Children in Inclusive Community-Based Child Care (PI: Dale Walker, University of Kansas) - funded by USDE

P30 - HD003110

Family Adaptation to Fragile X Syndrome (PI: Don Bailey, University of North Carolina) - funded by NICHD

R01 - DC007660

Effects of Intensity of Early Communication Intervention - funded by NIDCD

Kristi Williams

R01 NR011455

Changing Talk to Reduce Resistiveness to Dementia Care- funded by NIDCD

R21 NR010880

Reasoning Exercises in Assisted Living (REAL) - funded by NINR