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KIDDRC NEWS Spring-Fall 2010 NEWS Children's Campus triumph for science and KC community Rice sets standards for speech and hearing phenotypes for public health studies Schroeder returns to direct project of a lifetime Catts and Nielsen contribute to momumental U.S. reading research initiative Baggett grant to develop web-based training for child-care teachers ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS National Advisory Comte. steers KIDDRC through renewal process HONORS Nudo and Savage honored with KU School of Medicine professorships ABSTRACTS A sampling of abstracts from recent meetings and publications PROJECTS |
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The Children’s Campus of Kansas City (CCKC)/Educare of Kansas City held its grand opening on June 8, 2010, attended by some 400 community members, well-wishers and representatives from public and private supporters. Full story. ARRA funds new 3T MRI for Hoglund Center A new state-of-the-art 3 Tesla MRI scanner will be installed at the KU Medical Center’s Hoglund Brain Imaging Center in June 2011. KIDDRC investigators get special rates. Full story. Rice sets standards for speech and hearing phenotypes for public health studies KIDDRC investigator Mabel Rice, Fred and Virginia Merrill Distinguished Professor of Advanced Studies, contributed to establishing standards for speech and hearing phenotypes for epidemiological studies. Full story. Nudo and Savage honored with KU School of Medicine professorships Randolph (Randy) Nudo was awarded the Marion Merrell Dow Distinguished Professorship in Aging and Cary Savage was named the John H. Wineinger, M.D. Professor in 2010. Full story. Schroeder returns to direct project of a lifetime Former Life Span Institute Director and Professor Emeritus Stephen Schroeder is exuberant these days. As the principal investigator of a new National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center grant, he is fulfilling a lifelong dream. Full story. Catts and Nielsen contribute to momumental U.S. reading research initiative KIDDRC scientist Hugh Catts is heading up a team of researchers from KU as part of an ambitious $120 million multi-university undertaking to improve how reading is taught to U.S. children - all within five years. Full story. Baggett grant to develop web-based training for child-care teachers The Lawrence Journal-World featured a story April 19, 2010, on work by KIDDRC investigator Kathleen Baggett that will use a $1.4 million federal grant to Baggett and colleagues at KU, the Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Ore. and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to develop and field-test a web-based training program for child-care teachers to promote the social and emotional development of infants. Full story.
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Children's Campus triumph for science and KC community