Our Research Team

• Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D. – Director, DC-IDDRC, Children's National Hospital
• Madison Berl, Ph.D. – Co-Director, Neurobehavioral Evaluation Core, Children's National Hospital
• Joshua Corbin, Ph.D. – Co-Director, Neurobehavioral Evaluation Core, Children's National Hospital
• William Gaillard, M.D. – Associate Director, DC-IDDRC, Director, Animal and Human Imaging Core, Children's National Hospital
• Andrea Gropman, M.D. – Director, Clinical Translational Core, Children's National Hospital
• Tarik Haydar, Ph.D. – Associate Director, DC-IDDRC, Children's National Hospital
• Jyoti Jaiswal, Ph.D. – Director, Cell and Tissue Microscopy Core, Children's National Hospital
• Susan Knoblach, Ph.D. – Associate Director, Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, Children's National Hospital
• Hiroki Morizono, Ph.D. – Associate Director, Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, Children's National Hospital
• Anastas Popratiloff, Ph.D. – Co-Director, Cell and Tissue Microscopy Core, George Washington University
• Nathan Smith, Ph.D. – DC-IDDRC Diversity Officer and Faculty Representative, Children's National Hospital
• John Van Meter, Ph.D. – Co-Director, Animal and Human Imaging Core, Georgetown University
• Eric Vilain, M.D., Ph.D. – Director, Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, Children's National Hospital
• Paul Wang, Ph.D. – Co-Director, Animal and Human Imaging Core, Howard University

Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D. 
Director, UC Davis MIND Institute 
Tsakopoulos-Vismara Endowed Chair 
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 
School of Medicine UC Davis MIND Institute

Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D. 
Executive Director, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion (VTC)
Vice President, Health Sciences and Technology, Virginia Tech
Senior Dean, Research, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Science, Virginia Tech
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Elizabeth Dykens, Ph.D. 
Co-Director, University Center of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities
Professor, Psychology and Human Development
Professor, Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University

Michael Robinson, Ph.D.
Director (MPI), Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center 
Director, Training Program in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Professor, Pediatrics
Professor, Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics
Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania

Learn more about other IDDRC programs and sponsors in the United States.

• Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, Kennedy Krieger Institute
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, University of Kansas
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, University of North Carolina
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, Washington University
• UC Davis Mind Institute
• UCLA Intellectual and Developmental Research Center
• Rose F. Kennedy Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• The Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC), Baylor College of Medicine
• Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University
• Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison