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‘A stronger sense of community’: new UI Center seeks to bridge gaps for Iowans with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Tuesday, August 10, 2021
As the number of IDD diagnoses increases, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD) and the Iowa Neuroscience Institute (INI) are joining forces with other researchers, clinicians, physicians, and scientists across the UI enterprise to form a new center aimed at advancing care for Iowans with IDDs.

Abel, Sluka win Scholar of the Year awards; Hultman wins Distinguished Mentor Award

The University of Iowa Vice President for Research Discovery & Innovation Awards recognized three INI scholars.

INI researchers discover new way to protect brain development during prenatal stress in mice

New research from the University of Iowa and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center demonstrates that offspring can be protected from the effects of prenatal stress by administering a neuroprotective compound during pregnancy.