Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC)

Advancing research and care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the WashU Medicine IDDRC, in collaboration with St. Louis Children’s Hospital, is part of a national network of 15 centers funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Established through an act of Congress in 1963, these centers unite leading universities and children’s hospitals to drive discovery, prevention and treatment strategies that improve lives and foster inclusion.