Core Services

The District of Columbia Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (DC-IDDRC) supports eight areas of multidisciplinary and translational intellectual and developmental disabilities research through its six scientific cores, which are used by more than 90 NIH-funded investigators. These scientists, at Children’s National Hospital, George Washington University, Georgetown University and Howard University investigate how the healthy brain develops and acquires mature functions, as well as disorders that limit growth and cause damage to the brain.

Core Service Centers and Core Directors

William Gaillard, M.D., Director and Principal Investigator
202-476-5224
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• Administrative Core: William Gaillard, M.D. (Core Director)
• Clinical Translational Core: Andrea L. Gropman, M.D. (Core Director)
• Genomics and Bioinformatics Core:
  
  • Genomics: Susan Knoblach, Ph.D. (Core Co-Director)
  • Bioinformatics: Hiroki Morizono, Ph.D. (Core Co-Director)
• Cell and Tissue Microscopy Core: Jyoti Jaiswal, Ph.D., and Anastas Popratiloff, M.D., Ph.D. (Core Co-Directors)
• Human and Animal Imaging Core:
  
  • Animal Imaging Core: Paul Wang, Ph.D. (Core Co-Director)
  • Human Imaging Core: William D. Gaillard, M.D., and John Van Meter, Ph.D. (Core Co-Directors)
• Neurobehavioral Evaluation Core:
  
  • Animal Neurobehavioral Evaluation Core: Joshua Corbin, Ph.D. (Core Co-Director)
  • Human Neurobehavioral Evaluation Core: Madison Berl, Ph.D. (Core Co-Director)
     

Research Areas

• Developmental neurobiology
• Autism spectrum disorders
• Epilepsy
• Inborn errors of metabolism
• Neuromuscular disease
• Pediatric brain tumors
• Perinatal brain injury
• White matter disorders