• Directors
• Staffing
• Services
IDDRC Director: Karl H. Pfenninger, MD
IDDRC Associate Directors: Tamim Shaikh, PhD and Frank Frerman, PhD
The Administrative Core provides the Center’s personnel and fiscal management infrastructure, acts as the information hub of the IDDRC and organizes educational activities, junior faculty mentoring, and collaborator referral.
Staffing
IDDRC Administrator: Carrie John
Program Assistant: Carmel Harberg
Educational Activities: Patricia Heyn, PhD
Website Maintenance: Kathy Acha, MS
The IDDRC Administration is located in the RC-1 North Building of the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO. Click here for IDDRC contact information.
Services
1) Educational Activities
Contact: Patricia Heyn, PhD (patricia.heyn@ucdenver.edu)
Goals: to advance knowledge, to enhance interaction among IDDRC members, and to explore and stimulate collaborations in IDD research.
The Administrative Core organizes interdisciplinary workshops or mini-symposia focused on topics of IDD. Suggestions for confeence topics are welcome.
2) Collaborator Referral and Faculty Mentoring
Contact: Karl Pfenninger, MD (karl.pfenninger@ucdenver.edu)
The Center Director assists with advice regarding potential collaborators and identifying appropriate faculty mentors for young investigators. The IDDRC is committed to not only recruiting new investigators to IDD research but also helping them develop strong and competitive research programs.
3) Liaisons with other IDDRCs and local entities that deal with IDD
Contact: Karl Pfenninger, MD (karl.pfenninger@ucdenver.edu)
4) Community Outreach
Contact: Karl Pfenninger, MD (karl.pfenninger@ucdenver.edu)
Goals: To educate the public in the area of IDD and to share information on important research advances and new treatments. The IDDRC maintains contact with a number of State and local agencies that serve persons with IDD and with local support groups (see Links of Interest).