The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is a national Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center. Founded in 1965, it is among the 12 original centers in the national network established during President John F. Kennedy's administration. Today the network has 14 centers supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Leadership:
Director: Pat Levitt, Ph.D.
Associate Director: Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D.
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