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Training for Professionals

The HRSA Maternal and Child Health Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) program trains future leaders in a variety of disciplines to improve the health of children who have or are at risk of developing neurodevelopmental disabilities or other similar conditions such as autism.

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND)

  • $26 million in grants to 39 universities and hospitals in FY 2009.
  • Expansions of 16 LEND programs in FY 2009 in addition to 18 in FY 2008
  • One new LEND program in FY 2009 in addition to the four in FY 2008
Leadership Education in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
  • Approximately $1.7 million in grants to ten universities and hospitals in FY 2009.
National Combating Autism Interdisciplinary Training Resource Center
  • $550,000 cooperative agreement to the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, Silver Spring, Maryland in FY 2009
LEND Combating Autism FY 2009 Grantees

Organization

City

State

University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR
Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles Los Angeles CA
University of Colorado-Denver Aurora CO
University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington CT
Children's Research Institute Washington DC
University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago IL
Indiana University, School of Medicine Indianapolis IN
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute Kansas City KS
Children's Hospital Boston MA
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska Omaha NE
Trustees of Dartmouth College Hanover NH
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx NY
University of Rochester Rochester NY
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill NC
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia PA
University of Tennessee at Memphis Memphis TN
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville TN
University of Utah Salt Lake City UT
University of Vermont Burlington VT
University of Washington Seattle WA
West Virginia University Morgantown WV
University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN
University of Miami Miami FL
University of Hawaii Honolulu HI
University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM
University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City OK
Oregon Health Sciences University Portland OR
University of Iowa Iowa City IA
University of Missouri Columbia MO
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA
University of South Dakota Sioux Falls SD
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison WI
Ohio State University Columbus OH
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA
University of Massachusetts Medical School Waltham MA
New York Medical College Valhalla NY

The HRSA Maternal and Children Health Leadership Education in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics program enhances the behavioral, psychosocial and developmental aspects of general pediatric care by supporting fellows in behavioral pediatrics to help prepare them for leadership roles as teachers, researchers, and clinicians.

Combating Autism Leadership Education in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics FY 2009 Grantees
Organization City State
Boston Medical Center Boston MA
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH
Children's Hospital Boston Boston MA
Montefiore Medical Center Bronx NY
Yale University New Haven CT
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia PA
University of Arkansas Little Rock AR
Stanford University Palo Alto CA
Rhode Island Hospital Providence RI
University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City OK

The National Interdisciplinary Training Resource Center will play a crucial role in providing technical assistance, building and sustaining partnerships with service systems already serving children with ASD and other developmental disabilities, translating research into evidence-based practice, and utilizing existing and developing new data systems to capture and report project outcomes.

National Interdisciplinary Training Resource Center FY 2009 Cooperative Agreement
Organization City State
The Association of University Centers on Disabilities Silver Spring MD