The Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics provides compassionate and state-of-the-art clinical care for children with a variety of challenges and difficulties.
We also provide leadership for the Autism Center, which is a collaborative program of the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Psychiatry.
Education
The Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD) is the home of Iowa’s LEND program (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities), and has provided outstanding interdisciplinary training in neurodevelopmental disabilities for over two decades. In addition, the CDD is recognized as Iowa’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), which works to ensure that all Iowans with disabilities have the opportunities, services, and supports they need to be independent and productive members of their home communities.
Fellowship Program
Our ACGME-accredited Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship educates the next generation of developmental-behavioral pediatricians. Started in 1948, program fellows learn through clinical, research, and community-based experiences.
A Faculty-focused Academic Medical Center
UI Health Care faculty enjoy defined academic time, plus benefits like doubling your retirement contribution. With a short commute and low cost of home ownership, it's no surprise we attract the best academically trained providers.
Research
Our research includes a focus on prevention of developmental and behavioral problems in early childhood by examining early parent-child attachment patterns, neural mechanisms and sex differences underlying social behaviors using rodent models, and how a parent's brain responds to seeing and hearing their infant during functional brain scanning. Another goal is to better understand how genetics and social environments intersect to predict developmental outcomes in childhood. We also contribute to clinical trials exploring early diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as autism, Fragile X syndrome, and Down Syndrome.
The division is also a key part of the Hawkeye Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (Hawk-IDDRC). The Hawk-IDDRC fully integrates basic and clinical research across the lifespan—from conception to adulthood—that is tailored to an underserved rural population and focused on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and amelioration of intellectual and developmental disabilities. The research project collaboratively draws upon four Hawk-IDDRC Research Cores to examine the interaction of genetic/polygenic and epigenetic risk markers in autism and developmental delay, using an smartphone research application called BabySteps, for direct family participation.
Division Investigators and Labs
Recent Division Publications
Our research supports the rapid translation of laboratory discoveries into new treatments.
Clinical Care
Services are provided through the Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD), which is a highly respected stand-alone facility on the campus of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
As an interdisciplinary center of excellence, it integrates a broad range of clinical services in one location, including developmental and behavioral pediatrics, psychology and neuropsychology, speech-language pathology, occupational and physical therapy, social work, education, audiology, and nursing, and thus provides an environment for exceptional patient care, education, and research.
Learn about the Center for Disabilities and Development Clinic and request an appointment.
Conditions we see include, but are not limited to:
- Autism
- ADHD
- Behavioral concerns
- Cerebral palsy
- Developmental concerns
- Feeding disorders
- Learning disorders
- Movement difficulties
Latest Division News
Clinician, researcher lead new intellectual and developmental disabilities research center
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Division Contact Information
University of Iowa Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
200 Hawkins Drive
2857 John Pappajohn Pavilion (JPP)
Iowa City, IA 52242
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