The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a University of Tennessee Health Science Center professor’s efforts to improve health outcomes in children with, or at risk for, neurodevelopmental and related disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders. Toni Whitaker, MD, professor in the Department of Pediatrics and division chief for Developmental Pediatrics in the UTHSC College of Medicine, has received a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, a division of the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, for the UTHSC Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program.
July 21: EurekAlert!