About Us
The Baylor College of Medicine Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center is one of 14 such centers funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The BCM IDDRC is also a member of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.
Dr. Huda Zoghbi, Director of the BCM IDDRC, was recently featured on the Today Show
NBC’s Richard Engel, whose 3-year-old son, Henry, has a variation of Rett syndrome, shares the story of Dr. Huda Zoghbi, the pioneering woman treating Henry and working around the clock to create a cure.
Investigator Spotlight: Eric Storch, Ph.D.
Dr. Storch is the newest member of the BCM IDDRC. He is a professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department, and is the McIngvale Presidential Endowed chair. He also serves as the vice chair & head of Psychology. He brings expertise in clinical assessments, with a particular interest in pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, and autism spectrum disorder. Learn more about his research
Core Services
The cores of the Baylor College of Medicine Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center provides participating investigators access to expertise and techniques that are typically not available in individual laboratories and facilitate synergistic interactions between clinicians, neurobiologists, geneticists, and cell and molecular biologists.
