IASSID Affiliated Research Centers


AFRICA
EUROPE
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
ASIA-PACIFIC
MIDDLE-EAST

AFRICA
RC-070
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health
Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability
University of Cape Town
Groote Schuur Hospital
Observatory, 7925 Western Cape Province
South Africa
Contact: Dr. Christopher D. Molteno ([email protected])

RC-072
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Division of Occupational Therapy
University of Cape Town
F45 Old Main Building
Groote Schuur Hospital
Observatory, 7925, Western Cape Province
South Africa
Contact: Ms. Amshuda Sayed([email protected])

RC-073
Physiotherapy Department
University of the Western Cape
Private Bag X17
Bellville, 7535, Western Cape Province
South Africa
Contact: Dr. Patricia Stuthers ([email protected])

RC-074
Open Doors for Special Learners
P.O. Box 6417
Jos, Nigeria
Contact: Prof. Joanne Umolu ([email protected] )
www.opendoorsnigeria.org

EUROPE

RC-001
Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Section
University of Cambridge
Douglas House
18b Trumpington Road
Cambridge, England CB2 2AH
Contact: Dr. A.J. Holland ([email protected])

RC-005
Developmental Disabilities Research & Education Group
University of Plymouth
c/o LDS Westbourne Unit
Scott Hospital
Beacon Park Road
Plymouth Devon England PL2 2PQ
Contact: Dr. Judith McBrien ([email protected])
Web site: www.sword.nhs.uk/ddreg
Research interests: Down's syndrome and dementia; ASD; epilepsy; forensics

RC-007
Down Syndrome Educational Trust
The Sarah Duffen Centre
Belmont Street
Southsea, England PO5 1NA
Contact: Prof. Sue Buckley ([email protected])
www.downsed.org

RC-009
Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities
Centre for Health Sciences Research
Cardiff University
2nd Floor, Neuadd Meirionydd
Heath Park
Cardiff, Wales CF14 4YS
Contact: Dr. David Felce ([email protected])
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/psychological_medicine/research/welsh_centre_learning_disabilities/index.htm
Research/focal topics: post-institutionalization research, quality of life, health disparities, epilepsy, transition to adulthood and employment, death and dying, language development in autism

RC-010
Centre for Disability Studies
National University of Ireland Dublin
Room D004B, JHN Building
Belfield Dublin Ireland 4
Contact: Prof. Patricia Noonan Walsh ([email protected])
http://www.ucd.ie/uip/directory/csdd.html

RC-011
Institute on Community Integration
Faculty of Psychology
University of Salamanca
Avda. De la Merced, 109-131
Salamanca SPAIN 37005
Contact: Dr. Miguel Angel Verdugo Alonso ([email protected])
www.usal.es/inico/inico/html
Research/focal topics: quality of life, supported employment, self determination, aging, school inclusion

RC-014
Governor Kremers Centrum
c/o BEOZ
University of Maastricht
PO Box 616
NL-6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands
Contact: Dr. Wil H.E. Buntinx ([email protected])

R-016
Tizard Centre
University of Kent at Canterbury
Beverly Farm
Canterbury, England CT2 7LZ
Contact: Mandy Twyman ([email protected])
www.ukc.ac.uk/tizard

RC-017
Academic Department of Psychiatry of Disability
St. George's Hospital Medical School
University of London
Cranmer Terrace
London England SW17 0RE
Contact: Dr. Sheila Hollins ([email protected])
www.intellectualdisability.info

RC-018
Joe Wolfe & Associates
Seville Lodge
Callan Road
Kilkeny, Ireland
Contact: Mr. Joe Wolfe ([email protected])
www.jwolfeassociates.com

RC-020
Down Syndrome Association
155 Mitcham Road
London England SW17 9PG
Contact: Elske Schabort ([email protected])
www.dsa-uk.com

RC-021
San Raffaele Pisana Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care
Tosinvest Sanità
235, Via della Pisana
Rome, Italy 11063
Contact: Giorgio Albertini ([email protected]) or
Carla Albertini ([email protected])
www.sanraffaele.it

RC-022
Research Department
COPE Foundation
Bonnington
Montenotte Cork Ireland
Contact: Edel Tierney ([email protected])
www.cope-foundation.ie

RC-023
Unit for Development in Intellectual Disabilities
University of Glamorgan
School of Care Sciences
Glyntaf Campus
Cemetery Road
Pontypndd Wales CF37 4BS
Contact: Ruth Northway ([email protected])
http://udid.weblog.glam.ac.uk

RC-024
Centre Medical Jerome LeJeune
50,avenue Foch
Paris, France 75116
Contact: Clotilde Micher ([email protected])
www.fondationlejeune.org

RC-027
The Glasgow U.A.P.
Section of Psychological Medicine
University of Glasgow
Academic Centre
Gartnavel Royal Hospital
1055 Great Western Road
Glasgow Scotland G12 0XH
Contact: Anna Cooper ([email protected])
www.gla.ac.uk/departments/psychologicalmedicine/index.html

RC-029
School of Medicine, Health Policy & Practice
Institute of Health
University of East Anglia
School of Medicine
Elizabeth Fry Building
Norwich England NR4 7TJ
Contact: Peter Langdon ([email protected])
www.uea.ac.uk

RC-030
Institute of Special Education & Rehabilitation
Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje
University "St. Cyril and Methodius"
Bull. Krste Misirkov b.b.
Skopje, Macedonia 1000
Contact: Dr. Vladimir Trajewski ([email protected])
http://www.fzf.ukim.edu.mk/en/defektologija/index.htm

RC-031
Institute for Health Research
Lancaster University
Lancaster England LA1 4YT
Contact: Eric Emerson ([email protected])
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/ihr/

RC-033
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Sea Containers House
20 Upper Ground
London, England SE1 9QB
Contact: Paul Swift ([email protected])
www.learningdisabilities.org.uk

RC-034
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Unit
University of Wales - Bangor
School of Psychology
Bangor, Gwyneed, Wales LL57 2AS
Contact: Richard Hastings ([email protected])

RC-036
Stewarts Hospital Research Centre
Stewarts Hospital Services, Ltd.
Palmerstown
Dublin 20 Ireland
Contact: Anne McCarthy ([email protected])
www.stewartshospital.com

RC-037
Norah Fry Research Centre
University of Bristol
3 Priory Road
Bristol, England BS8 1TX
Contact: Dr. Jackie Rodgers ([email protected])
http://www.bris.ac.uk/norahfry/

RC-039
Uliazpi Fundazioa
Portuetxe 53B
Local 112
Donostia San Sebastián Gipuzkoa Spain 20018
Contact: Francisco Mendizabal ([email protected])

RC-041
Specialist Physician Training in Intellectual Disabilities
Erasmus MC Department for General Practice
Room FF 326
P.O. Box 1738
3000DR Rotterdam The Netherlands
Contact: Fran Ewals ([email protected])
www.erasmusmc.nl/avgopleiding

RC-042
Vuxenhabiliteringen
Villavägen 2
Uppsala, Sweden 752 36
Contact: Per Erik Johansson ([email protected])
http://www.internet.hoh.lul.se/lul/hoh/index.htm

RC-043
White Top Research Unit
University of Dundee
White Top Research Unit
Springfield House
15/16 Springfield
Dundee, Scotland DD1 4JE
Contact: Prof. James Hogg ([email protected])

RC-046
Special Education Department
St. Patrick's College
Drumcondra
Dublin 4 Ireland
Contact: Dr. Jean Ware ([email protected])

RC-047
Development and Intellectual Disability Team
University of Edinburgh
School of Education
Holyrood Road
Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 8AQ
Contact: Dr. Katie Williams ([email protected])
www.education.ed.ac.uk

RC-048
Social Care Institute for Excellence
1st Floor Goldings House
2 Hay's Lane
London England SE1 2HB
Contact: Tanya Simpson ([email protected])
www.scie.org.uk

RC-049
Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej
ul. Szcz"Ñliwicka 40
Warsaw, Poland 02-353
Contact: Prof. Anna Firkowska-Mankiewicz ([email protected])
http://www.aps.edu.pl

RC-051
Aging and Health Centre for Research, Education, and Service Development on Aging People with Intellectual Disabilities (UAU)
PO Box 2136
N-2136 Tønsberg, Norway
Contact: Frode K. Larsen ([email protected])
Website: www.uau.no
Research/focal topics: aging, education, research, service development, publishing

RC-052
LUCAS - K.U. Leuven
Kapucijnenvoer 35
Leuven Belgium B-3000
Contact: Lut Van Hoof ([email protected])
www.kuleuven.ac.be/lucas

RC-063
Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
Edinburgh University
23 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9LN
Contact: Dr. Heather Wilkinson ([email protected])
http://www.crfr.ac.uk/

RC-066
Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
The Adelphi Centre, Room 16
12 Commercial Road
Glasgow, Lanarkshire Scotland G5 0PQ
Contact: Lisa Curtice ([email protected])
http://www.scld.org.uk

RC-067
Praxis Care Group
Queens University of Belfast
25-31 Lisburn Road
Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 7AA
Contact: Sonia Mawhinney ([email protected])
www.praxiscaregroup.org.uk
Research/focal topics: intellectual disability, mental health, elderly, leaving care, vulnerable individuals

NORTH AMERICA

RC-003
Department of Disability & Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago
1640 W. Roosevelt Road
Room 436
Chicago IL 60608-6904 USA
Contact: Dr. Tamar Heller ([email protected])
www.uic.edu/depts/idhd

RC-004
Centre on Intellectual Disabilities
School of Social Welfare
University at Albany
Richardson 208
135 Western Avenue
Albany NY 12222 USA
Contact: Philip McCallion ([email protected])

RC-006
Laboratoire de Recherche Interdepartementale en Deficience Intellectuelle
LARIDI
University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres
Department of Psychoeducation
C.P. 500
Trois Rivieres QC Canada G9A 5A7
Contact: Dr. Yves Lachapelle ([email protected])
www.uqtr.ca/laridi

RC-012
Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies
University of Kansas
100 Sunnyside Avenue
1052 Dole
Lawrence KS 66045-7555 USA
Contact: Dr. Steve Warren ([email protected])
http://www.lsi.ku.edu/lsi/

RC-015
National Institute for People with Disabilities
Young Adult Institute, Inc.
460 West 34th Street
New York NY 10001-2382 USA
Contact: Dr. Joel Levy ([email protected])
www.yai.org

RC-019
Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1500 Highland Avenue
Madison WI 53705 USA
Contact: Dr. Marsha Seltzer ([email protected])
www.waisman.wisc.edu

RC-025
Beach Center on Disability
University of Kansas
Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies
1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 3111
Lawrence KS 66045-7534 USA
Contact: Dr. Ann Turnbull ([email protected])
www.beachcenter.org

RC-028
Strong Center on Developmental Disabilities
University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
PO Box 671
601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester NY 14642 USA
Contact: Dr. Philip W. Davidson ([email protected])

RC-038
Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry Services
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
985578 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha NE 68198-5578 USA
Contact: Dr. Mark H. Fleisher ([email protected])
http://www.unmc.edu/index2.htm

RC-040
Services de Réadaptation L'Intégrale
Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale
Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine
75, de Port-Royal Est
Bureau 10
Montreál QC Canada H3L 3T1
Contact: Jean-Pierre Aumont ([email protected])
http://www.integrale.org

RC-044
Stímulo Centro de Estimulación y Desarrollo Neurocognitivo A.C.
Av. Chalman Sur 113
Col. Lomas de Atzingo
Cuernavaca
Morelos, Mexico 62180
Contact: Alejandro Brauer Vega ([email protected])

RC-053
Down Syndrome Research Foundation
1409 Sperling Avenue
Burnaby BC Canada V5B 4J8
Contact: Robert Melrose ([email protected])
www.dsrf.org
Research/focal topics: Down syndrome, motor development, cognitive development, language development, speech language therapy

RC-057
Centre de réadaptation Lisette-Dupras
Centre de documentation
Direction des technologies de l'information et de la recherche
8000, rue Norte-Dame Ouest
Lachine QC Canada H8R 1H2
Contact: Anna Gagnon ([email protected])

RC-060
Matheny Institute for Research in Developmental Disabilities
Matheny Medical and Educational Center
PO Box 339
Peapack NJ 07977 USA
Contact: Kenneth L. Robey ([email protected])
www.matheny.org
Research/focal topics: medical education regarding disability, Lesch-Nyhan disease, disability identity

RC-064
John Langdon Down Foundation
Selva 4
Insurgentes Cuicuilco
Coyoacan, Mexico DF Mexico 14350
Contact: Sylvia Escamilla ([email protected])
http://www.fjldown.org.mx/en/index.html

RC-065
UH-Manoa Center on Disability Studies
1776 University Avenue
UA 4-6
Honolulu HI 96822 USA
Contact: Jean Johnson ([email protected])

SOUTH AMERICA

RC-068
Instituto APAE
Associacão de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais de São Paolo
rua Loefgreen, 2109
04040-033 São Paulo sp, Brasil
Contact: Gustavo Peche ([email protected])
www.apaesp.org.bru
Research/focal topics: comorbidities, cardiovascular disease, community inclusion

RC-069
Department of Experimental Psychology
Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP
Avenida Dom Antônio 2100
19806-900, Assis – SP, Brazil.
Contact: Flávia Heloísa Dos Santos ([email protected])
Research/focal areas: neurophysiology

ASIA-PACIFIC

RC-026
Reviewable Disability Deaths Team
NSW Ombudsman
Level 24
580 George Street
Sydney NSW 2135 Australia
Contact: Ms. Christine Johnson ([email protected])
www.ombo.nsw.gov.au

RC-032
Centre for Developmental Disabilities Studies
University of Sydney
P.O.Box 6
Ryde NSW Australia 1680
Contact: Prof. Trevor Parmenter ([email protected])
http://www.cdds.med.usyd.edu.au

RC-035
Centre for Developmental Disability
Health Victoria
Monash University
Suite 202
3 Chester Street
Oakleigh VIC Australia 3166
Contact: Robert Davis ([email protected])

RC-045
Guam Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research & Service
CEDDERS
University of Guam
Office of Academic Affairs
UOG Station
Mangilao, Guam 96823
Contact: Heidi San Nicholas ([email protected])

RC-055
Institute of Applied Human Services
PO Box 1077
Dunedin, New Zealand
Contact: Michael Reid ([email protected])
http:/www.iahs.org.nz/home.html

RC-056
Division of Disability Studies
RMIT University
School of Health Sciences Psychology and Disability Studies
P.O. Box 71
Bundoora VIC Australia 3083
Contact: Karen Nankervis ([email protected])
http://www.rmit.edu.au/disability-studies

RC-058
Nippon Care-Fit Service Association
5-8, Ichigayasanai-cho
Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo, Japan 162-0846
Contact: Dr. Ryo Takahashi ([email protected])
http://www.carefit.org

RC-062
Department of Social Welfare
National Chung Cheng University
160 San-hsing
Ming-Hsiung
Chia-yi, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Contact: Dr. Kuo-yu Wang ([email protected])

RC-059
Australian Family & Disability Studies Research Collaboration
University of Sydney
PO Box 170
Lidcombe NSW Australia 1825
Contact: Julie Cameron ( [email protected])

RC-075
Lebenshilfe Visakhapatnam
Association for the Mentally Handicapped
26 Lawsons Bay
Visakhapatnam
530017 A.P. India
Contact: Saraswathi Devi Tallapragada ([email protected])
http://lebenshilfeindia.org

MIDDLE-EAST

RC-061
National Institute of Child Health and Human development
Office of the Medical Director
Division for Mental Retardation
Ministry of Social Affairs
P.O. Box 1260
IL-91012 Jerusalem, ISRAEL
Contact: Joav Merrick (E-mail: [email protected])
Website: www.nichd-israel.com