Emily Harriott Awarded Lacy-Fischer Interdisciplinary Research Grant

At Vanderbilt, collaboration between the different colleges is a top priority. The university recognizes that some of the world’s most pressing problems won’t have a solution unless we pool our knowledge together. To that end, the graduate school offers the prestigious Lacy-Fischer Interdisciplinary Research Grants. These grants enable teams across fields to bridge the gap between the disciplines and add to their respective fields. EBRL’s own Emily Harriott has been awarded one of the grants for her and her collaborator Harrison Parent combining the fields of neuroscience and pharmacology to further examine children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1.

If you’d like to find out more about Vanderbilt’s push for interdisciplinary research, learn more here:

https://gradschool.vanderbilt.edu/funding/internal-funding-opportunities/

EBRL Recruiting Kindergarteners for Reading Study!

We are currently recruiting participants for our executive function study with kindergarteners. If you have a child that is a kindergartener and might be interested in participating in a longitudinal study tracking their reading/academic progress, please fill out this survey.

We are also currently seeking individuals ages 8 to 20 with reading difficulties or Neurofibromatosis Type 1 to participate in our research study. If interested or if you want more information, please contact us at (615) 875-5534 or email us at educationbrain@vanderbilt.edu.

Click to see the flyer for more information!

Flyer for Families of Kindergarteners

EBRL in the News: NICHD Puts Spotlight on Young People with NF1

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Health and Human Development recently featured EBRL with this tweet:

Citing this article:

https://www.ctf.org/news/vanderbilt-university-educational-study-seeking-young-people-with-nf1

Referencing to our continuing campaign recruiting young children with Neurofibromatosis 1 for our research study. We thank them for highlighting one of our current studies and hope it continues to attract more families to contact us for participation. If you are interested, please read the short article above highlighting our NF1 project and if you would like to participate, please contact us by email or phone (contact information is available at the bottom of the page and on our “Contact Us” page).

 

For more information on our current studies, please visit:

Current Study Flyers