Center for Biobehavioral Neurosciences in Communication Disorders

Contact

Mabel L. Rice, BNCD Director

phone 785.864.4570

email
bncd@ku.edu

fax
785.864.4571

BNCD Center
University of Kansas
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
3031 Dole Human Development Center
Lawrence, Kansas 66045

funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders,
National Institutes of Health
www.nidcd.nih.gov
grant P30 DC005803

© 2008 The BNCD Center at the University of Kansas. The BNCD is affiliated with the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies.

BNCD Research Programs

Projects by BNCD researchers are funded by a variety of granting agencies -- the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation -- and also private corporations. This is a list of current projects by grant type, number and title.

Mabel Rice

R01 - DC05226

Twins and Singletons with Specific Language Impairment - funded by NIDCD - collaboration with researchers in Australia

R01 - DC01803

Morphosyntctic Abilities of SLI Probands and Families - funded by NIDCD

P50 - DC02746

Diagnosis of Developmental Language Impairment (subcontract with Bruce Tomblin -PI -University of Iowa) - funded by NIDCD

T32 - DC00052

Training Researchers in Language Impairments - funded by NIDCD for training graduate students

R01 - HD43764

Language, Literacy and Behavior Curriculum Efficacy (PI: Charles Greenwood, University of Kansas) - funded by NICHD for evaluation of teaching components in Head Start

Canadian grant

Differentiating between the Language of Children with SLI and Children Learning a Second Language - funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (PI's: Martha Crago and Johanne Paradis in Canada)

KU Research Development fund

Neuroimaging in the Center for Biobehavioral Neurosciences - funded by University of Kansas to establish an EEG/ERP lab for the study of communication and cortical processing

Steven Barlow

R01 - DE13814

Functional Outcomes to Cleft Lip Surgery (PI: Carol-Ann Trotman, University of North Carolina) -funded by NIDCR

R01 - DC03311

Sensorimotor Control of the Human Orofacial System - funded by NIDCD

G5580569

Subthalamic Nucleus DBS in Parkinson's Disease - funded by KU Medical Center Research Institute

Nancy Brady

H324D030003

Promoting Communication Outcomes for Children with Deaf-Blindness through Adaptive Prelinguistic Strategies - funded by USDE

P01 - HD18955

Project III - Communication Breakdown and Repair (Program Project PI: James Sherman, University of Kansas; Nancy Brady PI on project III) - funded by NICHD

H324C990091

Is Prelinguistic Communication Intervention Necessary? (PI: Steven Warren, University of Kansas) - funded by USDE

R01 - HD003110

Family Adaptation to Fragile X Syndrome (PI: Don Bailey, University of North Carolina) - funded by NICHD

Hugh Catts

P50 - DC007246

Relationship between Language and Reading Disabilities (subcontract with Bruce Tomblin -PI - University of Iowa) - funded by NIDCD

R01 - HD4377503

Improving Literacy Instruction in Adults (PI: Daryl Mellard, University of Kansas) - funded by NICHD

Mark Chertoff

R01 - DC002117-09

Clinical Measures of Auditory Linear/Nonlinear Processes - funded by NIDCD

R03 - DC006165-01

Clinical Assessment of Cochlear Transducer Function using DPOOAES (PI: Lin Bian) - funded by NIDCD

R21 - DC04982

Effects of Acoustic Trauma on Age-Related Hearing Loss (PI: Dianne Durham, University of Kansas) - funded by NIDCD

John Colombo

 

Mead Johnson Nutritionals

The Effects of Infant Formula Supplemented with Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Visual and Cognitive Development in Term Infants (PI: Susan Carlson, University of Kansas Medical Center) - funded by private industry

318072

Perception and Processing of Time in Infancy - funded by NSF

R01 - HD045430

Zinc and Biobehavioral Development in Early Childhood (PI: Laura Caulfield, Johns Hopkins; KU subcontract PI's John Colombo and Nelly Zavaleta)

Dianne Durham

R01 - DC01589

Cellular Processes of Central Auditory Neuronal Death - funded by NIDCD

R01 - DC05416

Central Auditory System Effects of Auditory Deprivation (subcontract with PI: Debra Tucci, Duke University)

R21 - DC04982

Effects of Acoustic Trauma on Age-Related Hearing Loss - funded by NIDCD

Mary Lee Hummert

R01 - AG16352

Social Cognition, Communication and Age Stereotyping - funded by NIA

Susan Kemper

R01 - AG09952

Speech Accommodations by and to Older Adults - funded by NIA

R01 - AG018892

Tracking Older Adults' Eye Movements while Reading with Distraction - funded by NIA

Diane Loeb

R01 - DC04560

A Comparison of Language Intervention Programs - a multi-site clinical trial study (PI: Ron Gillam, University of Texas; PI for the Kansas site Diane Loeb)

S299B020030

Project CIRCLE 2 - Creating Indian Resources to Facilitate Communication Skills in Learning Environments - funded by USDE

Holly Storkel

K23 - DC04781

Mental Lexicon in Language Acquisition - funded by NIDCD

R03 - DC006545

The Mental Lexicon in Children with Phonological Delays - funded by NIDCD

Michael Vitevitch

R01 - DC006472

Processing Neighbors in Speech Perception and Production - funded by NIDCD

Steven Warren

P30 - HD02528

Kansas Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Center - funded by NICHD

R01 - HD39456

Predicting and Preventing Neglect in Teen Mothers (PI: John Borkowski, University of Notre Dame) - funded by NICHD

R01 - HD044868

Preventing Child Neglect in High-Risk Mothers (PI: John Borkowski, University of Notre Dame) - funded by NICHD

H324C020078

Promotion of Communication and Language Development with Infants and Young Children in Inclusive Community-Based Child Care (PI: Dale Walker, University of Kansas) - funded by USDE

R01 - HD003110

Family Adaptation to Fragile X Syndrome (PI: Don Bailey, University of North Carolina) - funded by NICHD

H324C990091

Is Prelinguistic Communication Intervention Necessary? - funded by USDE

H324D030003

Promoting Communication Outcomes for Children with Deaf-Blindness through Adaptive Prelinguistic Strategies (PI: Nancy Brady, University of Kansas) - funded by USDE

R21 - HD043616

Identifying Newborns with Fragile X: Planning Grant (PI: Don Bailey, University of North Carolina) - funded by NICHD