Division of Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities
Program in Aging and Developmental Disabilities- Research
The Program in Aging and Developmental Disabilities (PADD) participates in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Aging with a Developmental Disability. This project is funded by the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) has the following goals:
- Improve health and function of adults with I/DD across the lifespan
- Enhance consumer-directed home and community based long-term care
- Reduce environmental barriers to health and community participation
- Improve instruments and measures to assess outcomes of interventions to improve health and function
PADD’s involvement in the RRTC centers on the conduct of a project entitled Neurodevelopmental Conditions and Lifespan Health Outcomes. The project is led by Matthew P. Janicki, Ph.D. and Philip W. Davidson, Ph.D. Other investigators include C. Michael Henderson, M.D., Laura M. Robinson, M.P.H., Kelly Hsieh, Ph.D. and Jon Meccarello, Ph.D.
To Learn more about our research click here.
PADD Developed the Rochester Health Status Survey-IV (RHSS) which is a 16 page questionnaire composed of four sections:
- Demographics
- General Physical Health
- Medical conditions including lifetime prevalence, point prevalence (last 24 months) and incidence (last 3 months)
- Health Services Utilization and Health Surveillance.
If you would like additional information on research that PADD is working on please contact, Philip William Davidson, Ph.D. at (585)275-6626 or phil_davidson@urmc.rochester.edu
PADD
Developmental Disabilities


Email this page