Elisabeth Dykens, PhD, Named Permanent Director of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

Elisabeth Dykens, PhD

Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D., has been named the permanent director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, effective immediately. Elisabeth is Professor of Psychology in Peabody College, and has strong working relationships throughout VUMC. She has served as interim director of VKC since Oct. 2008, and successfully guided the Center through its NIH renewal earlier this year. She previously served as the Center's co-director, and has also served as the director of the Center's Mood and Emotion Research Program.

She is a national and international leader in research focusing on the mental health challenges and unique strengths of persons with genetic syndromes, such as Prader-Willi syndrome, Williams syndrome, and Down syndrome. She has played a major leadership role in developing the Center's wide range of partnerships and community service activities, now widely viewed as the most comprehensive in the nation.

Elisabeth's leadership will support the Center's strong core of activities within Peabody College, while fostering strong and growing relationships throughout VUMC in the basic and clinical neurosciences, as well as our programs in child and adolescent pediatrics, psychiatry, and a growing array of clinical programs for adults with disabilities.

See Original Announcement.

 

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Last Edited: 09/03/09 09:47 AM by Danielle Onunkwo