Greetings from the leadership team at the Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD)! We invite you to explore our website to learn more about what we do.
Adam Connell
Adam Connell serves as Assistant Clinical Director for CDD. He brings his experiences as a clinician and a leader to CDD. His years of service in the U.S. Navy led him to Iowa in pursuit of his longtime goal of becoming a nurse.
Caitlin Owens
Caitlin Owens, MSW, is Director of Iowa's UCEDD, the state's University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. She is Core Faculty for Social Work for Iowa LEND, and adjunct faculty at the University of Iowa School of Social Work.
Dianne McBrien
Dianne McBrien, MD, is Medical Director at the Center for Disabilities and Development. She directs the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Program (LEND). She serves on CDD's EPSDT team.
Lane Strathearn
Lane Strathearn, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, serves as Physician Director at the Center for Disabilities and Development. He is co-Director of the Hawk-IDDRC, Iowa's Hawkeye Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center.
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CDD provides evidence-based clinical services, statewide community programs, interdisciplinary education and training, and state-of-the-art research for Iowans with disabilities, and their families and providers. Watch Dr. Strathearn's video...