LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Related Disorders)

Address: 3414 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2583 Phone: (412) 692-6538 Fax: (412) 6927428 Email: paula.ciliberti@chp.edu Website: http://www.lend.pitt.edu/

The LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities) Center at the University of Pittsburgh is a leadership education program funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).  At the University of Pittsburgh, the LEND Center is a program of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.  It is an interdisciplinary program that prepares graduate and post-graduate students, practicing professionals, and family members of children with disabilities to assume leadership roles in their respective fields.  While striving to understand factors that help all individuals attain optimal health and developmental trajectories over a lifetime, the LEND Center forges partnerships of university faculty and students, community service providers, health professionals and educators, leaders in government, business, and philanthropy, as well as individuals with disabilities.