The Cambridge Intellectual & Development Disabilities Research Group at the University of Cambridge, established with a grant from The Health Foundation, is part of the Section of Developmental Psychiatry in the Academic Department of Psychiatry The Cambridge Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Group We also aim to support students from a variety of disciplines to undertake research in intellectual and other developmental disabilities in order to contribute to the development of relevant academic expertise for the future We attempt to achieve this aim through interdisciplinary and collaborative research and by ensuring that the findings are disseminated in ways that can be used to bring about change In partnership with colleagues from services for people with acquired brain injury, and others, we are members of the NIHR's CLAHRC (Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care) for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough