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Munroe-Meyer Institute

- Services Overview
- Make an Appointment
  Most appointments for MMI's unique range of services for individuals with disabilities are scheduled through our Patient Information Office.
- Diagnosis and Disorders
  Learn about a specific diagnosis or developmental disorder.
- Community Engagement
  We bring together providers, agencies and stakeholders to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities and complex health care needs.
- Patient Resources
  Helpful information about insurance, evaluations, interpretive services, lodging and more.
- Request an Interpreter
  We provide qualified language interpreters for our patients with limited English or sign language interpreters for our patients who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
- Resources Overview
- Civil & Legal Resources
  All people have the right to be included in their community with access to public spaces, housing, education, and employment. Access to civil and legal resources makes this easier for people with disabilities.
- Legislation and Disability Policy
  MMI serves as an expert resource to state and federal policymakers on issues impacting individuals with disabilities and their families.
- Leadership & Advocacy Opportunities
  There are many opportunities for individuals with disabilities and family members to become involved in leadership roles.
- Lifespan Resources
  We help families with children who have disabilities navigate resources available across childhood to early adulthood.
- Education Overview
- Departments & Programs
  Our clinical departments provide learning opportunities for students in professional training programs within UNMC, the state of Nebraska and across the country.
- Parents & Caregivers
  Learn about our leadership and advocacy training opportunities for parents and caregivers of individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
- Job Shadow
  Many of our programs and services offer job shadowing opportunities.
- Continuing Education
  At MMI, you'll find professional development and continuing education opportunities, including leadership training, workshops and clinical experiences in genetics grand rounds.
- Research Overview
- Faculty Research
  We work in basic, applied, translational and evaluative research in every one of our programs and disciplines.
- Student Research
  Assisting MMI faculty in their research efforts are numerous post-doctoral fellows, doctoral interns, graduate and undergraduate students from across the nation.
- Active Research Studies
  Explore MMI research studies recruiting participants.

Administration Directory

MMI Director, Karoly Mirnics, MD, PhD, smiles while addressing crowd at podium.

Directors lead teams across Munroe-Meyer Institute.

They collaborate to ensure that MMI’s education, research, patient care and outreach rank among the best. Together, their experiences and action-oriented approach offers better outcomes for people with disabilities and their families served in Nebraska and surrounding region.

Members of MMI's Leadership Council, representative of each mission pillar at MMI, advise institute leaders on vision- and value-based issues.

Institute Leadership

Károly Mirnics, MD, PhD

Hattie B. Munroe Professor
Dean and Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute
Professor of Psychiatry, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UNMC

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Phone: 402-559-6430

Károly Mirnics, MD, PhD

Amy S. Nordness, PhD, CCC-SLP

Robert and Myrna Krohn Family Professor
Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute Clinical Services
Associate Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute
Associate Professor, MMI Department of Speech-Language Pathology
Speech-Language Pathologist

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Phone: 402-559-6651

Amy S. Nordness, PhD, CCC-SLP

Leadership Council

Keith D. Allen, PhD, BCBA-D

Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute Academic Affairs
Professor, MMI Department of Psychology
Licensed Psychologist
Board Certified Behavior Analyst

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Phone: 402-559-5756

Keith D. Allen, PhD, BCBA-D

Jennifer Blackford, PhD

Hattie B. Munroe Professor
Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute Research
Professor, UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences
Professor, UNO Department of Psychology

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Jennifer Blackford, PhD

Károly Mirnics, MD, PhD

Hattie B. Munroe Professor
Dean and Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute
Professor of Psychiatry, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UNMC

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Phone: 402-559-6430

Károly Mirnics, MD, PhD

Amy S. Nordness, PhD, CCC-SLP

Robert and Myrna Krohn Family Professor
Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute Clinical Services
Associate Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute
Associate Professor, MMI Department of Speech-Language Pathology
Speech-Language Pathologist

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Phone: 402-559-6651

Amy S. Nordness, PhD, CCC-SLP

Alice Shillingsburg, PhD, BCBA-D, LP, LBA

Yale Family Endowed Chair
Director, MMI iCASD
Professor, MMI iCASD
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Licensed Psychologist

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Phone: 402-559-3098

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Wayne Stuberg, PT, PhD, PCS, FAPTA

Consultant, Munroe-Meyer Institute
Emeritus Professor, MMI Department of Physical Therapy

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Phone: 402-559-6430

Wayne Stuberg, PT, PhD, PCS, FAPTA

Melonie S. Welsh, MS

Robert F. and Myrna L. Krohn Associate Professor, UNMC
Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute Community Engagement

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Phone: 402-559-9828

Melonie S. Welsh, MS