• 1919 – The Society for the Relief of the Disabled met for the first time. This is today’s MMI Board of Directors.
• 1922 – Summer – Society for the Relief of the Disabled held a day camp for 24 individuals.
• Sept. 1, 1922 – John Munroe provided the first permanent facility when he donated the house, which was called the Hattie B. Munroe Home for Convalescing Crippled Children, in his wife’s memory.
• 1997 - The Meyer Rehabilitation Institute (MRI) and the Hattie B. Munroe Pavilion became the Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) for Genetics & Rehabilitation.
• 2009 - MMI became an academic unit of UNMC.

For more information about the history of MMI, go to our History section.

• 15 departments, approximately 500 employees.
• One of 67 federally designated University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD).
• One of 52 Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program.
• Five supporting boards: MMI Board of Directors, Hattie B. Munroe Foundation, Meyer Foundation for Disabilities, Munroe-Meyer Guild, Scottish Rite Foundations of Nebraska.
• Annually, more than $33 million budget, with more than $9 million in federal/state/local grants and contracts and more than $2 million in philanthropy.

• More than 70,000 yearly services (75 percent take place in the community).
• More than 40 provider locations across the state (more than 30 outside Omaha).
• More than 50 types of services provided:
  • Academic and educational interventions
  • Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
  • Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
  • Autism Care for Toddlers Clinic
  • Behavioral health services
  • Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) treatment
  • Community education
  • Developmental medicine
  • Early intervention
  • Family resources
  • Feeding and swallowing services
  • Genetics evaluation
  • Genetic counseling
  • Genetic testing
  • Motion analysis
  • Neonatal intensive care follow-up
  • Occupational therapy
  • Physical therapy
  • Recreational therapy
  • Rehabilitation services
  • Severe behavior services
  • Social skills services
  • Speech language pathology

• Involved in education of medical students, residents, fellows, interns, allied health professionals, Ph.D. and M.S. students, college and high school students.
• More than 8,500 participants in workshops, conferences, teleconferences and other community education activities.
• 87 long-term trainees (doctoral, masters, interns) in 2016.
• Interdisciplinary training in 2016: 172 students, interns, residents and post-doctoral fellows for a total of 118,136 hours.
• More than 3,600 long-term students received training at MMI in the past 17 years.
• Students from more than 40 universities and colleges nationwide annually.
• More than 100 classes and seminars taught by our staff and faculty annually.
• Approximately 40 faculty involved in basic, clinical and translational research activities.
• More than 150 clinical and research fellows trained in the past 15 years.
• More than $4 million in research funding annually.
• Approximately 40 faculty involved in basic, clinical and translational research activities.

• Annually, more than 100 technical assistance services (1,765 hours) to community partners in LEND and UCCED alone.
• Approximately 50 community training activities (1,492 participants/192 hours) in LEND and UCCED annually.

Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D. – Director of MMI, 402-559-5702

Wayne A. Stuberg, PT, Ph.D., PCS, FAPTA - Associate Director of MMI and Director of Clinical Affairs, 402-559-5720

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