2003 News
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Electronic Watchdog Keeps Developmentally Disabled Safe
If Monica Reese opens her front door or leaves her bedroom in the middle of the night, someone knows.
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Mark S. Seidenberg one of 29 most cited UW-Madison faculty
Mark S. Seidenberg, professor of psychology and an investigator in the Communication & Cognitive Processes Unit of the Waisman Center, is one of twenty-nine UW-Madison faculty members identified as the most cited…
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Two Waisman Investigators Named AAAS Fellows
Gary D. Sandefur and Mark S. Seidenberg, investigators at the Waisman Center, were recently named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The American Association for the Advancement of…
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Paul White Receives 2003 Joyce Erdman Award
The Waisman Center’s Paul White received the 2003 Joyce Erdman Award which is sponsored by the Capital Times Kids Fund. The annual award recognizes a person who excels in working with youth.…
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Waisman Center Celebrates 30 Years
On October 8, 2003, the Waisman Center celebrated 30 years of research, training, services & outreach with a scientific symposium and ceremony attended by 100’s of people including several dignitaries.
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At 30, Waisman Center looks to new frontiers
During the past three decades, our understanding of human development – from the womb to old age – has grown in astounding ways. We know more about the causes and consequences of…
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Davidson’s Emotion Research Featured in New York Times Magazine
Waisman Researcher Richard Davidson, Ph.D., has been featured in several media stories lately regarding his work with the brain mechanisms that underlie emotions. The most recent is a story in the September…
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Waisman Center Research On Autism Receives Support From Wisconsin-Based Group
The Friends of Autism, a grass-roots, recently founded organization, has donated $36,000 to benefit the Waisman Center’s research program on autism.
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Study shows brain activity influences immune function
Staying healthy may involve more than washing hands or keeping a positive attitude. According to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, it also may involve a particular pattern of brain…
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Special IV Is Seen As Boy’s Lifeline, But There Is A Snag
At 16 months, Tyler Tracy can only handle about four grams of carbohydrates per day. Other children his age need about 40 grams.
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Awards Presented At Friends Of The Waisman Center Reception
This annual event was attended by faculty, staff, students, and Friends of the Waisman Center. President of the Friends Dave Sugar welcomed everyone and highlighted the Friends’ activities during the past, followed…
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Waisman Center Part Of New Nation-Wide Initiative On Autism
The Waisman Center was awarded $1.6 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to participate in a multi-institutional STAART Center (Studies to Advance Autism Research and Treatment Center). Awarded in May…
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Ph.D., Awarded Vilas Professorship
Morton Ann Gernsbacher, PhD, Waisman investigator and Sir Frederic C. Bartlett Professor of Psychology, has been awarded one of the University of Wisconsin’s most prestigious honors, a Vilas Professorship. Created and funded…
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Paul Shattuck, Waisman Graduate Research Assistant, to Receive ISP Award
Paul Shattuck, Waisman graduate research assistant and doctoral student in social welfare, received the national award in the Influencing State Policy 2003 contest for doctoral students. Influencing State Policy (ISP) assists social…
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New Hewlett-Packard System Boosts Waisman Storage Capacity
A new storage area network (SAN) that was installed here last month vastly elevates our storage capacity-from 75 gigabytes (GB) to 4,200 GB. This much-needed increase was crucial because of the center’s…
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Evening of Hope Benefits ALS Research at the Waisman Center . . .
Proceeds of $105,000 from the Evening of Hope, a fund raiser held in Milwaukee earlier this year, will support the ALS research of Clive Svendsen, Ph.D., a UW-Madison professor of neurology and…
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Neural stem cells take a step closer to the clinic
Scientists working with cells that may someday be used to replace diseased or damaged cells in the brain have taken neural stem cell technology a key step closer to the clinic.
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Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., Named American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, was elected as a Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the area of Social Sciences. The 2003 class…
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Seth Pollak honored with Boyd McCandless Award
Seth Pollak, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology and a Waisman investigator in the Child Emotion Research Laboratory, received the 2003 Boyd McCandless Award from the American Psychological Association. The award acknowledges distinguished…
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Growth factor shows promise in Parkinson’s patients
By pumping a potent growth factor directly into the human brain, an international team of scientists and surgeons has demonstrated significant remediation of the debilitating symptoms of patients with Parkinson’s disease.
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Health Disparities Report Now Available
The University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at the Waisman Center has just released its final report about last fall’s Invitational Conference on Health Disparities and Developmental Disabilities in Wisconsin.…
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First test in United States of a child with dual cochlear implants
Micha Wiggins and her mother Doty not only travelled a long way-from Dallas, Texas-to visit Ruth Litovsky’s lab on March 10 and 11, they also had made a long personal journey to…
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Dr. Richard Davidson Receives NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award
Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, and director of the W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior at the Waisman Center, received…
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Autism Society of Wisconsin Honors Waisman Center
The Autism Society of Wisconsin (ASW) has selected the Waisman Center to receive a special recognition award for its involvement in providing awareness, understanding and support in the area of autism research.…
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Associate Directors Appointed: Dr. Leonard Abbeduto and Dr. Albee Messing
Waisman Center director Marsha M. Seltzer announced the appointments of two new associate directors: Len Abbeduto as Waisman Center Associate Director for the Behavioral Sciences and Albee Messing as Waisman Center Associate…
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Study shows preschool can prevent child abuse
In one of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, a little girl with pigtails and a denim jumper stands in front of a table and fingers the shape of wooden letters as she fits them…
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Meditation produces positive changes in the brain
In a small but highly provocative study, a UW-Madison research team has found, for the first time, that a short program in “mindfulness meditation” produced lasting positive changes in both the brain…
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Orphanage experience alters brain development
During the last decade, many American families have opened their hearts and homes to children adopted from Eastern European orphanages.
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Infants may offer clues to language development
You may not know it, but you took a course in linguistics as a baby.
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Brain images reveal effects of antidepressants
The experiences of millions of people have proved that antidepressants work, but only with the advent of sophisticated imaging technology have scientists begun to learn exactly how the medications affect brain structures…