Boy with autism funds research with hand-drawn holiday cards
Giizhik Klawiter has never been so much as a visitor to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center, but the 10-year-old boy with autism from Hayward, Wis., is one of the most faithful supporters of the center's developmental disabilities research.
December 12, 2012Early stress may sensitize girls’ brains for later anxiety
High levels of family stress in infancy are linked to differences in everyday brain function and anxiety in teenage girls, according to new results of a long-running population study by University of Wisconsin scientists.
November 11, 2012
Cells from skin create model of blinding eye disease
For the first time, Wisconsin researchers have taken skin from patients and, using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology, turned them into a laboratory model for an inherited type of macular degeneration.
November 8, 2012Waisman Center hosts Wisconsin Science Festival
The Waisman Center was featured in the Wisconsin State Journal recent article about the Wisconsin Science Festival.
October 2, 2012
Waisman Center’s Gamm honored for retinal stem cell research
David Gamm received the Visionary Award from the Foundation Fighting Blindness at the Dining in the Dark event.
September 13, 2012
Multimillion-dollar gift to support Waisman Center scholars
A multimillion-dollar planned estate gift from Dr. Richard Morse ('67 MD) of New Orleans, will fund an interdisciplinary society of graduate student scholars to study childhood mental health and developmental disabilities in the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
July 31, 2012Vision scientist Dr. David Gamm to lead UW Eye Research Institute
David Gamm has been selected as director of the University of Wisconsin Eye Research Institute (ERI).
June 29, 2012
Fragile X gene’s prevalence suggests broader health risk
The first U.S. population prevalence study of mutations in the gene that causes fragile X syndrome may be more common than previously believed.
June 14, 2012Stress may delay brain development in early years
Stress may affect brain development in children according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
June 6, 2012Educational games to train middle schoolers’ attention, empathy
Two years ago Richard Davidson challenged video game manufacturers to develop games that emphasize kindness and compassion instead of violence and aggression.
May 12, 2012Editorial: Swing for the Waisman Center
It’s an amazing place, studying causes and potential treatments for conditions like autism, Alzheimer’s and seizure disorders.
April 17, 2012Waisman Center Researchers Shape Stem Cell Landscape
Read about researchers making major breakthroughs in stem cell work.
April 1, 2012
CDC estimates 1 in 88 children in United States has been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder
Autism spectrum disorders are almost five times more common among boys than girls – with 1 in 54 boys identified.
March 30, 2012Professor works with kids and their families to get better use of their cochlear implants
Ruth Litovsky and her team at the Waisman Center work with kids and their families from across the country to get better use of their cochlear implants.
March 23, 2012
Speaker to shed light on how children interact
My own research is really interested in how kids think about themselves and other people as members of different social groups, and the kind of information that's salient to them very early in development, and what might give rise to other kinds of categories and distinctions later.
March 17, 2012
Stem cells hint at potential treatment for Huntington’s disease
GABA neurons are the brain cells whose degradation causes Huntington's disease, a condition characterized by severely degraded motor function, among other things.
March 15, 2012Scientists Produce Eye Structures from Human Blood-Derived Stem Cells
For the first time, scientists at the UW-Madison have made early retina structures containing proliferating neuroretinal progenitor cells using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from human blood.
March 13, 2012In new book, leading neuroscientist describes your brain on emotion
Building on more than 30 years of cutting-edge brain research, a new book by Richard J. Davidson offers an inside look into how emotions are coded in our brains and our power to control them.
March 3, 2012Appleton Education Foundation Program looks at early childhood development
Parents have little access to research on early childhood development, something the Appleton Education Foundation hopes to rectify with this year's Community Education Program.
February 21, 2012Spotlight on: Leann Smith, ICTR Pilot Grant Recipient
The involvement of local community groups in research studies is a key step in connecting academic research to public health outcomes, and also one of the hardest.
February 21, 2012Autism and the adult child: Honoring the needs of every generation
Some of you may think I'm jumping the gun here.
February 11, 2012New Down syndrome clinic offers expertise, support to families
American Family Children's Hospital and the UW Waisman Center have joined forces to open a multidisciplinary Down syndrome clinic.
February 9, 2012How does the compassionate brain, measured in the lab, predict what occurs in real life?
Researchers are launching a new series of studies to understand how laboratory measures of virtuous qualities such as compassion relate to their behavior in the real world.
February 1, 2012
The Waisman Center: Decades later, what would Harry think?
Last fall, the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bid successfully for the same National Institutes of Health core grant that the late Harry Waisman first won 45 years ago.
January 30, 2012- More 2012 posts
Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.