Dyadic caregiver-child interactions are commonly used to examine children’s language learning environments.
Month: April 2024
Former UW SMPH student pens NEJM article about PICU experience
Dr. Erica Andrist, clinical assistant professor at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, was a UW School of Medicine and Public Health student who rotated through the UW PICU between 2011–2012. She is currently a pediatric intensivist …
After three decades of diverse service in genetics practice and regional outreach, David Wargowski will retire
From his arrival at the Department of Pediatrics in 1990 and for the next 30-plus years, David Wargowski, MD, professor in the Division of Genetics and Metabolism, has served tirelessly, addressing genetically based diseases and health conditions of the region’s children.
John Svaren honored with Vilas professorship
Professor of Comparative Biosciences at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Waisman Center investigator, John Svaren, PhD, is a recipient of a Vilas Distinguished Professorship.
At UW-Madison, autistic students navigate personal, classroom obstacles
There are 99 UW-Madison students on the autism spectrum, according to the McBurney Disability Resource Center’s 2022-23 annual report.
André Sousa, PhD – Slide of the Week
The granular dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) is an evolutionary specialization of primates that is centrally involved in cognition. We assessed more than 600,000 single-nucleus transcriptomes from adult human, chimpanzee, macaque, and marmoset dlPFC.
A new grant from the Eagles Autism Foundation will help advance Waisman research on the genetic cause of autism
Studying the biological underpinnings of autism is exceptionally complex with more than 1000 genes thought to be associated with autism.
Kristin Shutts, PhD – Slide of the Week
Close peer relationships are critical to children’s and adolescents’ healthy development and well-being, yet youth sometimes struggle to make friends.
Waisman Center welcomes new affiliated investigator Justin Wolter
By Emily Leclerc, Waisman Science Writer The Waisman Center welcomes a new affiliated investigator Justin Wolter, PhD, assistant professor of medical genetics. Wolter comes to Waisman and UW-Madison from the University of North Carolina at …
Waisman postdoctoral fellow receives prestigious Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award
Yu (Kristy) Guo, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Waisman investigator Xinyu Zhao, PhD, professor of neuroscience, was recently selected to receive the prestigious Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award.