Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Predoctoral Visitor Diversity Recruitment
PHD Students Engaged in Research and Training in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The Waisman center is seeking nominations for predoctoral trainees from underrepresented groups to visit our center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The goal of this visit is to learn about our NIH-funded postdoctoral training program on research in intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). During the 2-day visit, the trainee would learn about research at the center, meet with investigators, share a meal with current postdoctoral fellows, and tour campus and Madison.
Requirements:
The trainee must be: 1) a PhD student in the last two years of their doctoral program; 2) engaged in research and training on IDD; and 3) from an economically disadvantaged background or underrepresented racial/ethnic group as defined in nomination instructions.
About Waisman Center Postdoctoral Program in IDD Research:
The Waisman center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is dedicated to advancing knowledge about human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases through research, training, services, and outreach.
Postdoctoral fellows work with faculty who are engaged in social-affective, communication, and biobehavioral research as applied to individuals with a variety of types of IDD (e.g., autism, fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy). This research uses sophisticated statistical approaches, longitudinal designs, brain imaging methods, GWAS, social genomics, and psychobiology, among other approaches to data collection and analysis.
