Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Sensory errors, mismatches between predicted sensory outcomes of movement and reafferent sensory feedback, drive changes in the feedforward control of future motor behavior that correct for those errors.
FLAG Rounds were developed by Coleman and Danielle Gerber to use family faculty, or family members of children with complex medical needs as lecturers, and storytelling as a strategy to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitude in medical students and providers to dismantle ableism in pediatric care and partner with families in the care of their children.
Individuals with Down syndrome have a 90% lifetime risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Editing measurements, microphysiological systems (such as organoids and organs-on-chips) and in vivo imaging techniques present a spectrum of information across different scales, from single nucleotides in vitro to the whole body in vivo.
Young adult speakers can be induced to increase the acoustic contrast between vowels through exposure to a nonuniform auditory “centralization” feedback perturbation that makes vowels sound less distinct from one another.
The METabolic Health, Lifestyle, and Risk of Co-Occurring Health Conditions in Down Syndrome (MET-DS) study is part of the NIH INCLUDE Project (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndrome) and its Collaboration for Down Syndrome Progress (CDP) Program—national initiatives working to improve the health and quality of life of people with …
AT A GLANCE: Clinical trials serve as the crucial bridge between groundbreaking laboratory research and the eventual approval of new treatments or interventions. At the Waisman Center, researchers like Albee Messing, VMD, PhD, and David Gamm, MD, PhD have dedicated decades to transforming innovative ideas into potential therapies, now undergoing rigorous testing to ensure their …
Are you a mother between 35 and 65 years old who is the primary caregiver of a child (with or without a developmental disability such as autism, Down syndrome, or other conditions)?
Researchers are increasingly recognizing what families have long known: lived experience is its own form of expertise.
Relationships are hard. It’s part of why there are countless books, podcasts, and blog posts about how to build, maintain, and keep relationships.
