Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
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.
Some of you may think I'm jumping the gun here.
American Family Children's Hospital and the UW Waisman Center have joined forces to open a multidisciplinary Down syndrome clinic.
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.
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.
Marsha Mailick Seltzer received one of 47 grants awarded by Autism Speaks
Seltzer, an autism expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studies how lifelong caregiving affects the well-being of parents and siblings of individuals with disabilities, including autism.
Babies born at very low birth weights struggle in their early years and a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers suggests that their mothers do, too.
Poor mental health before pregnancy predicts which pregnant women are most likely to have a pregnancy complication and give birth to a low birth-weight baby, a new nationwide survey reveals.
Among the many hurdles to be cleared before human embryonic stem cells can achieve their therapeutic potential is determining whether or not transplanted cells can functionally integrate into target organs or tissues.
