Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards, visited the center on Monday, September 13. Her visit focused on the Waisman Center’s “translational research,” including the Stem Cell Research Program, the Waisman Clinical Biomanufacturing …
Outreach
With a little help
For the Cooney family, and others, the UW Waisman Center is a lifeline The Waisman Center provides services for families in need By Paula Zelonky, Isthmus Reprinted by Permission Rob Cooney has a lot of …
Waisman Center Celebrates 30 Years
On October 8, 2003, the Waisman Center celebrated 30 years of research, training, services & outreach with a scientific symposium and ceremony attended by 100’s of people including several dignitaries. The Waisman Center: 30 Years …
At 30, Waisman Center looks to new frontiers
During the past three decades, our understanding of human development – from the womb to old age – has grown in astounding ways. We know more about the causes and consequences of developmental disability and mental retardation than we might have imagined 40 years ago when President John F. Kennedy, two days before his assassination, wired his congratulations to Professor Harry Waisman at the UW Medical School.
Evening of Hope Benefits ALS Research at the Waisman Center . . .
Proceeds of $105,000 from the Evening of Hope, a fund raiser held in Milwaukee earlier this year, will support the ALS research of Clive Svendsen, Ph.D., a UW-Madison professor of neurology and anatomy and an …
HHS Secretary Thompson visits Waisman
On Friday, September 7, HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson paid a visit to the Waisman Center. He was on campus in connection with the groundbreaking for the new Learning Center and asked to tour the new …
Waisman Center Sponsors Scientific Symposium
“Developmental Science: Genes, Brain, and Behavior,” a scientific symposium, will be presented by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Waisman Center on Wednesday, September 5.