Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
More than 10,000 children are born each year with cerebral palsy (CP) making it the most common motor disability in childhood.
The clinics and the research laboratories of the Waisman Center intertwine to care for individuals with cerebral palsy. The mission is one: to improve the outcomes for individuals with cerebral palsy.
Early childhood maltreatment can have long lasting effects that follow a person into adulthood.
Messing wanted to study if the overexpression of GFAP resulted in a certain reactive response in the brain.
Today, many researchers are using brain organoids – miniaturized and simplified versions of organs produced in a dish typically from stem cells – as analogs for studying the development of the human brain.
Obtaining a college degree may be protective against neurodegenerative symptoms in women with an elevated genetic risk.
David Gamm is adept at keeping multiple things in focus. Gamm, MD, PhD, is a Waisman investigator, director of the McPherson Eye Research Institute, and professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences. With one eye trained on patients, he treats children in the pediatric ophthalmology clinic.
The Waisman Center has been at the forefront of research on cochlear implants and hearing science for more than two decades.
WIN is a Waisman Center Community Outreach Wisconsin (COW) program with nurses that serve as consultants for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families, caregivers, residential and vocational team members, and health care providers.
