Rita Hohlstein, clinical associate professor for the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, received the Wisconsin Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Leadership.
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Data provides misleading picture of autism
If statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Education are to be believed, in 1992 the state of Illinois had only 322 diagnosed cases of autism among school children. In 2003, according to the same statistical source, Illinois had more than 6,000 children diagnosed as autistic.
Christopher Coe, PhD, receives Hilldale Award
Five faculty members, including Christopher Coe of the Waisman Center, have received the 2006 Hilldale Awards, which annually recognize excellence in teaching, research and service.
Great (Taste) Expectations: Study Shows Brain Anticipates Taste, Shifts Gears
As the prism of our senses, the human brain has ways of refracting sensory input in defiance of reality.
Experts question prevalent stereotypes about autism
As theories about autism spread like wildfire in the media and the general public, a panel of autism experts will reflect on the validity of four widely held – and potentially inaccurate – assumptions about the developmental disability.
New Wisconsin Idea grants venture into diverse territory
The Waisman Center’s Early Childhood program was recently awarded a Wisconsin Idea Grant from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Endowment.
Pollak receives APA Distinguished Scientific Award
Waisman researcher Seth Pollak, PhD, been selected as a recipient of the 2006 American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology. As
Engineered stem cells show promise for sneaking drugs into the brain
One of the great challenges for treating Parkinson’s diseases and other neurodegenerative disorders is getting medicine to the right place in the brain.
Psychologists glimpse biological imprint of childhood neglect
The absence of a loving caregiver in the earliest years of life could sway the normal activity of two hormones – vasopressin and oxytocin – that play an essential role in the ability to form healthy social bonds and emotional intimacy.
Kalin receives award meant to spur advances in psychiatry
Ned A. Kalin, the Hedberg Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology and chair of the department of psychiatry at the UW Medical School, has received the national Edward A. Strecker Award for 2005.