Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
English Por Charlene N. Rivera Bonet, Escritora Científica, Waisman Center Visita la galería de fotos Un grupo de estudiantes de escuela secundaria del Centro Hispano del Condado de Dane visitó el Waisman Center para un recorrido de los laboratorios científicos y un panel de expertos en el campo de discapacidades intelectuales y del desarrollo. Centro …
When Su-Chun Zhang, MD, PhD, picked up the phone to answer a call in 2001, he could barely understand the man speaking on the other line. “I could not hear his voice clearly,” says Zhang, a Waisman investigator and professor of neuroscience and neurology. It turns out that the man, who was calling from Texas, was on a ventilator which was garbling his voice.
Lapin recounts that he could sense the tension rising as his autistic client’s behavior started escalating after he had been triggered by something in the store.
Their mission is to address the behavioral, psychological, and emotional needs of individuals with disabilities using therapeutic approaches that assure continued participation in supported society.
Individuals with Down syndrome are at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, and it typically presents it at an earlier age than the general population. It is estimated that 90% of people with Down syndrome will have developed Alzheimer’s by age 65.
One mutation in a single gene, as straightforward as it may sound, can cause a broad range of symptoms and severity among those who carry it. This is the case for fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common hereditary form of intellectual disability.
For the next hour, Rivera-Bonet and Montoto spoke with Qiang Chang, PhD, director of the Waisman Center, and Paola Perez, MSSW, social worker and Waisman Center clinics operations manager, about the Waisman Center and its broad range of research, resources, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
The Waisman Center, Friends of the Waisman Center, and the Waisman Whirl planning committee would like to thank the hundreds of individuals and organizations who help make the 2022 Whirl a success! Highlights of the day Video: (Click the red arrow to play video) Photos: Go to our box file to view all photos Sponsors: …
Waisman investigators Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD, an assistant professor of cell and regenerative biology and Su-Chun Zhang, MD, PhD, professor of neuroscience and neurology at the School of Medicine and Public Health at UW-Madison, were awarded an $11 million Transformative Research grant by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National …
Waisman Biomafacturing (WB) is at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 with one vaccine and two therapeutic products in development. “Waisman Biomanufacturing’s mission is to advance novel vaccines and therapeutics into early human clinical trials,” says Carl Ross, MS, WB’s managing director. With its state-of-the-art cleanroom facility, WB provides manufacturing and testing services to …
