Parents have little access to research on early childhood development, something the Appleton Education Foundation hopes to rectify with this year’s Community Education Program.
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Spotlight on: Leann Smith, ICTR Pilot Grant Recipient
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.
Autism and the adult child: Honoring the needs of every generation
Some of you may think I’m jumping the gun here.
New Down syndrome clinic offers expertise, support to families
American Family Children’s Hospital and the UW Waisman Center have joined forces to open a multidisciplinary Down syndrome clinic.
How does the compassionate brain, measured in the lab, predict what occurs in real life?
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.
The Waisman Center: Decades later, what would Harry think?
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.
Autism Speaks grant awarded to Marsha Seltzer
Marsha Mailick Seltzer received one of 47 grants awarded by Autism Speaks
Seltzer shares expertise in LA Times autism series
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.
Study by Waisman Center affiliate Whitney Witt: Mothers of tiny babies suffer, too
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 Increases Risk for Pregnancy Complications
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.