Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Marsha Mailick Seltzer, PhD, Waisman Center director and Vaughan Bascom and Elizabeth M. Boggs Professor, is among four faculty to receive this year’s Hilldale Award—the University’s most prestigious honor for faculty members.
Derek Hei, PhD, director of Waisman Biomanufacturing was quoted extensively in the January 20th issue of the Isthmus.
The research of Marsha Mailick Seltzer, PhD, was recently cited by Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, Ph.D., as part of a review of major scientific advances in autism research in 2010.
Scientists using diffusion tensor imaging have been able to identify individuals with autism 94% of the time
How does childhood environment shape the human brain? Can caregiver abuse and neglect – as well as nurturing – promote behaviors and reaction patterns that last a lifetime?
Susan Axelrod is Chair and founding member of Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE).
Can we exercise our brains to make ourselves happier, healthier and more compassionate?
The grant will fund development work that will focus on the efficacy of a genetically modified living human skin substitute called ExpressGraftEnhance tissue in the prevention and disruption of biofilms. A biofilm is a community of bacteria growing in a matrix that adheres to a surface.
Former UW-Madison chancellor John Wiley has served as interim director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery since November 2008.
A recent sconcludes that the prevalence of children being served under the special education autism category in Wisconsin seems to be leveling off in the school districts with the highest prevalence rates.
