Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
The Waisman Center will participate in the National Children's Study, a decades-long study of the health and well-being of children.
Even the subtlest hints of anger or hostility in their environment sets physically abused children on prolonged "alert," even if a conflict has nothing to do with them.
In a study of adult monkeys who were exposed to moderate amounts of alcohol in utero, scientists have found that prenatal exposure to alcohol has pronounced effects on the development and function later in life.
H. Hill Goldsmith, Ph.D., has been elected President of the Behavior Genetics Association.
A photograph of a neural stem cell taken by Waisman researcher Su Chun Zhang is featured on the cover of a new publication, Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
Morton Ann Gernsbacher, the Vilas Research Professor and Sir Frederic C. Bartlett Professor of Psychology at UW-Madison, is president-elect of the American Psychological Society, an international organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology.
Outreach program manager/augmentative and alternative communication specialist at the Communication Aids and Systems Clinic (CASC) and Communication Development Program (CDP) at UW-Madison's Waisman Center.
Over 600 people attended the Friends of the Waisman Center Second Annual Films in the Field on Saturday, August 13, 2005 in the athletic fields adjacent to the Waisman Center.
The Friends reception took place on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. in the 8th floor Ziemann Suite.
In an effort to develop new techniques to repair and protect the nervous system in multiple sclerosis patients, including the use of human stem cells, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has awarded $3.4 million to a team of UW-Madison scientists.
