Midweek Movies: Crip Camp
Zoom 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WIEvent Details Midweek Movies Presents: Crip Camp Live via Zoom When: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Where: Live Online via Zoom - Register to obtain Zoom code Registration: Click here …
Midweek Movies: Crip Camp – Evening Showing
Zoom 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WIEvent Details Midweek Movies Presents: Crip Camp Live via Zoom When: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Where: Live Online via Zoom - Register to obtain Zoom code Registration: Click here …
Golf Benefit 2022
Maple Bluff Country Club 500 Kensington Drive, Madison, WI30th Annual Golf Benefit, Monday, July 18, 2022 at Maple Bluff Country Club This summer, the Friends of the Waisman Center mark the 30th anniversary of our annual golf benefit. We celebrate 30 years of …
Seminar – Luis Columna, PhD – “Active kids with Disabilities and Their Families”
John D. Wiley Conference CenterThe native of Puerto Rico previously worked for eight years as a faculty member with Syracuse University’s Department of Exercise Science. An advocate for social justice and diversity, Columna’s work centers on improving physical activity opportunities for children with disabilities, particularly in Hispanic families. Columna has published two books and written numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He developed the Fit Families Program, which brings together children with disabilities, their parents, college students, and in-service professionals from a range of fields. Columna earned his Ph.D. from Texas Women’s University in 2007.
Midweek Movies: Two and Twenty Troubles
Zoom 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WIEvent Details Midweek Movies Presents: Two and Twenty Troubles Live via Zoom When: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Where: Live Online via Zoom - Register to obtain Zoom code Registration: …
Seminar – Carlos Portera-Cailliau, MD, PhD – Topic: Cortical Interneuron Hypofunction as a Target for Therapy in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
John D. Wiley Conference CenterDr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau investigates synaptic and circuit changes in the mouse model of Fragile X syndrome in his lab at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, where he is on faculty. He has received grants from the NIH, the Dana Foundation, the March of Dimes Foundation, the Simons Foundation, and the John Merck Fund. From 2013 to 2021 he was the co-director of the UCLA-Caltech medical Scientist Training Program. He still sees patients in the movement disorders clinic.
Seminar – Stephen Scherer, PhD, DSc FRSC – Topic: Understanding the Composition of the Human Genome for Studies of Genetic Disease
John D. Wiley Conference CenterDr. Stephen Scherer’s research includes understanding the composition of the human genome for studies of genetic disease built around three themes: 1) gene copy number and structural variation in the human genome, 2) determining the genetic architecture in autism spectrum and related- disorders and using this information to help families, and 3) developing infrastructure and capacity in Canada for translational genomics research.
Seminar – Junmin Peng, PhD – Topic: Mass Spectrometry-Based Approaches to Explore DNA, RNA, Proteins, and Metabolites
John D. Wiley Conference CenterDr. Peng is a member of both the Structural Biology and Developmental Neurobiology departments at St. Jude and serves as the director of the Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics. His research involves using mass spectrometry-based proteomics, metabolomics and systems biology to understand mechanisms of human disease.
Seminar – Brenna Maddox, PhD – Topic: Improving Community Services for People on the Autism Spectrum Across the Lifespan
John D. Wiley Conference CenterDr. Maddox is an assistant Professor in the department of psychiatry. As the implementation scientist at TEACCH, her work focuses on improving community services for people on the autism spectrum across the lifespan.
Seminar – Ann Kaiser, PhD – Topic: Language Growth in Young Children with Disabilities
John D. Wiley Conference CenterDr. Kaiser is the Director of KidTalk and the Susan W. Gray Professor of Education and Human Development at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. She serves as the principal investigator for the research and demonstration grants at KidTalk. She has published more than 160 articles and chapters on early language interventions for children with language delays and developmental disabilities, and for children at risk due to poverty.