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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Lunch & Learn
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Lunch & Learn
Celebrating Diverse Perspectives at the Waisman Center ABOUT THE EVENT Working alongside and hearing from a diverse group of people, including those with lived experience of disability as an individual and/or family member, enriches our …
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Autistic Flourishing: Fostering Happy, Healthy Brains & Bodies
Autistic Flourishing: Fostering Happy, Healthy Brains & Bodies
Explore how to be an ally and foster genuine autistic happiness, health and, flourishing across the lifespan for our autistic selves, family, friends, and fellow humans.
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Midweek Movies: Rising Phoenix
Midweek Movies: Rising Phoenix
Event Details Midweek Movies Presents: Rising Phoenix Live via Zoom When: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Where: Live Online via Zoom - Register to obtain Zoom code Registration: Click here …
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OSHA/Universal Precautions and Blood Borne Pathogens
OSHA/Universal Precautions and Blood Borne Pathogens
In Person Training Register Here Space is limited. Please notify Training & Consultation – comm.training@waisman.wisc.edu – if you are unable to attend. Cancellations made within 24 hours prior to the start of the training will …
Safe Medication Administration
Safe Medication Administration
This class will provide answers to these and other questions and help you gain information on how to safely administer medicines and to provide you with some guidance in how to handle situations related to this important responsibility.
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Seminar – Carlos Portera-Cailliau, MD, PhD – “Cortical Circuits in Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
Seminar – Carlos Portera-Cailliau, MD, PhD – “Cortical Circuits in Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
Dr. 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.
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Seminar – Jonathan Santoro, MD – “Down Syndrome Regression Disorder: Neuroinflammation and Response to Immunotherapeutics”
Seminar – Jonathan Santoro, MD – “Down Syndrome Regression Disorder: Neuroinflammation and Response to Immunotherapeutics”
Dr. Santoro serves as the Director of Neuroimmunology and Demyelinating Disorders Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He is also an assistant professor of neurology at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. Santoro has been instrumental in identifying systemic vascular abnormalities in persons with Down syndrome and moyamoya disease, a rare stroke disorder which affects persons with Down syndrome 26 times more frequently than the general population. Santoro also has clinical research expertise in inflammation as it related to cerebrovascular disease and neurocognitive disorders such as Down syndrome regression syndrome, of which he spoken on internationally.
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Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person Training
Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person Training
Registration begins at 8:45 am. Time includes a one hour lunch break on your own. Register Here Space is limited. Please notify Training & Consultation – comm.training@waisman.wisc.edu – if you are unable to attend. Cancellations …
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Managing Threatening Confrontations
Managing Threatening Confrontations
Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. These moments often appear chaotic-when to talk, when to step back, who to call for back up, and “when to duck.”
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Harry A. Waisman Memorial Lecture – Stephen Scherer, PhD, DSc FRSC – Understanding the Composition of the Human Genome for Studies of Genetic Disease
Harry A. Waisman Memorial Lecture – Stephen Scherer, PhD, DSc FRSC – Understanding the Composition of the Human Genome for Studies of Genetic Disease
Dr. 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.
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Hearts of Glass Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Hearts of Glass Film Screening & Panel Discussion
For more information and to register visit: https://heartsofglass.webhosting.cals.wisc.edu/
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Promoviendo la actividad física para niños con discapacidades – Maravillas del Waisman
Promoviendo la actividad física para niños con discapacidades – Maravillas del Waisman
¿Cómo pueden las familias y cuidadores de niños con discapacidades ayudarlos a estar físicamente activos de manera segura y divertida?
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Seminar – Junmin Peng, PhD – “High-Throughput Proteomics of Human Diseases”
Seminar – Junmin Peng, PhD – “High-Throughput Proteomics of Human Diseases”
Dr. 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.