Past Events
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Apr 24Insuring Improved Healthcare Transition for Wisconsin’s Survivors of Congenital Heart Disease (HEART-WISE)Featuring: Krisjon Olson, PhD
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Registration Title: Insuring Improved Healthcare Transition for Wisconsin’s Survivors of Congenital Heart Disease (HEART-WISE) Series: Youth Health Transition Initiative: Quarterly Learning Community Speaker: Krisjon Olson, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics Division of Cardiology These webinars are for: medical providers parents and caregivers service providers school staff others interested in supporting youth as they transition …
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Apr 24Maravillas del Waisman: Niños socialesFeaturing: Kristin Shutts & Natalie Sarmiento
Fecha: 24 de abril Título: Niños Sociales y el Museo del Niño Invitados: Kristin Shutts, Natalie Sarmiento y el Madison Children’s Museum Promo: El laboratorio de Shutts hablará de cómo los niños aprenden acerca del mundo social y los diferentes grupos sociales. El Madison Children’s Museum compartirá algunos de sus esfuerzos en convertir el museo en un …
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Apr 23Whose Life Is It, Anyway? – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Peter Leidy
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: In this training session we will look at power and control in support relationships. Many people being supported feel that others are too often telling them what to do. Many supporters feel that guiding and deciding are expectations of their job or supervisor. We talk about choice all the time, but what does choice …
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Apr 18Seminar – Robert Krencik, PhD – “Neuromodulation of Bioengineered Organoids with Reactive Human Astrocytes”John D. Wiley Conference Center John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Robert Krencik, PhD Houston Methodist Research Institute Profile About the Speaker: Robert Krencik received his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the laboratory of Dr. Su-Chun Zhang and conducted a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco in the laboratories of Drs. Erik Ullian and David Rowitch. He is now …
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Apr 15Health Care Transition ECHO Training
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Topic: TBA Speakers: TBA About the Series: Project ECHO® is a learning framework designed to build capacity of professionals and community members to provide evidence-based services. Led by a multidisciplinary team of experts, ECHO participants engage in a virtual community with their peers where they share knowledge, support and feedback. The Waisman Center’s Health Care Transition …
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Apr 11Seminar – Harley Kornblum, MD, PhD – “The PI3K-mTOR Pathway in Neurodevelopment and Disease”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Harley Kornblum, MD, PhD University of California-Los Angeles Profile About the Speaker: Harley Kornblum, MD, PhD, is currently a Professor of Psychiatry, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is a Pediatric Neurologist, and is the Founding Director of the UCLA Neural Stem Cell Research Center. He …
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Apr 8Day of the Badger – Rebuild Our BoardwalkOrder donuts to raise some dough! Order Now Ensure a better tomorrow for the Waisman Early Childhood Program (WECP) and all the young Badgers who learn and grow here! The WECP provides exceptional inclusive education to preschool students of all abilities. One-third of the enrollment is reserved for children with developmental disabilities, such as autism, …
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Apr 4Seminar – Ruth Carper, PhD – “Neuroimaging Findings in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic Adults”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Ruth Carper, PhD San Diego State University Lab Website About the Speaker: Dr. Ruth Carper is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology from San Diego State University, and is also Co-Director of the Brain Development Imaging Laboratories. She has been studying the brain bases of autism, from childhood to aging, for more than …
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Mar 21Seminar – Sandesh Nagamani, MBBS, MD – “A Consortium Approach for Advancing Clinical Translational Research in Rare Disorders”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Sandesh C.S. Nagamani, MBBS, MD Baylor College of Medicine Profile About the Speaker: Sandesh Nagamani, MBBS, MD, is a Professor and Vice Chair for Research-Clinical in Molecular and Human Genetics at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). His research is focused on translational medicine, specifically, evaluating novel potential therapies for various genetic disorders. The main …
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Mar 15Alternative and Augmentative Communication Improv ShowFeaturing: Dr. Alyssa Hillary Zisk
Friends of the Waisman Center Auditorium Waisman Center
The Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, is hosting an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Improvisation Show led by Dr. Alyssa Hillary Zisk, an autistic improviser who can speak most of the time, but not always. Come watch local improv performers use tools designed for AAC to communicate including technology designed to support communication for people …