Waisman Investigator Receives Prestigious Cajal Club Krieg Cortical Explorer Award
André Sousa, PhD, Waisman Center investigator and assistant professor of neuroscience, didn’t even realize he had received the Cajal Club’s Krieg Cortical Explorer Award.
November 13, 2023John Svaren joins research office leadership team
John Svaren, professor of Comparative Biosciences at the School of Veterinary Medicine and director of the Waisman Center IDD Models Core, has been named the interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in the Biological Sciences.
September 11, 2023Nancy Saevang recognized among Wisconsin’s Most Influential Asian American Leaders for 2023
Nancy is director of the Waisman Early Childhood Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, leading a staff of 17 caring for about 100 children aged 12 months to eight years.
July 11, 2023Waisman investigator one of 12 to receive a Kellett Mid-Career Award
Xinyu Zhao, PhD, Waisman investigator and professor of neuroscience, was recently awarded a Kellett Mid-Career Award, among 11 others, by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education.
June 15, 2023Building bridges between disciplines: Marsha Mailick’s interdisciplinary research and leadership at the Waisman Center
Multiple angles of vision all focused on a common question is what attracted Marsha Mailick, PhD, emeritus vice chancellor for research and graduate education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to the Waisman Center more than 35 years ago.
May 10, 2023Bill L. Kreamer is a 2023 Academic Staff Excellence Award Winner
This year's award winners includes Bill L. Kreamer, Facilities and Equipment Specialist, Waisman Biomanufacturing at the Waisman Center.
April 18, 2023In remembrance of Don Anderson
The Waisman Center community is saddened by the passing of Don Anderson, MSSW, in March 3, 2023. Anderson was a clinical assistant professor in the UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work and the Waisman Center from 1974 to 2004.
March 27, 2023Waisman investigator receives award recognizing her outstanding mentorship of women scientists
Pelin Cengiz, MD, was recently awarded the 2022 Women’s Health Research Mentorship Award by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (UW SMPH) Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) and the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH).
December 6, 2022Peggy Modaff selected to serve on Little People of America medical advisory board
Peggy Modaff, MS, CGC, a distinguished clinical genetic counselor in the department of pediatrics and clinic coordinator of the Bone Dysplasia Clinic, was selected to serve on the medical advisory board for the non-profit organization Little People of America (LPA).
August 9, 2022Seth Pollak Research Forward Award
UW-Madison recently announced the second round of recipients for the Research Forward program with Seth Pollak, PhD, a Waisman investigator among them.
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