Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Dr. Brittany Travers and the Motor and Brain Development Lab at the Waisman Center are recruiting children 5-13 years old for a research study that seeks to better understand how early developing brain areas may contribute to differences in behavior and sensory experiences in children on the autism spectrum compared to children not on the …
Our current research study examines speech characteristics in children and adolescents. We are recruiting typically developing children between the ages of 8 and 14 years to participate.
Bobby Gibbs, PhD...new assistant professor in communication sciences and disorders is establishing his research lab to study how strategies for optimizing acoustic information are affected by differences in the way neurons represent auditory information, such as neural degeneration and cochlear implants usage.
Early in development, the process of exploration helps children gather new information that fosters learning about the world.
A new review paper published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience from Bhattacharyya, associate professor of cell and regenerative biology, pulls together what is currently known about DS’s impact on brain development.
Our brain is big on team work makes the dream work. Not only brain cells, but even smaller units that make up a cell work in cooperation to make the brain work properly.
Outer retinal degenerative diseases (RDDs) and injuries leading to photoreceptor (PR) loss are prevailing causes of blindness worldwide.
Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have a higher incidence of hearing loss (HL) compared with their peers without developmental disabilities.
The Community Impact Grant Program, which is a part of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Wisconsin Partnership Program, recently awarded the Forest County Potawatomi Community and academic partner Lily Wagner, PhD, BCBA, director of the Waisman Center’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic and clinical psychologist, a $500,000 grant to start developing strategies to improve access to early autism diagnosis and intervention for indigenous populations.
Brooke Mortensen, NP, always wanted to be a nurse. “I’ve always enjoyed science but I also love human interaction and connection. I feel that nursing really embodies those two spirits equally,”
