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Bernadette Gillick, PhD, MSPT, PT – Slide of the Week

Posted on October 16, 2023

Title:  Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Evaluation of Corticospinal Circuitry in Babies with Early Life Brain Injuries. Legend: Cameron Casey, Alina Grimaldo, Ellen Sutter, Veronika Mak, Preston Christopher, Bernadette Gillick. “Assessment of Corticospinal Tract Circuitry Through …

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Bernadette Gillick, Brain Injury, transcranial magnetic stimulation

Discovery reveals mitochondria as potential treatment target for fragile X syndrome

Posted on October 11, 2023

Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited intellectual disability, may be unfolding in brain cells even before birth, despite typically going undiagnosed until age 3 or later.

Posted in 2023, Fragile X Syndrome, NewsTagged FMRP, Fragile X Syndrome, Xinyu Zhao

Understanding the connection between Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease

Posted on October 10, 2023

Allison and Amber Westemeier get excited every time they take a trip to the Waisman Center from Oshkosh, WI.

Posted in 2023, 50th Anniversary, Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease, Down Syndrome, NewsTagged Alzheimer’s disease, Bradley Christian, Down Syndome, Healty Aging, Renee Makuch, Sigan Hartley

Thursday night’s keynote may be Madison native’s most meaningful speech yet

Posted on October 9, 2023

David Egan, born with Down syndrome at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison in 1977, has spent much of his life proving that there isn’t much he — or others with intellectual disabilities — can’t do, given an opportunity.

Posted in 2023, Down Syndrome, NewsTagged 50th Anniversary, David Egan, Down syndrome, Gala

UCEDD – Slide of the Week

Posted on October 6, 2023

The Plain Community (PC) is a medically underserved group found predominantly in the northeastern and midwestern USA.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Amish, Mennonite, Newborn Screening

David Gamm, MD, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on September 29, 2023

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes blindness due to loss of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors (PRs), which comprise the two outermost layers of the retina.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged David Gamm, Macular Degeneration, Retina, Stem Cells

New app aimed at increasing accessibility to machine learning analysis techniques

Posted on September 27, 2023

A new app developed at the Waisman Center makes it easier than ever for researchers to use machine learning techniques to analyze large complex data sets without specialized or specific training.

Posted in 2023, Machine Learning, News, ResearchTagged Accessibility, Daig, Machine Learning

New study to help illuminate issues for aging autistic adults

Posted on September 25, 2023

A new study from researchers at the Waisman Center and The Ohio State University will investigate aging in autistic adults.

Posted in 2023, Aging, Autism, Grants and Funding, News, ResearchTagged Aging, Autism, Grant, Machine Learning

Susan Ellis Weismer, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on September 24, 2023

Title: Spatial Language and Cognition in Autistic Preschoolers Legend: Model predictions for the relationship between nonverbal spatial cognition (as measured by MSEL Visual Reception T-scores) and total child spatial words at visit 1 (30 months), …

Posted in Slide of the Week

How Waisman researchers are advancing knowledge of speech and language in Individuals with IDDs

Posted on September 19, 2023

People say between 150 and 200 words a minute on average during a casual conversation.

Posted in 2023, 50th Anniversary, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, News, Speech & LanguageTagged Audra Sterling, Ben Parrell, Carrie Niziolek, Jenny Saffran, Jon Miller, Katie Hustad, Larry Shriberg, Margarita Kaushanskaya, Robin Chapman, Susan Ellis Weismer
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