Opening the door to university health research: recommendations for increasing accessibility for individuals with intellectual disability
Foundation for Physical Therapy Research awards for two Gillick lab members
Two PhD students in the lab of Bernadette Gillick, PhD, MSPT, PT have received scholarships from the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research. Kellie Collins, PT, DPT, PCS and Ellen Sutter, PT, DPT are two of …
Waisman 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.
Boys with fragile X syndrome + autism spectrum disorder and autistic boys show high rates of word omission during conversations
A recent study shows that boys with fragile X syndrome and co-occurring ASD (fragile X + ASD), and autistic boys have similar patterns of linguistic errors and omit more words in conversations compared to non-autistic boys.
Leading by example: A spotlight on each of Waisman’s directors
The Waisman Center has a long history of excellent and remarkable leadership. Each director of the center has played a pivotal role in advancing Waisman’s research, service, training, and outreach efforts. This article highlights the Waisman Center’s directors, both past and present, that have allowed the center to proudly follow its mission of advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Rebecca Alper, PhD – Slide of the Week
Using a community-based participatory research framework, we piloted Duet, a preventative, parent-implemented, early language intervention.
The Low-Phe Life: Animated series helps families with PKU learn and laugh
At a recent screening of the video series “The Low-Phe Life”, Logan Schrimpf’s favorite video was the one where the raccoons messed up the family’s supply of PKU formula. It was the episode titled, The Trip, in the six-part animated video series by Kurt Sensenbrenner.
UW researchers will trial gene editing therapy to treat blindness
Seth Pollak: A career dedicated to understanding child emotion
The fun decals on the colorful walls and the cheerful environment gives it away, the third floor of the Waisman Center is dedicated to children. This space is where Seth Pollak, PhD, has spent most of his career studying child emotion, and how early life experiences shape the brain during development.
Andrew Alexander, PhD – Slide of the Week
Imaging-based quantitative measures from diffusion-weighted MRI (dMRI) offer the ability to non-invasively extract microscopic information from human brain tissues.