Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Biography PhD, University of Arizona, Tucson Co-Core Director, Brain Imaging Core Director of MRI Physics Research, Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room T225 Madison, WI 53705 608-265-8233 aalexander@waisman.wisc.edu Quantitative Brain Imaging Technology Lab Research Statement My research is focused on the use of advanced Magnetic Resonance …
Biography PhD, University of Cincinnati Co-Core Director, IDD Models Sub-Core Director, hPSC Services Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room 623 Madison, WI 53705 608-265-6142 bhattacharyy@waisman.wisc.edu Bhattacharyya Lab at UW-Madison Research Statement I have built my research career on a longstanding interest in developmental biology. I pursued foundational training in developmental neurobiology, growth factor …
Biography PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison Associate Director, IDDRC Co-Core Director, Brain Imaging Core Director of PET Physics, Waisman Brain Imaging Lab Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room T231 Madison, WI 53705 608-890-0750 bchristian@wisc.edu PET NeuroPET Imaging Lab Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Consortium — Down Syndrome (ABC-DS) Research Statement Our research focuses on developing and translating …
Biography PhD, Harvard William James & Vilas Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry Contact Information Waisman Center, Room T115 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 608-265-8189 rjdavids@wisc.edu Center for Healthy Minds Research Statement His research is broadly focused on the neural bases of emotion and emotional style and methods to promote human flourishing including meditation and related contemplative practices. His studies have included persons …
Biography PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison DrPH, MPH, Columbia University Co-Core Director, Clinical Translation Core Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room S101E Madison, WI 53705 608.263.2128 mdurkin@wisc.edu Websites: Wisconsin SEED and WISADDS Research Statement Maureen Durkin is an epidemiologist, Waisman Center investigator, Professor of Population Health Sciences and Pediatrics, and Affiliate of the Wisconsin …
Biography PhD, University of Rochester Contact Information Waisman Center Room 391 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 608.890.2525 childemotion@waisman.wisc.edu Lab Website: Child Emotion Laboratory Research Statement Research projects in our lab are focused upon children’s emotional development and the relationship between early emotional experience and child psychopathology. We are particularly interested in understanding two related …
Biography PhD, University of Rochester Contact Information Waisman Center Room 538A 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 608.263.5792 jenny.saffran@wisc.edu Infant Learning Lab Research Statement How do babies learn language? We approach this question through lab-based experiments designed to reveal the learning abilities that infants bring to this challenging task. Research foci include statistical learning, or …
Biography PhD, Vanderbilt University Director, IDD Models Core Contact Information Waisman Center Room 659 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 608-263-4246 jpsvaren@wisc.edu Lab Website: Svaren Lab Home Page School of Veterinary Medicine Research Statement Our laboratory is devoted to research on transcriptional and epigenomic regulation of myelination and pathogenesis/treatment of peripheral neuropathies. The myelin sheath …
Biography PhD, University of Washington Professor, Department of Neuroscience Jenni & Kyle Professor in Novel Neurodevelopmental Diseases Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor Director, Rodent Models Sub-Core Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room T513 Madison, WI 53705 608-263-9906 xinyu.zhao@wisc.edu Zhao Lab Research Statement The research in our laboratory focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms that …
