Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Biography MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Weygandt Professorship Contact Information Box 9345 Waisman Center 1500 Highland Ave Madison, WI 53705 608.890.0751 ferrazzano@pediatrics.wisc.edu Ferrazzano Lab Research Statement Despite decades of research into the pathophysiology of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury and neuroprotection, effective therapy remains elusive and our clinical role after such an injury is largely …
Biography MD, PhD, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences RRF Emmett A. Humble Distinguished Director McPherson Eye Research Institute Sandra Lemke Trout Chair in Eye Research Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room T609 Madison, WI 53705 608-261-1516 dgamm@wisc.edu Lab Website: Gamm Lab, Stem Cell Research Program Research Statement …
Biography PhD, University of Copenhagen Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Ave Room T505 Madison, WI 53705 email: yu.gao@wisc.edu Research Statement My scientific interest is to understand the molecular mechanisms that guide development, particularly those governing brain development, neuronal maturation, and neurodevelopmental disorders. As a postdoctoral fellow and later scientist at the Waisman Center in …
Biography Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room Number 541 Madison, WI 53705 608-890-4785 bgibbs5@wisc.edu Research Statement Bobby Gibbs investigates how strategies for optimizing acoustic information are affected by differences in the neural encoding of sound. He combines acoustic, perceptual, and electrophysiological measures to uncover the best strategies for enhancing …
Biography Director, Research Design, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Director, Waisman Neuromodulation Service & Pediatric Neuromodulation Lab APTA Catherine Worthingham Fellow Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Ave Room 491 Madison, WI 53706 bgillick@wisc.edu Pediatric Neuromodulation Laboratory Research Statement Dr. Gillick’s research is dedicated to investigating cortical plasticity and recovery from neurologic insult in …
Biography PhD, University of Minnesota Contact Information University of Wisconsin School of Public Health WIMR II Room 5433 1111 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705-2275 tmgomez@wisc.edu Gomez Lab Research Statement Research in the Gomez laboratory is directed toward understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate the assembly of the human nervous system during embryonic development. In particular, …
Biography PhD, Rush University Contact Information Waisman Center, Room 713A 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 608-263-9192 tlhagemann@wisc.edu Alexander Disease Research Research Statement Our research focuses on the role of astrocytes in neurodegenerative disease and the cellular consequences of their dysfunction. Astrocytes have traditionally been thought of as support cells that maintain ion and neurotransmitter …
Biography PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Contact Information Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Dr Room: 2112 Madison, WI 53706 (608) 890-3411 ahai@wisc.edu Hai Lab Research Statement The Hai lab focuses on engineering minimally invasive tools to access the nervous system for neurobiological studies of brain function and neurological disorders. We develop electrical, magnetic and electromagnetic sensors …
Biography PhD, University of Wyoming Associate Director, Training Professor, Human Development & Family Studies Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Ave Room 461 Madison, WI 53705 608.262.8860 slhartley@wisc.edu Lab Website: Hartley Lab Research Statement Broadly, my research takes a biopsychosocial approach to understand the mechanisms that shape development in people with neurodevelopmental conditions such as …
Biography PhD, Harvard University Contact Information Department of Neuroscience University of Wisconsin 1111 Highland Avenue Room 5505 WIMR-II Madison, Wisconsin 53705 608.263.2469 Office 608.262.2469 Lab z.huang@neurology.wisc.edu Huang Lab Research Statement My lab is currently investigating how neuroinflammation regulates the inception and progression of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (sAD), for the purpose of identifying and targeting key …
