Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
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, 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, University of California, San Deigo Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room 281 Madison, WI 53705 608.890.2625 emhubbard@wisc.edu Lab Website: Educational Neuroscience Lab Research Statement The Educational Neuroscience Lab explores questions at the intersection of education and neuroscience, in the emerging field of Educational Neuroscience. Our research examines the neural underpinnings of …
Biography PhD, University of Nebraska – Lincoln Contact Information Waisman Center Room 463 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 608.265.9977 kchustad@wisc.edu Lab Website: Wisconsin Intelligibility, Speech, and Communication Laboratory Communication Sciences and Disorders Research Statement My laboratory is dedicated to the study of communication development in children with cerebral palsy (CP). CP is the most …
Biography PhD, Northwestern University Contact Information Waisman Center, Room 487 UW-Madison 343 Goodnight Hall 1975 Willow Drive Madison, WI 53706 608.265.6902 kaushanskaya@wisc.edu Lab Website: Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Lab (LAB) Research Statement We want to know how language and cognitive skills fluctuate with linguistic experience. With this general goal in mind, we study how bilingualism …
Biography MD, Wayne State University Professor, Psychiatry Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room T227 Madison, WI 53705 608.262.9667 lainhart@waisman.wisc.edu Toward Healthy Aging in Adults with Autism Study ISLA – Interdisciplinary Science to Learn About Autism Research Statement Janet Lainhart’s research focuses on understanding autism across the lifespan, with a particular emphasis on promoting healthy …
Biography PhD, University of California, Los Angeles Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room 263 Madison, WI 53705 608.265.1091 james.li@wisc.edu Website: Social and Behavioral Development Lab Research Statement My lab investigates genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the development of child externalizing disorders (e.g., attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder). Research …
Biography PhD, University of Massachusetts – Amherst Academic Associate Dean, Natural / Biological / Mathematical Sciences College of Letters & Science Oros Family Chair, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders Professor, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders Professor with Joint appointment in Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Program Faculty, Neuroscience Training Program Contact …
Biography PhD, Brandeis University Vaughan Bascom and Elizabeth M. Boggs Professor Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 marsha.mailick@wisc.edu Lifespan Family Research Research Statement Marsha R. Mailick is emeritus vice chancellor for research and graduate education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), and continues her research at the Waisman Center in the …
Biography VMD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Professor Emeritus, Comparative Biosciences Contact Information Waisman Center, Room 713B 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 608-263-9191 amessing@wisc.edu Alexander Disease Research Requests for materials Research Statement Research in my laboratory is directed at understanding developmental and pathologic aspects of glial cell biology in the nervous system of the mouse, …
