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 Iowa Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room 543A Madison, WI 53705 (608) 890-2259 rebecca.alper@wisc.edu Language, Literacy, and Learning Lab Research Statement Dr. Alper’s research focuses on understanding and improving language and academic outcomes for children who are at-risk as a result of learning environment, communication disorder status, or both. …
Biography PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Contact Information Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery 330 N. Orchard St. Room 4168 Madison, WI 53715 608.316.4312 rashton2@wisc.edu Lab Website: The Ashton Group Research Statement Our goal is to understand, model, and recapitulate in vitro the instructive signals utilized by human embryos to pattern tissue-specific differentiation of pluripotent stem cells, and apply …
Biography PhD, University of California, San Diego Contact Information 1111 Highland Avenue Wisconsin Institute for Medical Research (9th floor) Madison, WI 53705 audhya@wisc.edu Lab Website: Audhya Lab Research Statement Our laboratory is committed to understanding fundamental mechanisms by which membrane proteins, lipids, and other macromolecules are transported throughout eukaryotic cells. To do so, we take …
Biography PhD, University of Southern California Contact Information 3195 Medical Sciences Center 1300 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 608-262-0653 kausderau@wisc.edu The Ausderau Lab Waisman Contact Information 1500 Highland Ave, Room 493 Room 493 Madison, WI 53705 608-263-5149 Research Statement My research program focuses on families and child with autism spectrum disorder. I study daily occupations, …
Biography MD, Anhui Medical University Co-Director, Newborn Screening Laboratory Contact Information Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene 465 Henry Mall Madison, WI 53706 608.890.1796 mwbaker@wisc.edu Lab Website: Wisconsin State Laboratory Hygiene Research Statement My research interest is public health genetics and genomics, with a focus on applying and translating advanced biochemical and molecular technologies into routine …
Biography PhD, University of Arizona Assistant Professor, School of Medicine Contact Information Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Clinical Science Center (J5/1M)-MC2420 600 Highland Ave Madison, WI, 53792 608.265.2483 bbb@medicine.wisc.edu Bendlin Laboratory Research Statement The work in our lab is focused on understanding the factors that contribute to dementia. This includes factors such as metabolic syndrome, vascular …
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 Pittsburgh Research Statement Dr. Lauren Bishop is an associate professor in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work and a principal investigator at the Waisman Center. Her NIH-funded research uses epidemiological, advanced computational, and qualitative methods to characterize health, wellbeing, and aging processes in autistic adults and adults with intellectual …
Biography PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Professor, Department of Educational Psychology Contact Information UW-Madison Room 1086, Educational Sciences Building 1025 W. Johnson Street Madison, WI 53706 608-262-4938 dmbolt@wisc.edu Educational Psychology Research Statement My methodological research interests are in the theory and application of psychometric methods in the educational, social and health sciences. I am especially …
