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 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 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, Texas Woman’s University Contact Information 1300 University Ave 201B Service Memorial Institute Madison, WI 53706 608-890-2916 lcolumna@wisc.edu Promotion of Health Equity and Adapted Physical Activity (PHEAPA) Lab Research Statement Luis Columna’s research program focuses on families and children with developmental disabilities (e.g., autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome). Through my research we attempt …
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 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 MD, PhD – University of Virginia-Charlottesville Contact Information University of Wisconsin (608) 263-0208 rapearce@wisc.edu Pearce Lab Research Statement Research in my laboratory is focused on understanding how anesthetics and other drugs that target GABA receptors control memory formation and consciousness. Using expressed recombinant receptors, hippocampal brain slice preparations, and multichannel in vivo recordings from …
Biography PhD, University of Porto, Portugal Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Ave Room T509 Madison, WI 53706 andre.sousa@wisc.edu Sousa Lab Research Statement The development of the human brain is a long and complex process that is precisely choreographed through tightly regulated transcriptional programs. Proper regulation of these programs is necessary for developing the numerous …
