Tag: Dan Bier

Remembering Dan Bier, former director of the Waisman Center University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

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by Teresa Palumbo Dan Bier, former associate director of the Waisman Center and University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, passed away on October 3. He was 78. For more than four decades, Dan worked to bridge research, services, training, and advocacy to improve the daily lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and …

Branching out beyond where it’s planted: The story of the Waisman Center’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Part 1

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison was one of the first sites to be selected to have an IDDRC and UCEDD because of the urging of Harry Waisman, MD, PhD, a prominent researcher physician, for whom the Waisman Center is named.