Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
We’re delighted to share a video highlighting many of the strides we have made over the past year. Your generous and thoughtful contributions help us continue to pioneer research and expand clinical services that benefit individuals and families impacted by developmental disabilities and neurodegenerative diseases. Together we are transforming lives and building brighter futures—without you, …
NBC15’s Morning Show and reporter Kalie Greenberg shared a story about Laurel Cooper, a 9-year-old girl who has Rett syndrome, and her family. Rett syndrome is a rare, non-inherited neurological disorder that mostly affects girls and causes severe deterioration in their ability to speak, eat, move and even breathe easily. Rett syndrome has no cure. …
The UW Madison’s Waisman Center maintains its status as a world class center dedicated to advancing knowledge about human development, developmental disabilities and neurodegenerative diseases through research, teaching and service. It is exceedingly successful in all three areas, and is just as successful in a fourth area: community outreach. This coming Saturday the Waisman Center …
Kay Emerson, one of the first patients treated successfully for the PKU disorder in the United States, talks about researcher Dr. Harry Waisman.
As the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy nears, Marsha Mailick, PhD, discusses the role the Kennedy family played in establishing the precursor to the Waisman Center and their greater legacy of developmental disabilities research and inclusion. View the video here.
Neil Heinen, Editorial Director, Channel 3000 Click image to play news clip.
Neil Heinen, WISC-TV editorial director, recently sat down with Marsha R. Mailick, PhD, Waisman Center Director, along with Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD, Senior Scientist and Maria Stanley, MD, Waisman Center Clinics Medical Director, to discuss the breadth of research and service that takes place at the Waisman Center. The discussion also highlighted the Waisman Center’s 40th …
Ruth Litovsky and her team at the Waisman Center work with kids and their families from across the country to get better use of their cochlear implants.
Can we exercise our brains to make ourselves happier, healthier and more compassionate?
Saffran is an investigator at the Waisman Center and a Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the College of Letters & Science. Her lab, the Infant Learning Lab, has an international reputation in the area of developmental psychology and she has received a number of major awards, including several early career awards from the American Psychological Association.
