Research Area: Cerebral Palsy

Gillick, PhD, MSPT, PT, FAPTA, Bernadette

Biography Director, Research Design, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Director, Waisman Neuromodulation Service & Pediatric Neuromodulation Lab APTA Catherine Worthingham Fellow Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Ave Room 491 Madison, WI 53706 bgillick@wisc.edu Pediatric Neuromodulation Laboratory Research Statement Dr. Gillick’s research is dedicated to investigating cortical plasticity and recovery from neurologic insult in …

Saffran, PhD, Jenny

Biography PhD, University of Rochester Contact Information Waisman Center Room 538A 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 608.263.5792 jenny.saffran@wisc.edu Infant Learning Lab Research Statement How do babies learn language? We approach this question through lab-based experiments designed to reveal the learning abilities that infants bring to this challenging task. Research foci include statistical learning, or …

Hustad, PhD, Katherine C.

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 …

Durkin, PhD, DrPH, Maureen S.

Biography PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison DrPH, MPH, Columbia University Co-Core Director, Clinical Translation Core Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room S101E Madison, WI 53705 608.263.2128 mdurkin@wisc.edu Websites: Wisconsin SEED and WISADDS Research Statement Maureen Durkin is an epidemiologist, Waisman Center investigator, Professor of Population Health Sciences and Pediatrics, and Affiliate of the Wisconsin …

Alexander, PhD, Andrew

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 …