Congratulations to Bernadette Gillick PhD, MSPT, PT, FAPTA for the honor of the Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association. This recognition is the association’s highest membership category. The honor of this recognition highlights her 32-year career in physical therapy and is evidence of her exemplary advocacy, commitment, and sustained contributions to the …
Congratulations to Kellie Collins, PT, DPT, PCS, on receiving the 2024-2025 UW–Madison Graduate Peer Mentor Award! This prestigious campus-wide honor recognizes Kellie’s outstanding commitment to mentorship and her impact on students across training levels. As a PhD student in Clinical Investigation and member of the Pediatric Neuromodulation Laboratory, Kellie brings her clinical expertise, research experience, …
We held our first ever in-person Neonatal Family Research Advisory Council(NFRAC) meeting held on Monday , November 18th at the Waisman Center. We had a great meeting with three family participants, several of our medical team members, and even three undergraduate students who had the opportunity to observe and participate. To start the night Dr. …
Our undergraduates are working hard this summer! Congratulations to all for your endeavors. Alina Grimaldo will be participating in the National Institutes of Health(NIH) Clinical Center Summer Internship Program: This summer, Alina will be working at the NIH Clinical Center through the Rehabilitation Medicine Department, specifically in Dr. Diane Damiano’s lab. The main focus of …
Congratulations to everyone who presented at the 2024 Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Day on January 19, 2024. We had three posters representing our lab’s work: A Semi-Automated Workflow for Segmenting Brain Lesions in Infants with Perinatal Brain Injuries Authors: Alina Grimaldo, Andrea De Abreu E Gouvea, Cameron Casey, Ellen Sutter, Veronika Mak, Preston …
May 15-19: The Department of Pediatrics hosted the annual Research Week and we were pleased to present 4 posters surrounding our good work in in our lab. Posters: 1. Assessment of Corticospinal Tract Circuitry Through Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Motor Evoked Potentials: Cameron Casey, Alina Grimaldo, Ellen Sutter, Veronika Mak, Preston Christopher, Bernadette Gillick 2. Evidence-based infant assessment for …
Congratulations to the 2 new Foundation for Physical Therapy 2023 Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) Scholarships recipients in our lab! This is the most respected scholarship award in our PT profession, and we look forward to their findings and their continued dedication to the families and children whom we serve. Kellie Collins, PT, DPT, PCS, …
Dr. Bernadette Gillick gave a talk as a part of the Science on Tap series”: Neuroplasticity: The Amazing Changing Brain Across the Lifespan”. She focused on how the brain changes it different ways at different ages at any age. Check out the recording below!
Congratulations to the current members and alumni of the Pediatric Neuromodulation Lab who presented at the 2023 American Society of Neurorehabilitation Conference. Evidence-based infant assessment for cerebral palsy: relationship to early diagnosis and intervention access Ellen Sutter, Kellie Collins, Melissa Villegas, Janet Legare, Jens Eickhoff, Bernadette Gillick Effects of anodal tDCS stratified by corticospinal organization …
Congratulations to the several members of the Pediatric Neuromodulation Lab who presented at the 2023 Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association. The “Passport” to Clinical Research Participant Engagement: Integrating Families and Children in a Research Journey Ellen N. Sutter, PT, DPT, Lindsay Gissler, SPT, Hannah Koziol, SPT, Julia Rose Schiller, SPT, Veronika …
