Category: 2023

2023 American PT Association-Combined Sections Meeting

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 …

2023 Shapiro Students

Welcome Andrea and Gwen! Two medical students join us in 2023 as a part of the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Shapiro Research Program. Andrea will work on the Baby brain Recovery Study with neuroimaging processing with brain imaging segmentation and corticospinal tract analysis. Gwen will be involved with the Pediatric Brain and …

2023 Medical Organization for Latino Advancement Scholar

Congratulations to Rodrigo De La Torre for becoming a recipient of the 2023 MOLA-Michael Reese Foundation Scholars Program. MOLA- The Medical Organization for Latino Advancement is a “non-profit association of Hispanic/Latino physicians and health professionals working for career advancement, linguistic and cultural competency, personal wellness, and health equity for the good of the entire Hispanic/Latino …

Waisman Investigators Receive Grant to Improve Brain Imaging in Young Children

The Pediatric Neuromodulation Lab’s director, Bernadette Gillick, PhD, MSPT, PT, along with Andrew Alexander, PhD, professor of medical physics and psychiatry, and Steve Kecskemeti, PhD, scientist, will lead a new grant funded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health. The study aims to improve brain …