University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: 2025

Kellie’s Dance Instruction at AACPDM 2025

This clip captures the energy our team brought to AACPDM 2025—the annual meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, an international, multidisciplinary society focused on advancing care and research for children with cerebral palsy and related developmental conditions. After a week of posters and presentations on early brain development, neuromodulation, and …

AACPDM 2025

Many members of the team attended the annual American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) October 15-18 in New Orleans, LA. Our team presented these works!  Cameron Casey/Arun Karumattu Manattu and Joe Collins’ Posters were top 10 finalists for the best Scientific Poster Category Award Posters:    1. Casey, CP, Cheng, H-S, Collins, KM, …

New PNL Grants 2025

Congratulations to Bernadette Gillick, PhD on furthering pediatric neurorehabilitation! Waisman investigator Bernadette Gillick, PhD was recently awarded two new grants to further her groundbreaking work: From the UW–Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), Gillick will explore the use of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) paired with motor training to improve movement in …

Kellie awarded Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) I Scholarship

Kellie Collins, PT, DPT, PCS, PhD student in the Pediatric Neuromodulation Laboratory, has been awarded a 2025 Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) I Scholarship from the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research—her second time receiving this competitive award, having previously earned it in 2023. The $7,500 scholarship supports emerging investigators committed to advancing the field of …

Congratulations Dr. Gillick!

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 …

Orla Ryan Awarded Prestigious Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship!

Congratulations to Orla Ryan, a biomedical engineering undergraduate student in the PNL, for receiving the highly competitive Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship! This distinguished award supports undergraduate students in designing and conducting independent research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Orla’s research project focuses on advancing data collection methods for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with …

Kellie awarded Graduate Peer Mentor Award

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, …