Each year, the Department of Pediatrics’ hosts a Research Week in May 2026. Throughout this week, pediatric research is highlight through a mixture of lectures, workshops, and interactive session, which are available to the entire University of Wisconsin Madison community. This year, many members of our lab presented posters including Chris Carachi, Katherine Konieczka, Andrea de …
A team from our lab including, Dr. Gillick, Dr. Karumattu Manattu, Veronika Mak, Maren Schimek, Hannah Gotelaere, and Orla Ryan, attended and presented at the European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability Annual Congress (EACD) in Galway, Ireland, from June 3rd through 6th 2026. The EACD focused on taking a holistic approach for people with childhood-onset disabilities and their …
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 …
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. …
The February edition of the American Physical Therapy Association Magazine features a Researcher Spotlight about Dr. Gillick’s work and the Pediatric Neuromodulation Lab. Bernadette Gillick, PT, MSPT, PhD, explores a novel approach to understanding infant brain injury
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 …
We are excited to announce that our Pediatric Brain and Movement Study has been published in Brain Stimulation Journal! Click here to view the publication. Ten children and young adults with cerebral palsy completed all sessions of at-home non-invasive brain stimulation. The study showed the safety and feasibility of teleneuromodulation with the goal of making …
Congratulations to everyone who presented at the 2023 American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Annual Conference! Talks: Ralph Nitkin PhD, Amy Darragh PhD, Stephanie Deluca PhD, Maria Nurminskaya PhD, Bernadette Gillick PhD Developing a Career in Pediatric Rehabilitation Research Veronika Mak MS, Lindsay Gissler BS, Alina Grimaldo, Julia Schiller BA The …
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 …
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!
