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Department of Pediatrics Research Week

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 …

EACD Conference

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 …

European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability 2024 Conference

Two of our lab members, Veronika Mak and Kellie Collins, traveled to Bruges, Brussels for the 2024 European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability Conference. Congratulations on your presentations! Presentation: Mak, V., Collins, K. Orchestrating Change: Integrating Diversity into Pediatric Research Recruitment at the 36th Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood Disability. June 2024. Bruges, Belgium  Poster: …

2024 ICTR Research Day

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 …

Pediatric Brain and Movement Study Publication

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 …

American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Annual 2023 Conference

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 …

2023 Research Week

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 …

Lab members attended AACPDM

Members of the Pediatric Neuromodulation Lab attended and presented at this year’s American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine’s 76th Annual Meeting taking place September 21-24, 2022. Ellen Sutter, Bernadette Gillick, Veronika Mak, and Annette Xenopoulos-Oddsson presented a morning seminar titled: Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation and Rehabilitation in Cerebral Palsy Preston Christopher presented a poster …

New Lab Member

We welcome Veronika Mak as a Research Program Coordinator to our Pediatric Neuromodulation Laboratory. Veronika has a local and international academic and research background with experience in the field of cognitive neuroscience. She will be directly involved in our studies, research planning, and lab management.