Lab News
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Sensory Presentation
Allison Block attended the Sensory Integration Think Tank Summit in Richmond, VA in June. Here, lead researchers in occupational therapy sensory integration research met to discuss the state of the field and…
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2nd place award!
Jamie Kortanek’s poster, Quality of Life in Autistic Children: The Impact of ADHD Trait Prominence, Functional Performance, and Reporter, won second place at the OT Summit of Scholars conference & first place…
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Outreach event
In August, Monica and Amelia had the chance to host a table at El Mercadito Hispano, the weekly community farmers market at Centro Hispano in Madison. They were invited to share brain…
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Prelims passed
Monica Duran passed her initial prelims for the PhD portion of her MD-PhD program. She submitted the grant for this work in early March. She plans to look at brain correlates of…
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Congratulations, Dr. Skaletski!
Emily Skaletski successfully defended her dissertation on Monday, April 14 at the Waisman Center. Following graduation, she will continue her research career at Northwestern University with a Community Living & Participation Fellowship,…
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Community presentation
MD–PhD student, Monica Duran and undergraduate, Jacqueline Cano gave a presentation on research in the Motor and Brain Development Lab to a Spanish-speaking audience at the Catholic Multicultural Center early in the…
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Two recent awards
At the 2025 Gatlinburg Conference, Monica Duran and Olivia Surgent received two of six trainee awards of excellence. Monica received the David Zeaman Graduate Student Award, and Olivia was honored with the…
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Brittany presents a flash talk at the State Capitol!
Brittany recently went to the Wisconsin State Capitol to do an 8-minute flash talk on the lab’s different research areas. Interested in watching her talk? Visit this page and make…
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Brittany presents at the Alabama Autism Conference!
Brittany recently had the opportunity to speak at the Alabama Autism Conference in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she did her PhD work many years ago. Her talk was on how…
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Lab members present at the Society for Neuroscience 2023 conference!
Three current and former lab members presented work at the 2023 Society for Neuroscience conference in Washington D.C.! From left to right: Sonali Naik, former undergraduate research assistant, presented on postural stability.…
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Dr. Travers presents at Scientific Symposium for the Waisman’s 50th Anniversary event!
With the Waisman Center turning 50 years old this year, a Scientific Symposium was held that featured researchers from inside and outside of the Waisman community. Our very own Dr. Brittany Travers…
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Farewell, Dr. Surgent!
Earlier this month we said farewell to our beloved Dr. Olivia Surgent, who received her PhD this past December. Olivia will be working as a T32 Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of…
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Meet Monica, our newest PhD student!
This fall, we are welcoming a new MD-PhD student to our lab, Monica Duran! Originally from Puerto Rico, she moved to Madison, WI in 2020 for the start of the MD-PhD program…
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Welcome back, Brittany!
After 8 months of learning at the University of Málaga and traveling, Brittany is back! Brittany taught classes at the university and learned all about new ways to measure movement of the…
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Emily Skaletski receives award at Occupational Therapy Summit of Scholars conference
Last week our very own Emily Skaletski was one of two winners of the best student poster at the Occupational Therapy Summit of Scholars conference! The event was held in Columbus, Ohio…
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Lab leadership rendezvous in Stockholm!
This week our post-doctoral fellow Dr. Olivia Surgent, PhD candidate Emily Skaletski, and PI Dr. Brittany Travers met up in Stockholm, Sweden. They visited the Nobel prize museum, saw the Royal Palace,…