Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Board of Visitors
Fall Meeting – October 22, 2015
Dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about human development,
developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases throughout the
lifespan.
Agenda
• Transitions and Honors
• Budget
• Development
• Waisman Center Clinics
• Today’s Presentations
Transitions and Honors
Samuel Gubbels, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery, Section of
Otology and Neurotology
Left at the end of September 2015
Paul White, MSSW
Outreach Program Manager
Community Outreach Wisconsin
Retires at the end of the year
Rup Chakravorty, PhD
Communications
Started September 8
Honors
Su-Chun Zhang, MD, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology, group coordinator of the Molecular and
Genetic Sciences Group
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Named Steenbock Professor of Behavioral and Neural Sciences. The professorships
provide faculty with 10 years of financial support for their research program.
Zhang’s lab has successfully differentiated human embryonic stem cells and induced
pluripotent stem cells into a wide range of nerve and neuronal cell types found in
the brain and spinal cord.
Pro Forma FY16
7/1/15 – 6/30/16
New Grants (since May 2015)
Direct
Indirect
Total
NIH/Federal Research
$ 6,732,588
$ 2,628,991
$ 9,361,579
Foundation Grants
$
64,046
$
$
70,046
State of Wisconsin/
Dane County
$
261,759
$
$
261,759
$
7,058,393
Total
6,000
0
$ 2,634,991
$ 9,693,384
Indirect Costs Generated by Waisman Center
• Full indirects generated by the Waisman Center to the campus
(not what we receive back):
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FY 11
FY 12
FY 13
FY 14
$6,459,780
$6,168,780
$5,459,325
$5,495,363
• New model for return: based on a 2 year average (previously
based on 3 years), with double weighting for most recent year.
Gifts since May 2015 BOV meeting
Category 1 - unrestricted
Waisman General Fund
Named professorship
$ 540,844
$ 39,940
$ 500,904
Category 2 – support for multiple labs
Autism research
Other
$ 60,470
$ 25,000
$ 35,470
Category 3 – restricted to one lab
Stem cells (Zhang)
Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
Other
$ 4,684,566
$
18,836
$ 4,639,443
$
26,287
Total
$ 5,285,880
Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Mark Pocan
Press Conference and Panel Discussion
October 16, 2015
Discussed the Next Generation Researchers Act and federal funding from
NIH in support of early career researchers
Waisman Center and Allen Institute
Neuroscience Symposium and Workshop
October 16, 2015
• Neuroscience symposium with presentations by researchers from across
campus and Allen Institute scientists
• Led by Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD, and Xinyu Zhao, PhD
• Sponsorship from WARF, Fluidigm, NuGen and ProteinCT
First Annual Waisman Whirl
5K Run, Walk and Roll for All Abilities
October 18, 2015
• 185 registered participants, more than 250 attendees and 70+ volunteers
• Sponsorship from Venture Investors, Rowheels, Lineagen, UW Health and
Unity Health Insurance, Exceptional Kids Yoga Project, Berkeley Running
Company, Kwik Trip and Friends of the Waisman Center
• Raised close to $10,000
Social Media Ascending
Response to live tweeting
Sen. Baldwin and Rep. Pocan visit
Increase in Waisman
Whirl registrations after
first Facebook ad ($5)
Upcoming Events
Today’s Program
4:15 p.m.
Program begins in Wiley Conference Center
4:45 p.m.
“Speech Development in Children with Cerebral Palsy”
Katie Hustad, PhD, Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Family reflections on living with cerebral palsy
Will Simmons and his mother Liz Hecht
6:00 p.m.
Hors d’oeuvres reception in Waisman Center Lobby
6:45 p.m.
Dinner in Ziemann Suite
After dinner speaker: Robert Golden, MD
Robert Turell Professor in Medical Leadership
Dean, School of Medicine and Public Health
Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
Waisman Center Clinics
• Strategic planning
• process
• status report
• AFCH annual budget negotiations
• Updates on FY 15 and FY 16 negotiation process.
• Autism Diagnostic and Treatment Services Program
• Update from Molly Murphy on the progress that has been
made and what still remains to be done.
Clinics and UW Health
(from September 2014 presentation)
How should we plan for the future partnership with UW Health?
• Plan for sharing revenue from potential positive cash flow
• Plan for sharing gift funds raised by UW Health
• How do we plan a sustainable relationship
When is the right time to schedule the meeting with UW Health
leadership to discuss these topics?
Waisman Center Clinics – annual contract
• indirect cost calculations (currently 8.5% of DC in FY15 contract)
• clinic operations manager (partial)
• LTEs and student hourlies for medical record project
• telecommunications & IT network charges
• background checks and ID badtes
• other expenses NOT currently covered by IDC
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remodeling and renovations of clinic rooms
building manager effort (~10%)
human resources
communications (web pages, clinic information sheets, printers, welcome packets)
• recent deletions – we want a discussion about whether these are legitimate
expenses, and if so then how they should be covered?
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continuing education
recruitment
vacation payout
We seek the Board’s advice on how to identify where the problems
are in the AFCH contract process and strategies to rectify them.
Together Series
• Starting Together – early in-home intensive treatment (can bill $50K
per year per child between the ages of 1 and 8) – market analysis
underway
• Growing Together – behavioral treatment for children and families,
provided by Waisman Center psychologists
• Transitioning Together – multi-family group treatment, teen social
skills group, focused on the transition out of high school
• Healthy Lives Together – developmental pediatrics and psychiatry,
including medication management
• All are billable services
Together Series
• Starting Together – early in-home intensive treatment (can bill $55K
per year per child between the ages of 1 and 8) – market analysis
underway
• Growing Together – behavioral treatment for children and families,
provided by Waisman Center psychologists
• Transitioning Together – multi-family group treatment, teen social
skills group, focused on the transition out of high school
• Healthy Lives Together – developmental pediatrics and psychiatry,
including medication management
• All are billable services