The mission of the Waisman Center is to promote research, training, service, and outreach in the areas of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases. The Waisman Center is the largest interdisciplinary research, training and service Center within the University of Wisconsin system, and is one of only nine Centers in the nation that has been designated as both a Developmental Disabilities Research Center by the National Institute of Health, and a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities.