Brittany Travers

Brittany Travers

Professor, Occupational Therapy

btravers@wisc.edu

(608) 263-0282

2185 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Ave
Madison, Wisconsin 53706

Brittany Travers

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Education

  • Postdoctoral WI, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2013
  • PhD Cognitive Psychology, University of Alabama, 2011

Select Media Contributions

  • Waisman Center, When Worlds Collide: Autism & ADHD. (April, 2025). Media Link 
  • Waisman Center, Fulbright Takes Waisman Worldwide: Three Waisman Researchers Awarded Fulbrights to ExpandResearch on a Global Scale. (July, 2024). Media Link 
  • Waisman Center, Let’s Get Moving: Physical Activity Can Be Challenging but Highly Beneficial for Individuals withDevelopmental Disabilities, a Few Modifications May Help. (June, 2024). Media Link 
  • Waisman Center, New Research First to Test 60-Year-Old Theory on Autism. (March, 2024). Media Link 
  • Waisman Center, The Waisman Center’s Signature Research Project Looks Deeply at the Connections Between Autismand ADHD. (July, 2023). Media Link 
  • Waisman Center, Understanding Autism from the Minute to the Masses: Autism Research at the Waisman Center. (April,2023). Media Link 
  • Waisman Center, Sensory Responses in Autistic Children Are Linked to a Small Under-Explored Region Tucked DeepDown in the Brain Called the Brainstem. (April, 2023). Media Link 
  • Waisman Center, Waisman Center Funds Six Internal Grants to Expand DEI Efforts in Research and Clinical Services.(October, 2022). Media Link 
  • Rich Kremer, Wisconsin Public Radio, UW–Madison Researchers Using Tai Chi, Video Games to Improve BalanceAmong Adolescents with Autism. (January, 2022). Media Link 
  • Andy Manis, The Cap Times, Waisman Autism Balance. (January, 2022). Media Link 

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Select Presentations

  • Travers, B. G., Gartland, S., Crasta, J. E., & Chu, V. (2026, April). Engaging students in research and scholarly activities. Short Course presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association’s INSPIRE Conference, Anaheim, CA.
  • Travers, B. G. (2026, April). Motor rainsuit assessment of dressing: Understanding balance and daily living skills in autistic children. Poster presentation at the International Society of Autism Research, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Skaletski, E. & Travers, B. G. (2026, April). Associations between child characteristics and quality of life rating agreement in autistic children. Poster presentation at the International Society of Autism Research, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Yoon, C., Alexander, A., Travers, B., Lainhart, J. E., & Dean, D. (2026, April). Profiles of white matter myelin content in brain microstructure associated with autism. Poster presentation at the International Society of Autism Research, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Kortanek, E., Rodiguez, R., Li, J., & Travers, B. G. (2026, April). ADHD-related functional impairments differentially predict caregiver- and self-reported quality of life in autistic children. Poster presentation at the International Society of Autism Research, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Block, A. R., Rodriguez, R., Li, J. J., & Travers, B. G. (2026, February). Early behavioral predictors of co-occurring ADHD in autistic youth. Oral presentation at the World Federation of Occupational Therapy Congress, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Kabakov, S. A., Skaletski, E., Satterlund, E., Travers, B., & Ausderau, K. (2026, February). Impact of IQ on autistic children’s performance on the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration compared to non-autistic children. Poster presentation at the World Federation of Occupational Therapy Congress, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Cottam, N., Guerrero-Gonzalez, J., Oestreich, L. K. L., Dean, D. C. III, Alexander, A. L., & Travers, B. G. (2025, November). Developing techniques for microglia content sensitivity with diffusion MRI in autism spectrum disorder. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience International Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • Block, A., Adluru, N., Guerrero-Gonzalez, J., Kirk, G., & Travers, B. G. (2025, November). Brain stem contributions to sensory features in autistic children: Postural control. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience International Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • Duran, M. I., Surgent, O., Guerrero-Gonzalez, J., Adluru, N., Kirk, G. R., Dean, D. C., Alexander, A. L., & Travers, B. G. (2025, October). Neuroanatomical signatures of ADHD features in autistic children: Insights from cortical and subcortical gray and white matter structures. Poster presented at the Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.

Select Awards and Honors

  • Top-Ten Most Cited Articles for the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2025
  • Fulbright U.S. Scholar, Universidad de Málaga, Spain, 2023
  • Patent, Apparatus for evaluating contextual learning, 2023
  • Research Finalist, WARF innovation Awards (WIA) Competition, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2019
  • Teaching Academy Fellow, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2019
  • Austin Faculty Fellow, School of Education, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2017
  • Second most-cited Autism Research article over a five-year period, Google Scholar, (2016, 2017)
  • Nominated for Undergraduate Mentor Award, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2016
  • Young Investigator Award, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), 2016
  • Selected Trainee, Interdisciplinary Training Conference in Developmental Disabilities, 2014