Manuel Casanova | |
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| Born | Manuel Casanova |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins |
| Known for | SmartState Chair in Childhood neurotherapeutics |
| Awards | The Outstanding Scholar Award Frontiers Media Spotlight Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Childhood Neurotherapeutics |
| Institutions | University of South Carolina Greenville |
| Website | corticalchauvinism |
| Notes | |
Son-in-law, Matt Might[1] | |
Manuel F. Casanova is the SmartState Endowed Chair in Childhood Neurotherapeutics and a professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. He is a former Gottfried and Gisela Kolb Endowed Chair in Outpatient Psychiatry and a Professor of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology at the University of Louisville.[2]
Casanova has four daughters: Cristina, Sabrina, Belinda, and Melina. Cristina Casanova Might is the Founder and President of the NGLY1 Foundation[3] and the Executive Director at the Undiagnosed Diseases Network Foundation (UDNF).[4] He is married to Emily Casanova, a research assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville[5] who studies autism genetics, the evolution of susceptibility genes in rare disorders, and is a patient advocate for the Ehlers-Danlos community.[6] His son-in-law is Matt Might, director of the Hugh Kaul Personalized Medicine Institute at the University of Alabama Birmingham.[1] Casanova has a personal blog titled "Cortical Chauvinism".[7]
- ^ a b Casanova, Manuel (27 July 2019). "How an AI expert took on his toughest project ever: writing code to save his son's life". Cortical Chauvinism. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ Casanova, Manuel. "Clinical Professors". Clemson University. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Staff". NGLY1. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Cristina Casanova Might, B.S., M.B.A." www.science.org. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ Casanova, Emily (6 December 2012). "About Emily Casanova". Science Over a Cuppa. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ Casanova, Emily (4 June 2019). "Evolution of autism genes hints at their fundamental roles in body". Spectrum. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ Casanova, Manuel. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Clemson University. Retrieved 18 March 2019.