Manuel Casanova

Manuel Casanova
Born
Manuel Casanova
NationalityAmerican
Alma materJohns Hopkins
Known forSmartState Chair in Childhood neurotherapeutics
AwardsThe Outstanding Scholar Award
Frontiers Media Spotlight Award
Scientific career
FieldsChildhood Neurotherapeutics
InstitutionsUniversity of South Carolina Greenville
Websitecorticalchauvinism.com
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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Casanova, Manuel. "Clinical Professors". Clemson University. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Staff". NGLY1. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Cristina Casanova Might, B.S., M.B.A." www.science.org. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. ^ Casanova, Emily (6 December 2012). "About Emily Casanova". Science Over a Cuppa. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  6. ^ Casanova, Emily (4 June 2019). "Evolution of autism genes hints at their fundamental roles in body". Spectrum. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  7. ^ Casanova, Manuel. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Clemson University. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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