Childhood Neurotherapeutics Partners Team Up to Recruit Endowed Chairs

Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS), Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), and University of South Carolina (USC) have organized search committees in hopes of recruiting three endowed chairs for the Childhood Neurotherapeutics Center: Endowed Chair in Translational Therapeutics, Endowed Chair in Child and Adolescent Neruochemistry, and Endowed Chair for Basic Research in Childhood Disorders.

Heading up the search committee for the Endowed Chair in Translational Neurotherapeutics is Desmond Kelly, MD, medical director of GHS' nationally ranked Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics. This chair will be based at GHS, with an academic appointment at the USC School of Medicine. Focusing on autism, the Endowed Chair in Translational Neurotherapeutics would most likely be collaborating with the Greenwood Genetics Center, where preliminary research projects and testing are already taking place. Dr. Kelly’s search team hopes to have this position filled by the beginning of the 2010 academic school year. Inquiries and nominations for this Endowed Chair position should be sent electronically to Dr. Kelly at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Christine Curtis, MS, PhD, the vice provost for Faculty Development at USC is leading this CoEE at USC. She has appointed Roger Sawyer, PhD, senior associate dean for Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences to chair the search committee for the Endowed Chair in Child and Adolescent Neurochemistry, which will be based at USC. Specifically, this search committee will be looking for someone with training in behavior/neurologic approaches with substantial experience using functional brain imaging to address questions concerning cognition and behavior. Inquiries and nominations for this Endowed Chair position should be sent electronically to Dr. Sawyer at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Inerjit Singh, PhD, is leading the search at MUSC for the Endowed Chair for Basic Research in Childhood Disorders. This position will be based at MUSC. The search committee is looking for a researcher with training and expertise in basic mechanisms of disease processes and therapeutic approaches for childhood neurodegenerative diseases. Inquiries and nominations for this Endowed Chair position should be sent electronically to Dr. Signh at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .