The Center for Childhood Neurotherapeutics at the University of South Carolina was conceived a few years back as part of South Carolina’s SmartState Endowment Program.  We began in earnest with recruitment of Jeff Twiss in 2013.  With his arrival, additional faculty have joined, and the Center now includes the research programs of Drs. Deanna Smith, Fabienne Poulain, and Sofia Lizarraga.  As a group, our research focuses broadly on the molecular mechanisms of nervous system diseases with ultimate goals of finding novel strategies to treat disease and encourage neural repair.