Neuroscience affiliated faculty Stephanie DeLuca, together with other VTCRI researchers join forces to improve life for children with genetic disorders. DeLuca, a developmental psychologist devoted to advancing adult and pediatric neurorehabilitation techniques, works closely with Mukherjee, who studies the fundamental biological mechanisms of neurodevelopment and who also leads one of the only research teams in the world devoted to understanding the CASK gene’s role in neurological disorders. Both also hold research faculty appointments in Virginia Tech’s College of Science.

“Intensive therapy produces improvements in skills and abilities in children that sometimes takes years to obtain in a more traditional setting,” said DeLuca, the director of the VTCRI Neuromotor Research Clinic. “Gaining years of development in such a brief time might greatly alter each child’s long-term developmental trajectory.”

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