(February 20, 2025) – Charleston, SC – Dr. Steve Skinner, President and CEO of the Greenwood Genetic Center, was honored with the 2025 S.C. Life Sciences Pinnacle Award for Individual Contribution by SCbio during its annual conference in Charleston on Wednesday.
SCbio gathered nearly 500 industry leaders from across South Carolina and the United States in Charleston to open SCbio 2025, the premier life sciences event in the Southeast. The event recognizes contributors who have sparked remarkable success, inspired leadership, and propelled the industry.
The S.C. Life Sciences Pinnacle Award for Individual Contribution annually recognizes an individual whose industry-related efforts have resulted in broad economic, innovation, social, and quality of life benefits that not only have had a profoundly positive impact on South Carolina’s life sciences industry, but also on its citizens – an impact that could be felt nationally even globally, in years to come.
“Dr. Skinner has expanded the impact of the Greenwood Genetic Center through innovative initiatives and become one of the country’s leading experts on neurodevelopmental genetic disorders,” said SCbio President and CEO James Chappell, Ph.D. “His knowledge and leadership as a physician and administrator continue to help patients and families across South Carolina and worldwide.”
Skinner, who joined the Greenwood Genetic Center in 1987 as a trainee, has led the organization since 2011 spearheading many partnerships and programs to support individuals impacted by genetic disorders including the Center’s treatment program and current Precision Medicine Initiative. Skinner also serves as chair of MUSC’s Integrated Center of Clinical Excellence in Genetics and Genomics and is the clinical lead for MUSC’s Precision Health Initiative.
“I am truly honored to receive this recognition from SCbio and proud to be part of the extraordinary life science community in South Carolina,” said Skinner. “Our work at the Greenwood Genetic Center, along with that of our collaborators and other like-minded organizations across our state, is leading to the advancement of technologies and the growth of precision medicine that will leave a lasting impact on every citizen of South Carolina.”