Scientific Advisory Board
FRAXA is indebted to these prominent investigators who volunteer their time to help us devise strategy for advancing research and provide expert opinion on research proposals.
Many of our advisers are actively conducting research on Fragile X at universities or pharmaceutical companies.
Among FRAXA’s Scientific Advisors are winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine and the Lasker Prize.
Mark Bear, PhD
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT)
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD
Rush University Medical Center
Graeme Bilbe, PhD
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
Justin Fallon, PhD
Brown University
Joseph P. Horrigan, MD
AMO Pharma
Steven Hyman, MD
Harvard University
Eric Kandel, MD
Nobel Laureate, Columbia University
David Nelson, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Shikha Sharma, PhD
California Life Sciences
Michael Snape, PhD
AMO Pharma
Oswald Steward, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Susumu Tonegawa, PhD
Nobel Laureate, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT)
Robert Wong, PhD
State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate
Jerry Yin, PhD
University of Wisconsin