Through their expertise, critical thinking and decision making, the Research Advisory Board determines how the Friends of FSH Research funds are allocated.  Grants have been awarded to Dr. Brian Kennedy and Dr. Stephen Hauschka at the University of Washington's Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, Daniel Miller and Dr. Stephen Tapscott at the Fred Hutchinson Research Center, and individual researchers around the world.

Thomas D. Bird, M.D.
Professor of Neurology, Medical Genetics, and Psychiatry, University of Washington
Chief, Division of Neurogenetics
Director, Muscular Dystrophy Research Center, Clinical and Genetics Cores

Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurogenetics, Biochemistry, and Medical Genetics, University of Washington
Director, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, University of Washington

Gwenn Garden, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Neurology, University of Washington
Member, Division of Neurogenetics

Sidney M. Gospe, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Washington
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Herman and Faye Sarkowsky Endowed Chair in Child Neurology

Albert La Spada, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Neurology, University of Washington
Director, Center for Neurogenetics and Neurotherapeutics

Katherine Mathews, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology, University of Iowa
Director, Neurogenetics Clinic

Jack Shaw
Retired Head Engineer, New Product Development, The Boeing Company
MS in Engineering
BS in Engineering & Chemistry