Specialist Advisors to the Fragile X Society
We passionately believe in the importance of providing high-quality, evidence-based information to those affected by Fragile X Syndrome. As such, our resources are peer-reviewed by specialist advisors who are experts in their field. In addition, our specialist advisors support us with reviewing new Fragile X research studies, to determine whether we will support them by advertising participation opportunities to our members.
All of our specialist advisors are professionals who have a long association with us. Many of our members know one or more of them, by either having participated in their research studies, heard them speak at our family conferences, or read one or more of their research papers.
The professionals who comprise our current specialist advisors are:
Dr Mark C Hirst, BSc (Hons), PhD
Head of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, The Open University
Dr Angela Barnicoat
Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust
Professor Dame Kay E Davies
Co-Director, Oxford Centre of Gene Function, University of Oxford
Dr Angus Clarke
Professor in Clinical Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine and Honorary Consultant, All-Wales Medical Genomics Service
Prof Chris Oliver, BSc MPhil PhD CPsychol AFBPsS
Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham
Prof Gaia Scerif, BSc, PhD
Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford and St. Catherine's College
Dr Andrew Stanfield, MB ChB MRCPsych
Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh
Dr Hayley Crawford
Assistant Professor, University of Warwick
Dr Sundus Alusi
Consultant Neurologist, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Prof Jonathan Herring, MA, BCL
Professor of Law, University of Oxford and DW Wolf-Clarendon Fellow in Law, Exeter College, University of Oxford
Dr Jennifer L. Austin, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Professor of Psychology and Head of Behaviour Analysis, School of Psychology, University of South Wales
Dr Becky Hardiman
Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Cardiff