The Michael J. Fox Foundation relies on leading experts around the world who dedicate their time and insight to help us shape our research strategy.
At the Michael J. Fox Foundation, we have been fortunate to assemble a remarkable global network of hundreds of scientific experts and advisors who are dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease.
We rely on these experts in many aspects of our day-to-day operations by looking to them for grant reviews and assessments, relying on their insight in workshops and integrating their voices into program-specific advisory boards.
Our approach allows us to draw on a broad range of expertise and perspectives and ensures that our research strategies are informed by the latest scientific knowledge and trends. We are proud to work with such an exceptional group of advisors, and we appreciate their guidance as it helps us to accelerate progress toward a cure for’’ Parkinson's.
We would like to acknowledge the insight and advice provided by the following advisors who helped us in 2025.
Fox Advisors
- Abigail Erickson
- Indiana University
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- Abolfazl Doostparast Torshizi
- Johnson and Johnson
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- Adam Knight
- Neuron23
- _______________
- Adriano Aguzzi
- University of Zurich
- _______________
- Ajit Divakaruni
- University of California, Los Angeles
- _______________
- Ajmal Zemmar
- University of Louisville
- _______________
- Alastair Reith
- Breckenfield Consulting Limit
- _______________
- Alex Goddard
- Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
- _______________
- Alexander Buell
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- _______________
- Alexandra Nelson
- University of California, San Francisco
- _______________
- Alfonso Fasano
- University Health Network
- _______________
- Ali Keshavarzian
- Rush University Medical Center
- _______________
- Alice Nieuwboer
- KU Leuven
- _______________
- Alicia Garrido
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
- _______________
- Anastasia Henry
- Denali Therapeutics Inc
- _______________
- Anat Mirelman
- Health Corporation of the TEL-AVIV Medical Center
- _______________
- Anatol Kreitzer
- Circuit Therapeutics, Inc.
- _______________
- Andrew Koemeter Cox
- _______________
- Andrew Pincetic
- Alector
- _______________
- Andrew Siderowf
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- _______________
- Andrew West
- Duke University
- _______________
- Andrew Singleton
- Singleton Bioscience, LLC
- _______________
- Andy Howden
- University of Dundee
- _______________
- Anjali Sivaramakrishnan
- _______________
- Anna-Maija Tolppanen
- University of Eastern Finland
- _______________
- Anne Bertolotti
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
- _______________
- Artur Schuh
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
- _______________
- Ashley Harms
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- _______________
- Ashley Slagle
- Aspen Consulting
- _______________
- Avner Thaler
- Health Corporation of the TEL-AVIV Medical Center
- _______________
- Bahareh (Spring) Behrouz
- Vincere Biosciences
- _______________
- Ben Logsdon
- _______________
- Benjamin Huffman
- Tenvie Therapeutics
- _______________
- Bernardo Sabatini
- Harvard Medical School
- _______________
- Beth Stevens
- Boston Children’s Hospital
- _______________
- Betty Tijms
- Amsterdam University Medical Center
- _______________
- Bill Bucklew
- UnCorked Adventures
- _______________
- Birgitt Schuele
- Stanford University
- _______________
- Brad Racette
- Barrow Neurological Institute
- _______________
- Bratislav Misic
- The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/ McGill University
- _______________
- Brett Benedetti
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- _______________
- Briana De Miranda
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- _______________
- Brit Mollenhauer
- University Medical Center Goettingen
- _______________
- Brook Galna
- Murdoch University
- _______________
- Bruce Morimoto
- Independent advisor
- _______________
- Bruno Benitez
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- _______________
- Carina Oehrn
- University of California, Davis
- _______________
- Carla Shatz
- Stanford University
- _______________
- Caroline Moreau
- Inserm - UMR-S1172 Lille Neuroscience and Cognition
- _______________
- Caryl Sortwell
- Michigan State University
- _______________
- Cedric Bardy
- Flinders University
- _______________
- Chang Su
- University of North Texas
- _______________
- Charalampos Tzoulis
- Haukeland University Hospital
- _______________
- Charlie Kim
- Verily Life Sciences
- _______________
- Charlotte Teunissen
- Amsterdam UMC
- _______________
- Cheryl Coon
- Critical Path Institute
- _______________
- Chris Edgar
- _______________
- Christian Behrends
- University Hospital of Munich Ludwig Maximilian (LMU)
- _______________
- Christian Mirescu
- _______________
- Christine Klein
- University of Lübeck
- _______________
- Christopher Bishop
- State University of New York, Binghamton
- _______________
- Christopher Whelan
- _______________
- Colum MacKinnon
- Regents of the University of Minnesota
- _______________
- Coralie de Hemptinne
- University of Florida
- _______________
- Cornelis Blauwendraat
- National Institutes of Health
- _______________
- Dana Lewis
- Coalition for Aligning Science
- _______________
- Daniel El Kodsi
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Inc.
- _______________
- Daniel Lawrence
- Regents of the University of Michigan
- _______________
- Daniel Ysselstein
- Vanqua Bio
- _______________
- Dario Alessi
- University of Dundee
- _______________
- Darren Moore
- Van Andel Institute
- _______________
- Darryle Schoepp
- Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC
- _______________
- David Coughlin
- University of California, San Diego
- _______________
- David Dexter
- Imperial College London
- _______________
- David Lovinger
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH)
- _______________
- David Marcinek
- University of Washington
- _______________
- David Sulzer
- The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- _______________
- David Walt
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Inc.
- _______________
- David Weiner
- Independent Contractor
- _______________
- David Rickard
- _______________
- David Standaert
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- _______________
- David Stone
- Liberty Tree Advisors, LLC
- _______________
- Deniz Kirik
- Lund University
- _______________
- Derek Hill
- University College London
- _______________
- Devin Snyder
- Coalition for Aligning Science
- _______________
- Dianne Bryce
- Independent advisor
- _______________
- Dominik Haddah
- Alector
- _______________
- Doris Wang
- University of California, San Francisco
- _______________
- Douglas Galasko
- University of California, San Diego
- _______________
- Duygu Tosun-Turgut
- The Regents of the University of California
- _______________
- Edward Fon
- McGill University
- _______________
- Edwin Jabbari
- University College London
- _______________
- Ekemini Riley
- Coalition for Aligning Science
- _______________
- Elisa Pelosin
- University of Genova
- _______________
- Emily Rocha
- University of Pittsburgh
- _______________
- Erez Eitan
- NEURODEX INC
- _______________
- Eric Jackowiak
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- _______________
- Erin Rainaldi
- Bridge Analytics Data and Science Services
- _______________
- Ernest McEachern
- Alectos Therapeutics Inc
- _______________
- Fanni Geibl
- Philipps University Marburg
- _______________
- Federica Agosta
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
- _______________
- Fiona Ducotterd
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
- _______________
- Fiona Elwood
- _______________
- Francis Jeanson
- Ontario Brain Institute
- _______________
- Fred Goldstein
- Accountable Health, LLC
- _______________
- Fredric Manfredsson
- Barrow Neurological Institute
- _______________
- Gabor Kovacs
- University Health Network
- _______________
- Gabriel Nunez
- Regents of the University of Michigan
- _______________
- Gal Bitan
- The Regents of the University of California
- _______________
- Galen Carey
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals Limited
- _______________
- Gentry Dodd
- _______________
- Geoffrey Kerchner
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
- _______________
- George Huntley
- Icahn School of Medicine Mt Sinai
- _______________
- George Rebeck
- Georgetown University
- _______________
- George Voren
- _______________
- Glenda Halliday
- University of Sydney
- _______________
- Glenn Harris
- Rainwater Charitable Foundation
- _______________
- Glenn Batchelder
- Civitas
- _______________
- Grégoire Courtine
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- _______________
- Guangwei Du
- Pennsylvania State University
- _______________
- Guillermo Horga
- The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- _______________
- Harry Chobanian
- _______________
- Heather Mortiboys
- University of Sheffield
- _______________
- Heather Snyder
- Alzheimer’s Association
- _______________
- Heidi McBride
- McGill University
- _______________
- Heike Hering
- Biogen
- _______________
- Helene Plun-Favreau
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
- _______________
- Hetal Shah
- Coalition for Aligning Science
- _______________
- Hollis Cline
- The Scripps Research Institute
- _______________
- Howard Schulman
- Stanford University
- _______________
- Hugo Vanderstichele
- Biomarkable
- _______________
- Hwai Yin (Evelyn) Ooi
- Weill Cornell Medical College
- _______________
- Ian Ganley
- University of Dundee
- _______________
- Ian Reynolds
- YaghPenn Consulting
- _______________
- Iman Aganj
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- _______________
- Inga Peter
- Icahn School of Medicine Mt Sinai
- _______________
- Inga Zerr
- University Medical Center Goettingen
- _______________
- Irene Griswold-Prenner
- Nitrase Therapeutics
- _______________
- Irit Rappley
- _______________
- Ivan Martinez-Valbuena
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
- _______________
- Ivo Gomperts Boneca
- Institut Pasteur
- _______________
- Jacob Marcus
- Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC
- _______________
- Jae-Kyung Lee
- University of Georgia
- _______________
- James Koprich
- Kunming Biomed International, LtD.
- _______________
- James Summers
- Independent advisor
- _______________
- Jan Hamer
- Indiana University
- _______________
- Jannik Prasuhn
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (Lübeck)
- _______________
- Jared Smith
- Regenxbio, Inc
- _______________
- Jay Alberts
- Cleveland Clinic
- _______________
- Jean-Pierre Roussarie
- Boston University
- _______________
- Jennifer Goldman
- JPG Enterprises LLC
- _______________
- Jennifer Johnston
- An2H Discovery
- _______________
- Jennifer Mammen
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- _______________
- Jennifer Whitesell
- Deep Science Ventures
- _______________
- Jenny van Eyk
- _______________
- Jia Wolfe
- _______________
- Jill Ostrem
- University of California, San Francisco
- _______________
- Jillian Kluss
- Denali Therapeutics Inc
- _______________
- Joanne Nash
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
- _______________
- Jochen Klucken
- University of Luxembourg
- _______________
- John Ginn
- Sanders Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute
- _______________
- John Nuss
- Ventyx Biosciences Inc.
- _______________
- John Dunlop
- Amgen, Inc.
- _______________
- Johnathan McKay
- Emory
- _______________
- Jonathan Behr
- SV Health Investors
- _______________
- Joseph Mazzulli
- Northwestern University
- _______________
- Joseph Vacca
- J. Vacca Consulting
- _______________
- Joshua Dudman
- Janelia Research Campus
- _______________
- Joshua Wong
- University of Florida
- _______________
- Julia Choi
- University of Florida
- _______________
- Julia Fitzgerald
- Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research
- _______________
- Julie Miller
- University of California, Los Angeles
- _______________
- Julius Chung
- Emory University
- _______________
- Justin Hilliard
- University of Florida
- _______________
- Kalpana Merchant
- Northwestern University
- _______________
- Karel Svoboda
- Allen Institute
- _______________
- Karl Murray
- University of California, Davis
- _______________
- Kate Wassum
- University of California, Los Angeles
- _______________
- Katherine Fu
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- _______________
- Kathleen Poston
- Stanford University
- _______________
- Kathrin Brockmann
- University of Tübingen
- _______________
- Kathryn Bowles
- UK Dementia Research Institute University of Edinburgh
- _______________
- Kelly Glajch
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals Limited
- _______________
- Kelvin Luk
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- _______________
- Kendall Jensen
- TGen Foundation
- _______________
- Kenneth Marek
- Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
- _______________
- Khaled Moussawi
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
- _______________
- Kimberly Paul
- University of California, Los Angeles
- _______________
- Kjetil Bjornevik
- Harvard University
- _______________
- Kristen Severson
- Microsoft Research New England
- _______________
- Lana Chahine
- University of Pittsburgh
- _______________
- Larry Gifford
- _______________
- Laura Ibanez
- Washington University School of Medicine
- _______________
- Laura Parkkinen
- University of Oxford
- _______________
- Laura Volpicelli-Daley
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- _______________
- Laura Williams
- Cardiff University
- _______________
- Laura Winchester
- University of Oxford
- _______________
- Lauren Mifflin
- Harvard University
- _______________
- Laurie Sanders
- Duke University
- _______________
- Lee Dawson
- Newcastle University
- _______________
- Lenora Higginbotham
- Emory University
- _______________
- Lezanne Ooi
- University of Wollongong
- _______________
- Lin Ning
- _______________
- Lisa Alcock
- Newcastle University
- _______________
- Lisa Vermunt
- Amsterdam UMC
- _______________
- Lori Quinn
- The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- _______________
- Luis Concha
- Amprion
- _______________
- Luke Esposito
- Allen Institute for Brain Science
- _______________
- M. Maral Mouradian
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- _______________
- Magdalene Moran
- Caraway Therapeutics, Inc.
- _______________
- Marco Baptista
- Christopher Reeve Foundation
- _______________
- Maria Swanberg
- Lund University
- _______________
- Marie-Laure Welter
- Rouen University Hospital (CHU de Rouen)
- _______________
- Mark Cookson
- National Institutes of Health
- _______________
- Mark Forman
- _______________
- Marlene Jacobson
- Evotec
- _______________
- Marta Bianciardi
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- _______________
- Marta Del Campo
- Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center – BBRC
- _______________
- Martijn Muller
- Critical Path Institute
- _______________
- Martin Gill
- Libra Therapeutics
- _______________
- Martina Putzolu
- University of Genoa (UNIGE)
- _______________
- Matthew Fell
- Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC
- _______________
- Matthew Havrda
- Dartmouth College
- _______________
- Matthew Goldberg
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- _______________
- Matthew Jacobson
- University of California, San Francisco
- _______________
- Matthew Lewis
- Coalition for Aligning Science
- _______________
- Matthew May
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
- _______________
- Maxime Rousseaux
- University of Ottawa
- _______________
- Meg Morris
- La Trobe University
- _______________
- Michael Beckstead
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
- _______________
- Michael Ahlijanian
- Ani Consulting, LLC
- _______________
- Michael Higley
- Yale University School of Medicine
- _______________
- Michele Matarazzo
- University of British Columbia
- _______________
- Milton Biagioni
- New York University
- _______________
- Mina Ryten
- University of Cambridge
- _______________
- Miratul Muqit
- University of Dundee
- _______________
- Mohammad Ali Salehinejad
- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors
- _______________
- Monther Abu-Remaileh
- Stanford University
- _______________
- Moran Gilat
- KU Leuven
- _______________
- Nabila Dahodwala
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- _______________
- Nandhu Mohan Sobhana
- _______________
- Natalie Witek
- Rush University Medical Center
- _______________
- Nathan Hatcher
- Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC
- _______________
- Nicholas Hertz
- Montara Therapeutics, Inc.
- _______________
- Nick Seyfried
- _______________
- Nicola Allen
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- _______________
- Nicolaas Bohnen
- Regents of the University of Michigan
- _______________
- Nicolas Dzamko
- Macquarie University
- _______________
- Nicole Swann
- University of Oregon
- _______________
- Nigel Liverton N Liverton
- Consulting LLC
- _______________
- Nigel Williams
- Cardiff University
- _______________
- Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren
- Skane University Hospital
- _______________
- Nirbhay Yadav
- Kennedy Krieger Institute
- _______________
- Nora Vanegas-Arroyave
- Baylor College of Medicine
- _______________
- Ofer Pasternak
- Harvard Medical School
- _______________
- Oliver Rawashdeh
- The University of Queensland
- _______________
- Omar Mabrouk
- Biogen
- _______________
- Ouri Cohen
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- _______________
- Paola Arlotta
- Harvard University
- _______________
- Paolo Bonato
- Harvard University
- _______________
- Parashkev Nachev
- University College London
- _______________
- Patrik Brundin
- Van Andel Institute
- _______________
- Paul Cutler
- UCB Pharma, Inc
- _______________
- Paul Donaghy
- Newcastle University
- _______________
- Paul Galatsis
- UnAssigned
- _______________
- Paul Maguire
- UCB Pharma, Inc
- _______________
- Paul Thompson
- Lelantos Bio
- _______________
- Paul (Leon) Brown
- University of Maryland School of Medicine
- _______________
- Paula Desplats
- University of California, San Diego
- _______________
- Pekka Kallunki
- Lundbeck Research
- _______________
- Per Svenningsson
- Karolinska Institute
- _______________
- Peter Heutink
- Independent Scientific Advisor
- _______________
- Peter Lansbury
- CeraLink Therapeutics
- _______________
- Peter Korytko
- _______________
- Phillip Sun
- Emory University
- _______________
- Piv Sagoo
- Orchard Therapeutics
- _______________
- Poul Jensen
- Aarhus University
- _______________
- Qi Guo
- AbbVie Inc.
- _______________
- Rachel Arey
- Baylor College of Medicine
- _______________
- Randy Schekman
- University of California, Berkeley
- _______________
- Rebecca Senter
- Axial Biotherapeutics, Inc.
- _______________
- Rebekah Evans
- Georgetown University Medical Center
- _______________
- Renato Munhoz
- Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network
- _______________
- Richard Camicioli
- University of Alberta
- _______________
- Richard Rutter
- NRG Therapeutics Ltd
- _______________
- Richard Wade-Martins
- University of Oxford
- _______________
- Rikki Mangrum
- Vector Psychometric Group
- _______________
- Rita Balice-Gordon
- Muna Therapeutics
- _______________
- Rita Cowell
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- _______________
- Ritu Kapur
- Bridge Analytics Data and Science Services
- _______________
- Robin Kleiman
- Biomedisyn Corporation
- _______________
- Roland Heym
- AbbVie Inc.
- _______________
- Ronit Sharon
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- _______________
- Roseanne Dobkin
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- _______________
- Rosie Morris
- Northumbria University
- _______________
- Roy Alcalay
- Health Corporation of the TEL-AVIV Medical Center
- _______________
- Rushna Ali
- _______________
- Ryan Schubert
- Asceneuron SA
- _______________
- Samuel Hasson
- Rgenta Therapeutics
- _______________
- Sarah Almond
- Mission Therapeutics Ltd
- _______________
- Sarah Silvergleid
- _______________
- Saranna Fanning
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Inc.
- _______________
- Sarkis Mazmanian
- California Institute of Technology
- _______________
- Sean Pintchovski
- Acurex Biosciences
- _______________
- Sebastian Virreira Winter
- ions.bio GmbH
- _______________
- Shahram Oveisgharan
- Rush University
- _______________
- Shane Liddelow
- NYU Langone Medical Center
- _______________
- Sheila Fleming
- Northeast Ohio Medical University
- _______________
- Shen-Yang Lim
- University of Malaya
- _______________
- Shilpa Sambashivan
- Proneurotech, Inc
- _______________
- Shyamal Patel
- Harvard University
- _______________
- Silke Miller
- Johnson and Johnson
- _______________
- Silvia Del Din
- Newcastle University
- _______________
- Soania Mathur
- _______________
- Sonia Gandhi
- University College London
- _______________
- Sonya Dumanis
- Coalition for Aligning Science
- _______________
- Sreeganga Chandra
- Yale University School of Medicine
- _______________
- Stacie Weninger
- _______________
- Stephanie McTighe
- Arkuda Therapeutics
- _______________
- Steven Braithwaite
- Alkahest, USA
- _______________
- Stewart Campbell
- Axial Biotherapeutics, Inc.
- _______________
- Sue Peters
- Western University – Canada
- _______________
- Suman Rao
- _______________
- Susan Peschin
- Alliance for Aging Research
- _______________
- Tairmae Kangarloo
- Takeda
- _______________
- Tanya Fischer
- Sanofi Pasteur
- _______________
- Tanya Simuni
- Northwestern University
- _______________
- Tatiana Foroud
- Indiana University
- _______________
- Terina Martinez
- Critical Path Institute
- _______________
- Thomas Beach
- Banner Health Institute
- _______________
- Thomas Durcan
- McGill University
- _______________
- Thomas Kirkegaard Jensen
- Amplify Therapeutics ApS
- _______________
- Thomas Kustermann
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
- _______________
- Thomas Tropea
- Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
- _______________
- Thomas Wichmann
- Emory University
- _______________
- Tien Dam
- Brenig Therapeutics
- _______________
- Tilo Kunath
- The University of Edinburgh
- _______________
- Tina Schwabe
- Nine Square Therapeutics
- _______________
- Todd Herrington
- Harvard University
- _______________
- Tom Otis
- Lario Therapeutics, Ltd
- _______________
- Tomas Bjorklund
- Lund University
- _______________
- Tomas Odergren
- BioArtic
- _______________
- Tracy Kosman
- Tracy Cole Consulting
- _______________
- Tracy Woodruff
- UCSF
- _______________
- Tuomas Knowles
- University of Cambridge
- _______________
- Un Kang
- New York University Grossman School of Medicine
- _______________
- Valerie Guss
- Arvinas Inc
- _______________
- Veronica Anania
- _______________
- Vikram Khurana
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
- _______________
- Wanda Kim
- European Technology for Business Holdings Ltd
- _______________
- Warren Hirst
- DaCapo Brainscience
- _______________
- Wassilios Meissner
- Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases Bordeaux (IMN) CNRS
- _______________
- William Barbosa
- University of Rochester Medical Center
- _______________
- William Dauer
- Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute
- _______________
- William Marks
- Nexus Neurotech
- _______________
- William Young
- Exeter University
- _______________
- Wolfdieter Springer
- Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
- _______________
- Xianjun Dong
- Yale University
- _______________
- Xiqun Chen
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- _______________
- Yordan Raykov
- NumericAnalysis Ltd
- _______________
- Ziad Saad
- Johnson and Johnson
- _______________
- Ziga Jakopin
- _______________
- Ziv Gan-Or
- The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/ McGill University
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