Dr. Berish Rubin (l) & Dr. Sylvia Anderson (r), Co-Directors, Laboratory for Familial Dysautonomia Research, Fordham University, New York, USA

Dr. Berish Rubin and Dr. Sylvia Anderson have vastly improved the lives of children and adults with FD. Their laboratory, The Laboratory for Familial Dysautonomia Research at Fordham University, New York, USA, is dedicated to studying the molecular biology of this disease. In addition to the discovery of the gene mutation that causes FD, research at the laboratory has produced numerous life-changing treatment breakthroughs.