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The RECOVER-Treating Long COVID (RECOVER TLC) The Path Forward
The RECOVER-Treating Long COVID (RECOVER TLC) Kick-off Meeting was Sept 23-25 in person and over Zoom. I had the privilege of attending over Zoom and Jaime Seltzer, #MEAction’s Scientific Director, represented the needs of the ME community in person and as an invited member of a panel on clinical trial design. There were many speakers
#MEAction’s NIH Study Response
NIH’s recent paper on ME/CFS elicited strong reactions from the community.
NIH ME/CFS Research Roadmap Update–Public Comment Period Now Open
The NIH ME/CFS Research Roadmap public comment period is open now with a deadline of March 8th. #MEAction is a member of the ME/CFS Research Roadmap Working Group and for the past several months we have been advocating on behalf of this community within this group. Our Executive Director, Laurie Jones, served on the nervous
Chronic Illness Survey Adventure Finishing this Month!
Two years ago, #MEAction embarked on an ambitious project, the Chronic Illness Survey Adventure! The Adventure is a survey to deeply examine the symptoms experienced by people with diseases that are triggered or unmasked by infection, including ME, POTS, hEDS, MCAS, and Long COVID. At the end of this year, we will close the Adventure
A Year of Exciting Medical Education Achievements
A year ago, we were proud to announce that #MEAction and Mayo Clinic Rochester had won a grant for diagnostic improvement, with Ravindra Ganesh, and Stephanie Grach, and I on the grant as co-investigators. Our project, Improving Diagnostic Accuracy of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Through Implementation of an Enhanced Education Protocol and Care Process Model
Announcing: New NIH Conference Travel Scholarship for Providers and Medical Students!
#MEAction is thrilled to announce a new travel scholarship for providers and medical students to the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Conference, Advancing ME/CFS Research: Identifying Targets for Intervention and Learning from Long COVID, this coming December 12- 13, 2023 in Bethesda, MD. #MEAction is providing this opportunity for one to two promising medical students