Mt Sinai PEM Study Now Recruiting
August 14, 2023
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Dr. Natelson at Mt. Sinai is recruiting people to study PEM. Reimbursement for travel and time will be available.
ME Research Actions
#MEAction aims to grow the scientific field through outreach, education, and fellowship opportunities for young investigators, and by empowering patients to understand, engage with and participate in research.
How to get involved
Researchers and Clinicians
- If you’re a researcher interested in learning more about this field, start here to browse a list of resources.
- If you’re currently in the field, we’d love to support you by disseminating information about your work to the community by:
– Writing about your research for our website.
– Getting the word out about your currently enrolling research study.
– Helping with press outreach around your forthcoming research publication. - We’re also always looking for researchers and students to contribute to MEpedia, our crowd-sourced encyclopedia on the science and history of ME.
To learn more, email [email protected].
Patients & community
There are so many ways you can help support research and the generation and dissemination of scientific knowledge about ME.
- You can contribute to our MEpedia project.
- You can write articles about science for our website, and support our scientific outreach and field-growing efforts.
- You can also sign up for our newsletter, follow us on Twitter, and join one of our Facebook groups to keep up to date about currently enrolling studies.
Contact [email protected] to learn more!
Enroll in a Research Study
Be part of designing UWS research into ME and long COVID
February 3, 2022
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UPDATE: The research team have let us know that they’ve received a huge response to this request and they now have the information they need. They’ll be in touch with people individually if they are eligible to participate in the study. If you got involved, thanks for your support! Researchers at the University of the
Stanford study (no longer enrolling)
October 19, 2021
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Who: Ron Davis’s lab at Stanford University is conducting a functional microbiome study in collaboration with Harvard University and Vassar College. They are looking for severely Ill, primarily bed-bound patients within the United States to participate. What: Participants will be asked to provide a one-time fecal swab which can be collected at home and sent
Investigating the impact of Covid-19 on ME – Survey
March 22, 2021
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Please help #MEAction UK and #MEAction Scotland by taking part in this survey to find out the effect that Covid-19 has on people with ME. Take the survey We are working in collaboration with Action for ME to gather evidence on the impact of Covid-19 on our community. We have heard many stories from people
Impacts of Shift Work on Chronic Conditions
March 18, 2021
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Who: Dr. Rachael Blasiman and Hayley Shasteen at Kent State University are interested in shift workers and people with chronic conditions. You may still participate if you do not fit in either category. What: Participation is anonymous and involves taking a survey that will take approximately 30 minutes. The survey will ask questions about shift
ME/CFS International Family Impact Study
March 16, 2021
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Who: Dr. Nina Muirhead and the Study Team at Cardiff University, United Kingdom have developed a survey with two questionnaires, one for the patient and one for a life partner or family member. If you cannot be together to complete it, you can save and return. What: An international research study, looking at the impact
Enrolling: International ME/CFS Family Impact Study
January 26, 2021
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This online international ME/CFS Family Impact Study looks at the quality of life of patients and their family members.
Enrolling studies: Internet-Based Participation
February 11, 2020
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What: Researchers at Southern Connecticut State University are currently enrolling individuals in a study that will examine an intervention app for people living with ME/CFS. This app monitors daily perceived and expended energy and fatigue levels. Participants will be asked to complete an online survey about their health history, ME/CFS symptomology, as well as current
Enrolling: Naviaux Lab Metabolomics Study
July 21, 2019
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Who: Looking for adult women with ME, Lyme’s Disease (post-treatment), or healthy controls that are currently living in Southern California or live within two hours of San Diego. Note that you will need to avoid food for three hours prior to your blood draw. What: Participants for the new Naviaux Lab Metabolomics Study are needed!
Enrolling: EDS Genetics Study
May 22, 2019
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What: The Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Society is recruiting individuals to participate in a genetic evaluation study. ME/CFS and EDS have a range of similarities and overlap. EDS is a connective tissue disorder in which musculoskeletal pain, joint pain/hypermobility, and fragile skin are considered common manifestations. Who: 1000 individuals with Hypermobile EDS as well as their family
Research News
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
September 26, 2024
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#MEAction’s NIH Study Response
NIH’s recent paper on ME/CFS elicited strong reactions from the community.
February 29, 2024
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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
February 20, 2024
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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
December 18, 2023
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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
November 29, 2023
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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
October 26, 2023
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NIH Must Not Overlook Evidence of Exercise Harm
Long COVID Exercise study must address safety, efficacy concerns.
March 22, 2023
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MEAction questions Long COVID exercise study’s safety, efficacy
Calls for immediate public release of RECOVER’s clinical trial design
March 6, 2023
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Infection-associated chronic disease experts needed at ARPA-H
Congress launched ARPA-H (the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health) this past March to focus on high-risk, high-reward research projects with the goal to solve intractable health problems. As ARPA-H is in the process of hiring its first cohort of program managers, #MEAction and a coalition of chronic disease advocacy groups have published an open
November 22, 2022
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Long COVID’s U.S. Economic Impact Est. $140-$600 Billion Annually
Post-viral conditions like ME/CFS provide guidance for estimating the economic impact of Long COVID.
October 7, 2022
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