The major research event next week is the UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative conference. This will be taking place in Newcastle at the Newcastle Airport Novotel on Tuesday and Wednesday (October 13-14).
We have a very full biomedical agenda over two full days.
This will include key sessions sessions covering neuropathology, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, sleep and clinical trials – as well as workshops, updates on all the MRC funded research studies, and an important announcement about a new MRC-funded research study on Tuesday evening.
We have a large number of clinicians, researchers – UK and overseas – and medical students attending
This year, the MEA will be funding a number of medical students to attend:
UK SPEAKERS AND SESSION CHAIRS
Professor Stephen Holgate – Immunopharmacology, University of Southampton – Chairman
Professor Hugh Perry – Experimental neuropathology, University of Southampton and Chairman of the MRC Neurosciences Board
Professor Jim Horne – Sleep – University of Loughborough
Professor Anne McArdle – Mitochondrial function and cytokine production – University of Liverpool
Professor Julia Newton – Autonomic nervous system – University of Newcastle
Professor George Davey Smith – Genomics, Epigenetics and Metabolomics – University of Bristol
Dr Esther Crawley – Clinical trials – University of Bristol
Dr Andreas Finkelmeyer – Neuropathology – University of Newcastle
Dr Zoe Gotts – Sleep – University of Newcastle
Dr Kirstie Haywood – Patient reported outcome measures – University of Warwick
Dr Fai Ng – Fatigue biomarkers – University of Newcastle
Dr Carmine Pariante – Immunological model of ME/CFS – Kings College Hospital
OVERSEAS SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Professor Jose Montoya – Stanford ME/CFS Collaboration and Neuropathology session – Stanford University
Professor Jo Nijs – Autonomic nervous system – Vrije University, Brussels
Dr Oysten Fluge – Rituximab trial – University of Bergen
Professors Anne McArdlle, Jo Nij and Julia Newton and Dr Zoe Gotts are, or have been, carrying out research funded by the MEA Ramsay Research Fund
FULL PROGRAMME HERE: www.actionforme.org.uk/…/Documents/cmrc-programme.pdf
Dr Charles Shepherd
Hon Medical Adviser, ME Association
Board Member, UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative
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