From the facebook page of MEresearch - read and weep............ They are trying to take over the shape of future research. I for one don't care 'what next'?
Launch of the UK Research Collaborative
The new UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC) will be launched on Monday April 22nd at the Wellcome Collection building in London. Its aim is to promote the highest quality of basic and applied evi...denced-based and peer reviewed research into ME/CFS, and the launch will bring together a range of national agencies, ME/CFS charities, and over 70 working researchers from across the UK. The final programme is given below, and our trustees Sue Waddle and Jan McKendrick, along with Dr Neil Abbot, will be there representing ME Research UK.
Morning
Chair: Prof Stephen Holgate
12.0-12.10: The importance of research for patients with CFS/ME (Annette Brooke MP, Chair All Parliamentary Group on ME)
12.10-12.20: Medical Research Council Initiatives in CFS/ME (Dr Joe McNamara, MRC Head Office, London)
12.20-12.30: National Institute for Health Research support for CFS/ME Research (Dr James Fenton, NIHR Trainees Coordinating Centre, Leeds)
12.30- 12.40: The Role of Medical Charities in CFS/ME research (Sue Waddle, ME Research UK; on behalf of all 5 Research-supportive Charities)
12.40-12-50: Why a UK Collaborative is needed in CFS/ME (Prof Stephen Holgate, Chair CMRC, MRC Professor of Immunopharmacology, University of Southampton)
12.50-13.00: The UKCMRC charter (Dr Esther Crawley, Deputy Chair CMRC, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, University of Bristol)
13.00-14.30: Lunch and poster viewing
Afternoon
Chair: Dr Esther Crawley
14.30-14.40: My research into CFS/ME (Simon Collin, University of Bristol)
14.40-14.50: My research into CFS/ME (Zoe Gotts, University of Northumbria)
14.50- 15.05: Autonomic dysfunction in CFS (Prof Julia Newton, Newcastle University)
15.05-15.20: What can be learnt from fatigue in other diseases (Dr Wan Ng, Newcastle University)
15.20-15.35: Role of interferons in fatigue (Dr Carmine Pariante, King’s College London)
15.35-15.50: Muscle energy abnormalities in CFS/ME (Dr Nicola Wells, University of Liverpool)
15.50-16.05: Salivary cortisol in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: comparison with healthy controls and change after treatment (Dr Katharine Rimes, King’s College, London)
16.05 16.35: Question and Answers (Panel of speakers)
16.35-16.45: What next? (Prof Stephen Holgate and Dr Esther Crawley)
Meeting Close
Launch of the UK Research Collaborative
The new UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC) will be launched on Monday April 22nd at the Wellcome Collection building in London. Its aim is to promote the highest quality of basic and applied evi...denced-based and peer reviewed research into ME/CFS, and the launch will bring together a range of national agencies, ME/CFS charities, and over 70 working researchers from across the UK. The final programme is given below, and our trustees Sue Waddle and Jan McKendrick, along with Dr Neil Abbot, will be there representing ME Research UK.
Morning
Chair: Prof Stephen Holgate
12.0-12.10: The importance of research for patients with CFS/ME (Annette Brooke MP, Chair All Parliamentary Group on ME)
12.10-12.20: Medical Research Council Initiatives in CFS/ME (Dr Joe McNamara, MRC Head Office, London)
12.20-12.30: National Institute for Health Research support for CFS/ME Research (Dr James Fenton, NIHR Trainees Coordinating Centre, Leeds)
12.30- 12.40: The Role of Medical Charities in CFS/ME research (Sue Waddle, ME Research UK; on behalf of all 5 Research-supportive Charities)
12.40-12-50: Why a UK Collaborative is needed in CFS/ME (Prof Stephen Holgate, Chair CMRC, MRC Professor of Immunopharmacology, University of Southampton)
12.50-13.00: The UKCMRC charter (Dr Esther Crawley, Deputy Chair CMRC, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, University of Bristol)
13.00-14.30: Lunch and poster viewing
Afternoon
Chair: Dr Esther Crawley
14.30-14.40: My research into CFS/ME (Simon Collin, University of Bristol)
14.40-14.50: My research into CFS/ME (Zoe Gotts, University of Northumbria)
14.50- 15.05: Autonomic dysfunction in CFS (Prof Julia Newton, Newcastle University)
15.05-15.20: What can be learnt from fatigue in other diseases (Dr Wan Ng, Newcastle University)
15.20-15.35: Role of interferons in fatigue (Dr Carmine Pariante, King’s College London)
15.35-15.50: Muscle energy abnormalities in CFS/ME (Dr Nicola Wells, University of Liverpool)
15.50-16.05: Salivary cortisol in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: comparison with healthy controls and change after treatment (Dr Katharine Rimes, King’s College, London)
16.05 16.35: Question and Answers (Panel of speakers)
16.35-16.45: What next? (Prof Stephen Holgate and Dr Esther Crawley)
Meeting Close