Interact with ME/CFS scientific researchers | Newcastle CMRC conference | 13-14 October 2015
People who fancy interacting with science researchers can do so later this year – when the UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative holds its second scientific meeting at the Newcastle Novotel on October 13-14.
Non-researchers can join the collaborative by becoming associate members. The Twitter home for the event is #CMRC2015.
There will be a workshop on patient-reported outcome measures, facilitated by Dr Kirstie Haywood, senior research fellow (patient-reported outcomes) in the Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick.
Prof Liz Perkins will deliver a presentation on social policy research and M.E, plus there will be updated on current research funded by the Medical Research Council. This will be followed by a Q&A session, giving Associate Members the chance to discuss researcher’s work with them.
You must be an Associate Member to attend and registration is free. Associate Members don’t have to be researchers – anyone with an interest in M.E. can become one.
Livestreaming will be available so Associate Members unable to attend can catch the event online from home.
Prof José Montoya from Stanford University, California, will be joining the event as keynote speaker in the session on neuropathology. The ME Association is helping with the cost of bringing over overseas speakers, including Prof Montoya.
Other speakers will include Prof Jo Nijs (autonomic system), Dr Øystein Fluge (Rituximab Trial), Prof Jim Horne (sleep), Prof George Davey Smith (big data, genomics, epigenetics and metabolomics).
Chairs of individual sessions include Prof Julia Newton, Prof Hugh Perry, Dr Esther Crawley and CMRC chair Prof Stephen Holgate.
Register to attend #CMRC2015 online here (where you can also check out the programme):
www.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2139069963
Sign up as an Associate Member here:
www.meassociation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/cmrc-membership-form.docx
