October 19, 2023 | 11:00 - 3:00 PM
This event was part of the ME/CFS Research Roadmap Webinar Series, which took place between August 2023 and January 2024. The webinar focused on the immune system and speakers, including researchers and people with lived experience, described current research, knowledge gaps, and future research opportunities for ME/CFS.
The webinar series is part of a larger effort led by NINDS to develop a Research Roadmap for ME/CFS, which will identify research priorities to move the field toward translational studies and clinical trials. Learn more about the roadmap process on the NANDS Council ME/CFS Research Roadmap Working Group page.
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speakers/Moderators |
| 11:00 AM ET | Introductions | Vicky Whittemore, PhD NIH/NINDS |
| 11:10 AM ET | Clinical Immunology of ME/CFS | Nancy Klimas, MD Nova Southeastern University |
| 12:00 PM ET | Evidence for Autoimmunity in ME/CFS | Carmen Scheibenbogen, MD Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
| 12:40 PM ET | Immune Cell-type Approaches to Identify Mechanisms of ME/CFS | Maureen Hanson, PhD Cornell University |
| 1:15 PM ET | Break | |
| 1:30 PM ET | Predictive and Mechanistic Insights into Immune Perturbations During ME/CFS | Derya Unutmaz, MD Jackson Laboratories |
| 2:05 PM ET | Gut-Immune-Metabolic Interplay in ME/CFS | Armin Alaedini, PhD Columbia University |
| 2:25 PM ET | Lived Experience | Angela Termini |
| 2:35 PM ET | Lived Experience | Tracy Duvall |
| 2:40 PM ET | Research Priorities: What is Translatable Clinically? | Moderator: Vicky Whittemore, PhD |
| 2:55 PM ET | Closing Remarks | Vicky Whittemore, PhD |
| 3:00 PM ET | Adjourn |
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