People with Chronic Complex Diseases deserve the right to live full, productive lives.
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Since our inception in 2012, Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) has raised over $40 million to fund open, collaborative research and improve health care for millions suffering with multi-system chronic, complex diseases (msCCD). Our disease focus includes Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Long COVID, Post-Treatment Lyme Disease, and Fibromyalgia.
We have facilitated and funded the establishment of 7 collaborative centers across the globe. These centers are dedicated to diagnosing, treating, and ultimately curing these related chronic, complex diseases.
Open Medicine Foundation is a US based global nonprofit, with an affiliate organization in Canada (OMF Canada) and a foreign branch in Australia (OMF Australia). Our 18 member Scientific Advisory Board is world renowned and includes a Nobel Laureate and 5 National Academy of Sciences members.
OMF Supported Collaborative Centers
at Stanford
Ronald W. Davis, PhD
Director
Innovative, collaborative, multi-disciplinary research
Wenzhong Xiao, PhD
Co-Director
David Systrom, MD
Co-Director
Clinical and scientific mechanistic studies towards discovering new treatments
at Uppsala, Sweden
Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD
Director
Research for biomarkers in body and brain
Alain Moreau, PhD
Director
Clinical and scientific intervention studies
Chris Armstrong, PhD
Director
Precision research program
Wenzhong Xiao, PhD
Director
From data to disease mechanism and treatments
at Bateman Horne Center
Lucinda Bateman, MD
Medical Education Director
A global initiative to increase access to knowledgeable healthcare providers and improve patient care.
LONG COVID TO ME/CFS RESEARCH PLAN
OMF Scientific Advisory Board
19 world-renowned scientists
2 Nobel laureates
6 National Academy
of Sciences members
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Preprint: A Network Medicine Approach to Investigating ME/CFS Pathogenesis in Severely Ill Patients: A Pilot Study
The Heart of the Matter OMF’s Computational Research Center and the ME/CFS Collaborative Center at Stanford University have released a preprint of their work investigating
New Study from the ME/CFS Collaborative Center at Uppsala: Altered Metabolic Pathways in ME/CFS
The Heart of the Matter The ME/CFS Collaborative Center at Uppsala published an article on altered metabolic pathways in ME/CFS. The tryptophan metabolic pathway is
Life Improvement Trial (LIFT) has officially begun!
The Life Improvement Trial (LIFT) has officially begun! Conducting a proper clinical trial and ensuring all logistics are set up takes time, so we are
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