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 Follow Members of OMF’s Scientific Advisory Board and Other Esteemed Scientists at the NIH Accelerating Research on ME / CFS Meeting 
We want to thank NIH again for hosting the Accelerating Research on ME / CFS Meeting April 4 – 5, 2019 in Bethesda, MD. Many OMF-funded researchers will be presenting along with a stellar cadre of international researchers and clinicians. The meeting schedule is available here. 
The entire program will be available via Livestream as it is happening. Please register here to follow the event. 
To help you follow the OMF Scientific Advisory Board, OMF-funded researchers, and collaborators, below is the schedule of presentations: 
2019 Accelerating Research on ME / CFS Agenda  
Thursday, April 4  
Session: Setting the Stage 
Lucinda Bateman, MD 
6:20 – 7:00 AM Pacific Time 
9:20 – 10:00 AM Eastern Time 
2:20 – 3:00 PM GMT 
  
Session: Metabolomics/Metabolism of ME / CFS 
Robert K. Naviaux, MD, PhD  
7 – 7:30 AM Pacific Time 
10 – 10:30 AM Eastern Time 
3 – 3:30 PM GMT 
  
Oliver Fiehn, PhD 
8 – 8:30 AM Pacific Time 
11 – 11:30 AM Eastern Time 
4 – 4:30 PM GMT 
  
Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD 
8:30 – 9 AM Pacific Time 
11:30 – 12 Noon Eastern Time 
4:30 – 5 PM GMT 
  
Session: Immunology of ME / CFS 
Mark Davis, PhD 
10:30 – 11 AM Pacific Time 
1:30 – 2 PM Eastern Time 
6:30 – 7 PM GMT 
  
Maureen Hanson, PhD 
11:30 – 12 Noon Pacific Time 
2:30 – 3 PM Eastern Time 
7:30 – 8 PM GMT 
  
Session: Provocation Studies 
David Systrom, MD 
1 – 1:30 PM Pacific Time 
4 – 4:30 PM Eastern Time 
9 – 9:30 PM GMT 
  
Alain Moreau, PhD 
2 – 2:30 PM Pacific Time 
5 – 5:30 PM Eastern Time 
10 – 10:30 PM GMT 
  
Friday, April 5 
Session: Clinician Panel Discussion 
Anthony Komoroff, MD, Susan Levine, MD, Daniel Peterson, MD and others 
5:30 – 6:30 AM Pacific Time 
8:30 – 9:30 AM Eastern Time 
1:30 – 2:30 PM GMT 
  
Session: New Technology for ME / CFS Research 
Ronald W. Davis, PhD 
10:30 – 11 AM Pacific Time 
1:30 – 2 PM Eastern Time 
6:30 – 7 PM GMT 
  
Session: Imaging of the CNS and ME / CFS 
Jarred Younger, PhD 
11 – 11:30 AM Pacific Time 
2 – 2:30 PM Eastern Time 
7 – 7:30 PM GMT 
  
Michael VanElzakker 
11:30 – 12 Noon Pacific Time 
2:30 – 3 PM Eastern Time 
7:30 – 8 PM GMT 
  
Session: Summary of Conference 
1:30 – 2:15 PM Pacific Time 
4:30 – 5:15 PM Eastern Time 
9:30 – 10:15 PM GMT 
  
The complete agenda can be viewed here. 
  
Thank you to NIH for opening this event to the international patient community.  |