Events

Upcoming Events​

Beyond the Symptom: The Biology of Fatigue
September 27-28, 2021
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET
For more information and to register, please visit: https://web.cvent.com/event/4630788d-baa2-47fb-af01-0f5b8d0d92bd/summary

NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
October 22, 2021
3:00 p.m. ET
Join the webinar: https://nih.zoomgov.com/j/1616894211?pwd=ZUlYdld1UHBEYStzU2JiTHZFRDc1UT09
Passcode: 816676
Pre-registration is not required.

Past Events

• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  March 30, 2021
  • Video
  • Transcript
• Interagency ME/CFS Working Group Meeting
  February 25-26, 2021
  • Presentation: NIH Grant Mechanisms for Clinician-Scientists 
  • Presentation: Post Acute/Long COVID: Cross AgencyCommunication and Collaboration
  • Presentation: Ongoing Research and Planning for New Research Program on Post Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC)
• Workshop on Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19
  December 3-4, 2020
  • ​​Videocast Day 1
  • Videocast Day 2

• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  November 5, 2020
  • Video
  • Transcript
  • Presentation: Post-Discharge Persistent Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life after Hospitalization for COVID-19
  • Presentation: Bridging the Gap:Outreach & Engagement with the ME/CFS Community
  • Additional QA
• Interagency ME/CFS Working Group Meeting
  ​August 11, 2020
  • ​Videocast
  • Agenda
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  March 17, 2020
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript
   
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  October 17, 2019
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript
   
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  August 19, 2019
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript 
   
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  April 9, 2019 
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript
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• Accelerating Research on ME/CFS Meeting
  April 4-5, 2019 
  • Videocast Day 1
  • Videocast Day 2
• Thinking the Future A Workshop for Young Early Career ME CFS Investigators
  April 3, 2019
   
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  October 23, 2018 
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript
   
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  July 19, 2018
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript
   
• CFS Advisory Committee Meeting
  June 20-21, 2018
   
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  March 7, 2018 
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript
   
• CFS Advisory Committee Meeting
  December 13-14, 2017
   
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  November 28, 2017 at 1pm ET
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript
   
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  July 10, 2017 at 12pm ET
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript
   
• CFS Advisory Committee Meeting
  June 29-30, 2017
   
• FOCiS (Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies) Conference - Chicago, IL
  June 14-17, 2017
  Session on ME/CFS organized by Joseph Breen, PhD from NIAID will take place on Wednesday, June 14, 2017
  Joseph Breen, PhD and Vicky Whittemore, PhD will participate in this session
   
• SLEEP 2017 – Boston, MA
  June 4-7, 2017
  Session on Sleep, Cytokines and Fatigue – Joseph Breen, PhD and Vicky Whittemore, PhD will participate in this session
   
• Invest in ME Research International ME Conference 2017 – London, UK
  June 2, 2017
   
• 7^th Biomedical Research into ME Colloquium 2017 – London, UK​
  May 31 – June 1, 2017
   
• ME/CFS RFA Webinar for Prospective Applicants
  February 13, 2017, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
  This presentation will provide an opportunity for investigators to learn more about the recently released Requests for Application on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) research (RFA-NS-17-021 and RFA-NS-022).
   
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  February 1, 2017
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript
   
• CFS Advisory Committee Meeting
  January 12-13, 2017
  http://www.hhs.gov/ash/advisory-committees/cfsac/#
   
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  November 2, 2016
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript
   
• 2016 Biennial Conference: International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFSME)
  October 27-30, 2016
  Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
  Registration: http://iacfsme.org
  Funding: A conference grant to the IACFSME was funded by the following NIH organizations: NIH Participation: Vicky Whittemore, Ph.D. (NINDS), NIH Representative to the HHS CFS Advisory Committee, will be a keynote speaker; will participate in a professional workshop entitled “NIH Grant Writing Workshop” together with Joseph Breen, Ph.D. (NIAID) and Cheryl Kitt, Ph.D., NIH Office of Extramural Research; and will discuss the new NIH/CDC effort to develop common data elements for ME/CFS research in an evening session at the conference. William Ellwood, Ph.D. from the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research will give a presentation in a professional workshop entitled “Nothing about us without us: how community-engaged research can accelerate progress in the field of ME/CFS”.
  Vicky Whittemore, Ph.D. presentation at IACFSME.
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
  • National Library of Medicine
  • NIH Office of the Director
• NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call
  March 8, 2016
  Listen to the Audio/Read the Transcript
   
• Pathway to Prevention (P2P) Workshop: Advancing the Research on ME/CFS
  December 9–10, 2014
  • Program Book​
  • Final Panel Report
  • Full Evidence Report
  • P2P ME/CFS Federal Partners Meeting Report​
  • Day 1 Videocast — December 9, 2014
  • Day 2 Videocast — December 10, 201
• Institute of Medicine Expert Committee Meeting on ME/CFS
  January 17 and May 5, 2014
  Final Report
   
• State of the Knowledge Workshop on ME/CFS
  April 7–8, 2011
  • Letter to Workshop Participants
  • Final Report
  • Day 1 Videocast — April 7, 2011
  • Day 2 Videocast — April 8, 2011