at the Harvard Affiliated Hospitals
Clinical and scientific studies to understand and discover new treatments for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Long COVID, and related Multisystem, Chronic Complex Diseases (msCCD).
Established in 2018, this research initiative is based at Harvard affiliated hospitals, including Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).
Including the faculty of the Harvard affiliated hospitals, critical collaborations are represented from Stanford University, Cornell University, University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham, Uppsala University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
This collaborative research center was launched by Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD, and Wenzhong Xiao, PhD.
In early 2022, David Systrom, MD joined Wenzhong Xiao as a Co-Director after Ronald G. Tompkins’ sudden passing.
This research collaboration seeks to understand and discover new treatments for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Long COVID, and related Multisystem, Chronic Complex Diseases (msCCD).
the role of neuroinflammation in ME/CFS
the infrastructure to begin treatment trials and form a center of excellence for ME/CFS
From the desk of Ronald Tompkins, MD, ScD Chief Medical Officer, Open Medicine Foundation #TripleGivingTuesday Research News Transforming the Diagnosis and Treatment of ME/CFS, Post-Treatment
From the desk of Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD Co-Director, The Harvard ME / CFS Collaboration Mestinon Trial Update In May, 2020, Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) announced
This project aims to explore the biological changes that occur in the muscles during Post-exertional Malaise (PEM).
The study expands on a previously-awarded proposal to thoroughly explore the underlying pathophysiology of post exertional malaise (PEM), the hallmark symptom of ME/CFS.
We intend to examine multiple sleep studies that have been conducted in the past two years and performed at the MGH Neurology Sleep Medicine Laboratory in well characterized patients with ME/CFS.
This study aims to evaluate different explanations of preload failure in ME/CFS patients.
This clinical trial will test the exercise response to Mestinon in people with ME/CFS.
Researchers are developing a tool to help clinicians more efficiently define the character and priorities of a patient’s current symptoms of ME/CFS, Post-Treatment Lyme Disease, or Fibromyalgia.
This project aims to understand the origin of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).
Massachusetts General Hospital
In Memoriam – Ronald Tompkins, MD, ScD
Wenzhong Xiao, PhD
Donna Felsenstein, MD
Amel Karaa, MD
Andrew Alexander, MBA
Peng Li, PhD
Karen Buch, MD
Brigham & Womens Hospital
David Systrom, MD
Anthony Komaroff, MD
BI Deaconess Medical Center
Janet Mullington, PhD
Boston University
Lewis Kazis, ScD
Mary Slavin, PhD
Pengsheng Ni, PhD
Bill Rogers, PhD
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richard Smith, PhD
John Jacob, PhD
Wei-Jun Qian, PhD
Chiari Neurosurgical Center
Paolo Bologenese, MD
Ilene Ruhoy, MD
Center For Healing Neurology
David Kaufman, MD
University of Nottingham, UK
Philip Atherton, PhD
Paul Greenhaff, PhD
Daniel Wilkinson, PhD
Mathew Piasecki, PhD
University of Birmingham, UK
Janet Lord, PhD
Cornell University
Maureen Hanson, PhD
Open Medicine Foundation
Linda Tannenbaum
Chris Armstrong, PhD
Stanford University
Ronald Davis, PhD
Uppsala University, Sweden
Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD
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