Webinar: 2/18 -CFIDS Assoc Research Update

[Guest guest]

PS: I noted there WAS a section in here about PEM and gut problems..

so if for no other reason I might listen... re: our Probiotic thread...

*cheers*

WEBINAR: CFIDS Association Research Program Update

In 2008, the Association greatly expanded its research program and launched

several

new initiatives. Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD, scientific director of the CFIDS

Association

of America, will describe the Association' s approach to expanding research and

the

six projects it funds directly. We hope you'll join us to learn more about

exciting

research projects and the network that links these projects and ideas together.

Speaker: Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD, Scientific Director

Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010

Time: 2:00-3:30 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registration: https://www1. gotomeeting. com/register/ 668153665

Dr. Vernon will share the Association' s approach to funding research and why

linking

independent investigators through a network will accelerate progress. She'll

describe

how the six projects being supported address different aspects of CFS and hold

promise

for improved diagnostics and treatment. Here is a preview of studies she will

describe:

Dr. Sanjay Shukla at the Marshfield Research Foundation is studying the human

microbiome,

testing samples taken from CFS patients before and after an exercise challenge

to

see if post-exertional symptoms might be due to agents crossing from the gut

into

the bloodstream.

Research being led by Kathy Light, PhD at University of Utah has identified

differences in blood markers after modest exercise in sedentary controls, CFS

patients and MS patients.

Dr. Marvin Medow and his team at New York Medical College use a tilt test and

other

tests of autonomic function to evaluate blood flow problems that have been

reported

in CFS patients. His team collaborates with Dr. Dikoma Shungu, who uses a brain

imaging technique to look for abnormal levels of certain brain chemicals.

Please take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about these important

studies,

and how the Association' s network of investigators is contributing valuable

information

to making CFS widely understood, diagnosable, curable and preventable.

To learn more about webinars in general, please visit http://www.cfids.

org/webinar/ what-is-a- webinar.asp. Reading this information will orient you to

the technical requirements and what

you can expect during the webinar. You can also keep up with new topics/dates as

programs are added to the schedule at http://www.cfids. org/webinar/ series2010.

asp.

To register for the Feb. 18 webinar, go to https://www1. gotomeeting.

com/register/ 668153665.