General Information

We are excited to announce the upcoming PI-ME/CFS Symposium, which will be held on May 2, 2024 at the NIH Clinical Center in FAES Classrooms 3 & 4. 

Below, you will find information about the topics and panel discussions that will take place during the symposium.

 

If you have questions for the speakers, please send those questions to: mecfssymposium@ninds.nih.gov 

Presentation Topics and Panel Discussions: 

 

Coffee:  8:30 - 9:00am

 

Opening remarks:  9:00 - 9:20 am               

  •               Walter Koroshetz
  •               Avi Nath

Description of the NIH Cohort and protocol: 9:20 - 9:35 am

  •              Brian Walitt

Overview of Immunology and Omics: 9:35 - 10:15 am

 

Moderator: Avi Nath

  •             Introduction
  •             Flow cytometry: Yoshimi Akahata
  •             Gut microbiome: John McCulloch
  •             OMICS: Brian Walitt
  •             Summary

Discussion: 10:20 - 10:35 am

 

Coffee Break: 10:35 - 10:50 am

 

Overview of Neurophysiology: 10:50 -11:50 pm

 

Moderator: Mark Hallett

  •               Introduction
  •               Heart Rate Variability: Mark Levin
  •               Provocative autonomic testing and neurochemical analysis: David Goldstein
  •               Neurocognitive function: Joseph Snow
  •               Effort preferences: Nicholas Madian
  •               Physiology of repetitive submaximal exercise: EMG, fMRI, and TMS: Patrick Bedard and Silvina Horovitz
  •               Summary

Discussion: 11:50 -12:05 pm

 

Lunch: 12:05 - 12:45 pm

 

Overview of Bioenergetics: 12:45 - 1:45 pm

 

Moderator: Kong Chen

  •               Introduction
  •               Post-exertional Malaise: Barbara Stussman
  •               Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: Lisa Chin/Bart Drinkard
  •               Body Composition and Actigraphy: Sam Lamunion
  •               Diet: Shanna Yang and Sara Turner
  •               Energy expenditure: Robert Brychta
  •               Mitochondrial function: Paul Hwang
  •               Summary

Discussion: 1:45 - 2:00 pm

 

Data management, Sharing, and Ongoing Work: 2:00 - 2:15 pm

  •               Open Science: Brian Walitt
  •               Ongoing Work: Brian Walitt

Panel Discussions: 2:15 - 3:15 pm

 

Study Participant Panel: Moderator: Vicky Whittemore

 

Scientific Panel: Moderator Anthony Komaroff

  •               Vicky Whitmore, Joseph Breen, Anthony Komaroff, Ian Lipkin, Nancy Klimas

Summary and future directions: 3:15 - 3:30 pm

  •               Avi Nath

Closing remarks: 3:30 - 3:40 pm

  •               Nina Schor

svg Meeting Contacts

Sessions/Agenda

PI-ME/CFS Symposium - Hybrid Session
Thursday, May 2, 2024
08:30 AM-04:00 PM(EST)
NIH Clinical Center, FAES Classrooms 3 & 4
10 Center Dr,
Bethesda, MD - 20892
Max.Capacity: Unlimited No Participants

Logistics

Visitor Information

NINDS staff are located in several buildings in suburban Maryland near Washington, DC. NINDS program directors, scientific review officers, grants management officers, and most administrative staff are located in the Neuroscience Center (NSC) Building in Rockville, Maryland. Additional administrative staff and most intramural scientific and clinical research staff are found in Buildings 10, 31, and the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center on the main NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

The PI-ME/CFS Symposium will take place in Building 10 in FAES Classrooms 3 & 4. If there are any reasonable accommodations you require to fully participate in the PI-ME/Symposium, please contact warren.brown@nih.gov.

For planning a visit to the main NIH campus: You can find maps and other helpful travel-related information on the NIH Visitor Information page.


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